The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-05-18
TIE GREAT FIRE IN HELENA, MONTANA
TERRITORY.

Two Hundred Buildings Destroy ed-,rwcuty
Acres Burned Over-LOss Half IA Million
D0llnrs.
Helena montana Territory papers OF April 2s give
the following particulars OF the great fire In that
city,
1t again becomes our painful duty to chronicle the
particulars OF confagraIon by which our city mar.
rowly escaped entire destruction. We had but q
short time since been visited by q calamity of the
same kind, which destroyed O number OF our best
business houses and hardly closed congratuaIing
ourselves upon the fact that 1t was not serious
when this morning. about two O'Clock, fire broke
out In Chinatown on the corner or Cutler and West
Main streets burning both sides TO Bridge crossing
Bridge ana sweeping down both sides VI Main. as
well as both sides Jackson and the east side OF
Clore street the distance OF three blocks being
ed in that direction by the freproof buildings
occupied by Z. S. Mansfield d Co. and Haleis
drug store oppOste-leavlng IN Its track King Gil
lette's block and Hussey a Dahler's banking house
alone standing From the foot of Bridge and Wood
Streets taking everything both sides ana between
those Streets swept up as far as Joliet street where
IL stopped. The following Is list OF business
houses destroyed as near as we can ascertain
MAIN STREET
Meagher n Co., junk store; Lesser, tailor shop;
Huntley's express ofice; Cornes paint shop; l..
BONN Co.'s assay ONCE; l.. II. Hershiield Bro,
banking house; Dr. Rein's oce; Ierry sullivan
Ter, boot and shoe store; ST. Louis drug store: Phil
KGnigsberger, tobacco store; Cans a Klein, cloth
ing store; NJ. Bloch, clothing store; Wells, Fargo
Co.'s express office; John kinna, hardware STORE;
Parchen Paynter, city drug store; Binzel q
upper billiard nall; John BecEney, mammoth
concert saloon; Travis Bros, livery and sale stabes
wyng, keg saloon; William Brown, cigar slore
George Rayneld saloon and billiard nall McCellan's
saloon; VOLTS barber shop; smith Cullen's law
Office; Marks sample rooms; Diamond CITY stage
ONCE; Zegler d Brother, hardware store; Levy,s
billiard hail; Frank Hunts cider depot: Pony sa-
loon; Morris Cohen, clothing store; International
Hotel; Joes bakery; George Bantz, Helena brewery;
Zimmerman Lehman, restaurant; /. Goldberg,
clothing store; T. steudeman, Magnolia restaurant;
Ehis Harris clothing store; slas Rich Co., livery
stable; j. J. Williams law ONCE; Laventhal's cloth.
ing store; L. w. Stickney a Son, book store: NJ.
Goldberg, clothing store; II. NJ. Bryant news depot
building Considerably dsmagedj Miller Hinly, La.
oGonneiI acausn Ph@n.x saloon; L. Ro,
dental once; Bsrtos 4 will icwelry store:
Trains daguerrean gallery; Rea a Adams, dental
Oice ID. NJ. Gillette, tobacco store: joe Appolonio
a. Co., " ALA walla Hotel; Caniranus, clothing
store; stein Iillenhal. iruit store; western lnon
Telegraph Office; Trott Lee, barber shop; Ex-
change; BohIn n AUD, banking house; John II.
Ming. book aud stationery store.
BRIDGE STREET.
Hancock's Hall, used by the odd Fellows and
Good remplars conn peel, meat market: unIlei
states bakery; T.. II. Rea provision store; Baser
Brother iyery ana sale staucs l. Harris dry goods
store: IavenDerg Brother, dry goods store: \.
Poznansky, dry goods store; Charles Blum. dry
goods store; Hall Miller (cornerl; H. J. Harris,
commission merchants; Montroy A. Droletto. city
Hotel; H. Meyers tailor shop; DR.. Ingersoll's Office;
Parklnsons tailor shop; NOcott AZ uursch: Ilurdy
Gurdy House owned by Helena FIRE Company No.
~; Z. klauie, furniture store: California saloon:
Mrs. IWoSOou' 5muiinerf store.
woOD STREET.
George Secord, Haddlery shop; Ben talk, meat mar.
ket; Coionel Snei, kiyus saloon H. FRANCS barber
SHOP; Mcfarland, ChrysopoS saloon; Frank ~ Junk,
daguerrean gallery: Lehman A Newman, Boulder
block: Justices Duke and Edwards Offices; Theatre
building t0wncd by &. q. Hunteyl; u. U. Kini1ing
~ Co.. grocers and liquor dealers.
INCIDENTS.
The only dry goods establishment that escaped tue
fire was that OF Messrs. ToUtle Leach A o., on
BrOadway. Tno loss In goods was not heavy, the
owners succeeding ,n removing their stocks 70 places
OF safety.
Every barber shop IN the city was burned but In
no instance was the stock lost.
All Of the photograph galleries were destroyed.
Only two drug stores remain.
SIX hotels were burned, including the largest--the
International.
only six out Of twenty seven saloons were UNI
touched
All Of the assay Offices were consumed.
only one Jeweiry establishment escaped.
All oil tue tobacco stores were destroyed.
Three livery stables were burned. No stock lost
Every book aud stationery store but one was con-
sumed.
TWO lodge rooms were destroyed, viz.;--Odd Eel
lows aud L. Of A. u. In the former the Good lem
plars also bed form.
All OF the faro and principal gambling houses were
burned.
THE DESTRUCTION.
The number OF buildings destroyed Is variously e,-
tniated NJ from 1873 10 227, over One-hai OF which
were business houses. The loss In estimated at IRON
t5OOOOJ 10 s61J.Vy0 tue larger hgures bong tue os