Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-18
n EVENING NEWS.
Erent Fire In virginia.

tain Restaurant, North b street, Virginia,
bon, hv Woods 4 Co. II Immediately
snread 70 all the surrounding buildings,
bu, as the wind at the time was blowing
strongly from the south, its course at frs,
was mainly in q northerly direction. 1.
however burnt on the south side Of B
stree, the Engine House Of No. l, which
cos, the city $4,000, and upon which the
members had expended upwards Of $4,000.
Nothing was saved but their engine. /,
also burnt the Gymnasium building on
the same side Of the street, and to the
south Of the origin Of the fire. Taking its
course with the wind, it burnt the three
story wooden building of Jno. Hannak,
the proprietor Of one Of the best Coffee
Saloons in the city. The Virginia Hotel
next followed. and nothing but the bare
walls were left standing: Il now crossed
Sutton Avenue, at the sam time commu-
n~icating FIRE to the long line Of wooden
buildings across the way on B street,
which were soon destroyed up to the brick
store of II. s. Beck s Co. On crossing
Sutton Avenue, the Newman House was
fred, and so also was the butcher shop OF
Pat. Lannan. In the rear of these build
inRs stood the stone house known as Fort
Riley, that figured so conspicuously in the
Indian wal of 1860. This was cleaned
out. and among the heavy losers by the
burning OF this building was Reed. pro-
prietor of a line of stages to Excelsior.
who had $4,000 in Government Bonds
which were consumed. Smiths hayward
next followed, and was swept clean OF
everything. The FIRE next encountered
the brick warehouse of Cook, in which
was stored large quantities Of -four and
barley. This is supposed to be all night,
though il has not been opened yet, on &C.
count Of the insurance en- building and
contents. The back part Of this store,
embracing some wooden structures, fell
before the remorseless destroyer, and COM
munieated with a two-story wooden
building, occupied as n boarding house.
and said to have been one Of the best IN
that part Of the city. An extensive wagon
makers shop then felt the effects OF the
fiery visitation, and here its progress was
staid in this quarter, as the wind chopped
round and commenced blowing from the
north. The telegraph poles along this
street. of course. all went BY the board.
though during Sunday the company
agents were very busy in restoring COM
munications by setting new poles.
On returning TO Sutton Avenue three
buildings, all OF wood, on the northwest
corner, were burnt TO the ground.
On the southwest corner was the butcher
shop Of Lang 4 C~o.-nothing but a block
was left and that was smoking, Turning
TO the west, on c street. was the vacant
space on which once stood the Flora Tenn
pie livery stable. Here was stored an
immense quantity Of hay, all Of which
was consumed Of course. The next was
the store of Godfriend s Co., having a
stock Of general merchandise TO the value
of $4,000. All went by the board. The
next building was occupied as a second
hand furniture store. and its materials
furnished good fuel for the flames. We
looked up TO the next building, and recOg-
nized the brick building, from within the
walls Of which-now black and desolate-
issued the terrible missiles Of the Old Pi"ts
newspaper. This building and the one
adjoining. both brick, were occupied by
Stahl & koneman. as furniture and gen.
eral house furnishing stores. They had a
large stock on hand. The FIRE also paid
its respects TO the old brick, formerly oc-
cupied BY Wells, Fargo & Co. At the
time of the FIRE. this building was used as
a Tobacco and cigar store, and had within
its walls the heaviest stock on hand in the
city. or the State. This building, like
many Others, has always been thought
TO be fre-proof, but the very thin
roofing of tin was no impeachment TO the
progress Of the FIRE. Here was where the
great mistake was discovered in regard to
these buildings, heretofore considered fire.
proof. the roofs were not sufficiently pro-
tec,ed. Next TO the building of Wells,
Fargo s Co., was the St. Nicholas ES-
change-in fact we are not certain but
that u merchant tailor's establishment
came mat any rate it was either one
side or the other. The valuable cabinet
of minerals in the ST.. Nicholas saloon,
for which $4,000 has been offered by
Odd Fellows Associations in California,
we are glad 10 notice, was saved.
Still moving south on c street, we
came TO n brick building occupied
as a billiard saloon. This stood the test
of the FIRE and came out but little dam
aged. But this barrier did not prevent
the fire from communicating with the
gunsmith shop beyond, and where was
seen one of the most exciting features Of
the whole fire. Upward Of sixteen thou
sand cartridges were stored, and several
pistols and guns were loaded in the shop.
When these commenced to explode a gen.
. eral stampede in the vicinity took place.
No n stood on the order of his going,
but every one Just rent IN 10 the best OF
his abilities. On this part Of c street the
FIRE was stayed at the brick store, occu-
pied by Black s Co., as a boot and shoe
store. Fronting this store, and looking
across the street, was the Postothce. The
awnings and sidewalks were all gone, bur
otherwise the buildings were uninjured.
Somewhat worthy Of comment was the
fact, that the Merchants Exchange, above
the Postofice, was hred three several
times. I. was purely accidental, Of course.
Below the Postofice, looking north, was
the far-famed Barnum Restaurant. This
was a complete wreck, as nothing but the
walls were standing, and Of these, while
we were standing by, taking notes, a high
mass of wall fell in, stampeding all in the
vicinity. A French billiard saloon was
also in the same building, and suffered
like the Others. Facing north on c street
was a barber shop, and also the liquor
store of Freedman & Co., all cleaned out |;
also was the wooden building occupied as
the Union Brewery, and as the Union
Restaurant, and went in. The corner
store of c and Sutton avenue was OF
stone. and devoted to the saddlery and
harness business-the walls are all that
are left. Passing down c street, towards
Music Hall, all those wooden buildings
occupied by d%isreputable characters gener-
ally, wen, in under the consuming lire.
As the fire progressed toward Music
Hall, and as it reached Hampton & Os-
denis store, the wind changed once more
and saved further progress in that direc-
ton, On Sutton Avenue, below Z street
the fire completely leveled everything in
It's way, but the old octagon stone house,
owned by Charley Bryan, n OF the OLD
relics of so, and Of this nothing but the
walls are left. The buildings on each side