, 1869-07-21
A GREAT FIRE IN COLORADO.
Immense plncrics Destroyed : MI
per1 Chnstu from Their IRon1 n1cs-A
kceno OF EenrKn1 GEnndeHEA

From The G<oTyttossn {Calt 4fn1, JatJ 10.
We took cccasion to- mention 70 eos ISSUE OF
uTe eoptsRration bad; ;jnst .tnsde It's hhdeous sp.
pearance in the mountain to thu so1taHxtd Of
GsssEoMn and tess Il sio1 ~ u q re al a.
peopie and butltnss. the .rTospeesiye neae--
nt 81 q threatening: aud te.1blr' destuo-
nat1ug between rasnes Of t.ch sunshine and som-
bro ciouda Of drifting smoke. At one time. the
fTom view, andi Ills stase Of n1a1s led many to
believe that the rlc Ens much closer a haod
than It really proved to be. At aaother
time + sssSeo eap.n a Woua e jwsns
Of i,s forest beauties. Bat It 20 happened that
the nre was engaged n its EnEk q dsstruet1o.s At
1tst supposed, and that the lowering smoke was
The immediate cause OF our alarm, the opinion
sss4e 3 .o nuen e .he1s ass aso 10 @
y Il may be TIT. another circumstance, quite for
elm to the one mentioned above, had something
to do with tho degrees of alarm, filing tho pubic
mind With urnatural e1citeDents md strange
eIuodons. Some fanaticA believers !n oriental
pcFhars. wanted to test the extent Of their inau-
enee Ii the Eor'd. recently pIophe sled that tosy.
aen Ia r. e. e p
raesed md b1seStned seeaa q sysssssaayx sosK,
and. upon lnanl1J; learned that abont two hun
dscd cords oI wood Belonging to Mr. Burtei9h had
ineS la s b. ~ ona hat low down o. s5e erses q
the ire was principally confined to tho heavier
timber higher up the stream- = =
e,s &
clenn Moo1t.ln Is iadeed . dreaI, and desolstsd
ss ~ =, =
@ ~ 4 xoHa ss s0 @
snd IL escape tfem injury. TIE sssnp.py, % We
Ia1uss daase 'to II eonssaaeaes d Ut tae GOD @se1
tnereabouts hnytnE been Destroyed. This fact
VIII Benouey initiate against the operations OF
the mill fo1. some time 70 came. The mea EN-
p!oyed BY the. company Were al l1St night In 4
ftate IMa;cnfu1ncss IN order to prevent accident
sustained ratnsr heavy losses- They had about
80 cords Of wood destroyed: their biackamlth
aa sn9p soo ~ Kaus M ane = ees
81 600 and 81 ono BeEdes thi2 the de12y IN mining
operations viii p1ore great and serious dtsad-
Kinney / Mcdowell are losers tn wood to tho
Of Gs1 Tsds q ~ ps Tnss @
Cover the damage done them.
i man named Hatch, who had = Woodallde op-
posite the Brown MI, and who was nlllng wood
@ Extent 10 oi II tn1ee hnndsrd cords of xood, besides
the newly constructed slide, which was totally de-
atroyeh, tncuHtp9 loss N money value Of seTezA
is. scott and Thomas Ke'ly, who IEca IN q
cabtn the creek, and at the ntst bridge 8boye
Were cut In the mines at work when the ire
resched their hut, aud when they were able to ap-
proaeh, the DANES Ind licked up everything they
| had In the world ,..
Near to " here this cabin stood, Hpuc Of lumber,
| the property Of E R Majors, was ourned up
Tie tire buts, which stood near the old Watson
| ard bedding, completely reduced 10 ashes. The
boys who occupied them are Al haT71-wosktng.
nsa oS ho 81 fs San:s III on
n,sna:,, sosh as M miners @ a5s r. nsely 70 use may be
r. '. Fairbanks, who had contrBct nhoye
] DroWnville, ioat something ovet three hundred
dollars worth Of 1rF cordWood 4
During the afternoon Of yessestay, Thca the
| fire was At its neycest, the road IN manJ places
Literally blockade4i with Eheets Of 1aue Mr.. Car
! son who Was drtring a team belonging 10 ". Il
Crawford. ESD. attempted 10 pursue h!s course,
Was loaded WITH eighteen Kegs Of powder, es r0ut:
to the Baker Mine: and when short distance
lace, ho ~lseiy pnbaened lie herses and hastuy
| abandoned the powder, himself aad antnals nr-
ns soon reached "a ihe magazine, tbe nowdef exploded
| With terrific report, and to-day We arc looking
| ppon the cha1fed remains Of the wagon and the
scattered fragments ot an % upeSpladed II msgs.iac
penter. who was along With the wagon, haring
toolehest, Toutt 70 Bakcrrtl!c, lost fully $3.50
VII" Mf. O. j. G M fssaes, @ Of % %Geofreto~p, attempted to
20 from B1ownyille to Dakeryt1le late lasr evcn-
ins, being on horseback, hnt whea about hall.
ths SMOKE from The travelled road, when he lost
his way. and with great difficulty succeeded In
We we5e tod that alt the wood contracts su1tr-
ed III grater or stlegree. Sumbcrs Of mlEers'
cabins, not mentioned IN these notes, were re-
cabin ID left standing, il We remember aHgats be.
wood wagons were observed standtng. alone uu:
| harmed, ihe scarcity Of timber aud brusa round
nhort them EefEtur SOYt Of protection.
We consersed with no one ibis morning Who t...
ad Got tel aols ns esrn
careiessness Of some oac having connection with
annR tar d i ,sst wa' i 5i saeq TO rs b ba
wss w tf inascreet enough % to la; have SET set
ttiiee ttiieIpAt IpAtr66 ev evE EgHdPPpBg gHdPPpBg U. '1s m}l M faE
own property more safe from accidental tncur-
ons Of nre md that from the blaze thus thought
yer At the fame m1lt says the thteket canrht on
cnimtey chi % during The Storm Of yestefday. ~ '|'3''
The mountains rorod about Empire we're yea
az It's a5a ts99s 9st a.o s9 s
Conquerer Ehaft-Aouse had narrow escape. 4
o. 29 9 Gooa
burned Only through the exertions Of several
men Wa3 the structure Saved at all
The people of DAILY district have posted bills,
notifying parties that any caught setting lfr
TO the timber In that district or leaving camp
| nrrs burning. from whIah dangerous sontasra-
couple Of prospectays from B!ack Hawk eauped,
] ct noon. abo7t y Euc above Frccmaus rlil+ and
built 1.te in the roots OF very large pine tree
eituated In heavy body ot timber. Thcs len the
| c.mp without queDch1nE Ite trt,
and It WIS only By the nestve ezetions Of pa5tJ
Of prospectoEs eanped In that vicinity that the
| nre was snbdued. Hanging Il vert severe pen.
atty, Out the safetJ Of the nyes Of the district
wond be greatly jeopas.tized IN case Of an s1tea- Ten
| s,ye n1e besides vi hlch ono Of the bole9 Of tim
Ler In The Territory would be destroyed Gnher
The circumstances. VIC OF the oplotnn that the
punishment would be just