Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-05-18

tleman who was among the hrsG 10 rush W Vio
fire. assures us that the flames issued from just
at the frame partition which separated Codys
Esaloon from the building next door. There had
been no fire used in the latter place since the
preceding night.
The fremer and citizens generally rushed to
the task of quenching the flames and prevent
LING the fire from spreading, but though they
worked with great vigor and bravery, their eff
forts were unavailing. Buckets of water,
! thrown in quick succession from q dozen hands
upon the blazing roof, seemed of no more eff
feet than so many drops. Soon the workers
were driven from their places on the roofs of
Donaho & Bruce's Bakery, adjoining Codys on
! Wall street, from Kelys and Wulff & Moore's
ladjoinining on Main street, and from L. M.
i Cohn's store across Wall street, corner of
Main. Hooks and ladders were of no avail.
The intense heat drove men at so great a dis
lance from the burning or Immediately endan-
gered property, that execution with the appa-
ratus was impossible.
And now commenced the panic When the
flames swept across Wall street to COINS on
the South, hope was surrendered for the safety
of the great business portion of the city. It
was simply then for all to turn from trying to
save buildings, and to endeavor to save goods
and movable property. The fire sped-a
wild, destroying, irresistible, uncomfortable
element-from its starting point, up the west
side of Main street, all the way up the whole
block, to the Umatilla market, across Harris
alley to Enoch Peytons, and thence away up
to Bear Run, leaving nothing but devastation
in its fiery path. Across from Wulff & Moore's
the flames Tapped up the frame buildings on
the east side of Main street, and from Chip
mans fIe-proof brick clear to Bear Run on
that side of the street. as on the other, every
building was soon reduced to a mass of cinders
and ashes.
From COINS on the southwest corner, and
from Vantine's on the southeast corner of Wall
and Main streets, all the way down to Moore's
Ecreek embracing on both sides the whole area
from Wall to Commercial, thence to Wallula,
and thence to the last building on this side of
bounded by Main, Commercial, Montgomery
and Wall streets; that bounded by MAN, Wal
lula, Montgomery and Commercial; that be-
low this latter extending to the creek; then
the long, full blocks between Main, Wall and
Montgomery streets, and Harris's alley, and
thence to Bear Run, between Main and Mont
go1uery streets,-from all this vast space, COM
prising the heart and principal business portion
of the city, every frame building was totally
swept, and the brick-supposed fire-proOf, but
not so unfortunately of Z. P. Fitzger-
aid & Co., of Fleischman & Heyneman, and
of Isaacs Bros, utterly destroyed-the latter
with every dollars worth of goods in them.
The buildings, mostly residences, upon High
street, and thence up the side Of East Hill,
from Wall street to the saw mill of Taylor s.
Andrews on Moore's creek-Which alone was
saved-shared the common fate Among these
buildings was St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
which had withstood the great fire of May
18th, two years ago. Great exertions were,
made by bands of intrepid and devoted men,
who rushed to labor and try to save the edi.
fee, but fate had otherwise decreed, and it's
site is now marked by the blackened, charred
ruins, and the tall lone chimney. Many of
the jewellers in the residences along on the hill
were given barely time to remove to places of
safety portion Of their furniture, clothing and
portable property; but their losses are yet Sc
yere-in some cases very disastrous.
The block between Montgomery, Wall, Com
mercial sts and Elk creek, on which is the Ma
sonic Hall, the WORLD Office, j. w. Wood &
Co.'S store, the Court House, Atkins drug
store and Berusteil's fire-proof great merchan-
disc vault, was saved from destruction By the
demolition of the large Chinese building on the
southwest corner of Wall and Montgomery
streets. Bands of brave noble-hearted, gal
liant friends came to the aid of the Masonic
Hall, Of Wood & Co. and the WORLD estab-
lishment. We are requested by the Fraternity,
by the Messrs. Woods, BY Atkins, and others
on the block-and most heartily and gratefully
do the owners of the WORLD join into re-
turn thanks and gratitude TO the troops of de-
voted men, the Jealous workers, who came
to save, and did save all this property from the
fire.
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