The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-11-28
a Disastrous Fire at Nevada

n disastrous EfrO aC NeVaOas-
A terrible contiagration took place at
Nevada on last Saturday morning
About ESQ A.. NJ, a dispatch was re-
ceived here from Mr.. Goodbread, county
Treasurer, informing our people that
the enterprising little town of Nevada
was being devoured by the merciless !,
flames. Our citizens were aroused by
the ringing of the bell, theengine "Wy-
pot, and permission was generously
granted by the authorities of Z. TT w.
& G. r. r. to take the engine and as
many ofour citizens, as would volun
teerto go, and assist our unfortanate
neighbors. We all arrived at the scene
of destruction at an early hour but too
late to render any assistance, sa the
work of destruction had already been
accomplished. On arriving, we found
the whole business block on the West
side of Main street. except the Ritz
House, which was much injured, in am
bers and ashes. Fortunately the mer-
chants succeeded in saving their goods
and the loss, in that line is not very
great, but the buildings are total loss,
as there was no insurance on them.
This loss falls ,ery severely upon the
proprietors Mr.. Oliver. and Mr.. Nc
Claim, both of whom have our sincere
sympathy, and especially so, when
against out repeated warnings and re-
quests, they allowed their hard-earned
property to remain the prey of heart
less incendiaries. But who of US that
are not liable to make mistakes, and
thus bring ruin upon our interests.
The fire was evidently the work of in
cendiaries, as it started in two places
simultaneously, viz - in rear of Scott d
McJunkin's Cheap Clothing Store and
at some other building toward the r. r.
| None of the occupants of the bust
ness rooms suffered much loss, as
their goods are fully covered by insu-
rance, and none were destroyed by the
| fire, we believes; but hasty removal and
the cunning hands of thieves will be
discerned without the aid Of spectacles
| Messrs Scott and McJunkin were very
fortunate in placing their goods in d
room of Mr. Scott's on the other side OF
the Street, and will soon begin their
winter campaign of clothing the peo-
pie cheaper than ever. Mr.. Nichols in
formed US that his loss will reach five
hundred dollars. We hope he will soon
be enabled to open out and do a brisk
, business. The salvation of Mr. Ritz's
hotel is miracle. Mr.. r. will have
his house in order probably, before this
reaches him. The total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
While this fire is sore disaster fol
: Nevada and her people, we trust tha
5 good will grow out of evil, as is often
| the case in the history of men, nations
t and towns, and that ere long we will
witness the erection of fine, substan
tial buildings in place of those destroy
ed. This we firmly believe will be th'
case, as neither fire nor financial de-
preston can, in the least. quench O
cripple the irrepressible and uncon
querable energies Of the good people o
: Nevada. We should like to give NOR
particulars, bnt the illness of ou
foreman. and the pressure of business
in our Office prevents us from giVin:
the matter that careful atte ention whicl
we should like to have given it.
Since the above was written, we hav
received the following particulars iron
our friend j. L. Cook, who has OH
thanks for the same:
= NEVADA, Nov. 25, 1867.
Friend CUNEo. Sir; As Isuppose yol
have all kinds ofreports from our grea
fire here, and would like something re
, liable for publication, send you TIL
following, which think is very nearl,
correct:
Some time between three and fou
O'Clock on the morning of the 23d inst
fire was discovered in the rear Of tn
wooden block owned by Mclean an
Smith on Main street, burning in tw'
places some distance apart. Before tn
people could be sufficiently aroused
= the flames had made such progress tha
it was impossible to arrest them unit
the above named block and the one ad
0 joining belonging to Oliver s. Kieffe
9 were entirely consumed: = Loss OF
y buildings: McLain -& Smith abo1
f $1,000, Oliver and Kieffer $1,000. n
r insurance. The buildings were occu
!. pied as follows: Ballier Brothers, DR.,
: Goods Loss $500, insurance, $1,000
? l.. Nichols, Drugs, loss, 5000. No in
surance. Miller & &Stoneburner, Boot
and Shoes, loss 5000, insured. Wm
ePetrey, Meat Shop. loss very small. I
: F. Mouser, Groceries, loss 5000, insured
McJunkin & Scott, Clothing, loss So
t insured. B. F. Mouser's house valued
: at $500 was torn down, no insurance
Jesse Ritz hotel was damaged to til
. amount of $500, no insurance. TIL
: fire having been started in two place
at once shows that it was the work c
!. an incendiary. A horse was stole
:, from the streets the same night. NJ
office was burned but / lost nothing.
Yours, j. L. Cook.