The New York herald., 1870-07-30
TIE BURNING OF DAYToy, NEVADA.
Immense COHfingration in n New Neyadu
1oyu~-tIcavy Loss.

2oWH~-sicavy Loss.
.tFrom the Virginia Nev.) Enterprise JuIy 2oJ
lne IRE originated III an uaoccupied sal on-a
frame MISUNDERSTANDING TO II. webb the lre
sta .ed 10 the upper story OF TINS building, and was
Dufsthg through Lie rOol when FIRST discovered az
halt-past nine O'Clock. There Was lIgn. wind RON
the southwest, and te flames extended 10 other
Woouen DuIdinsS adjoining. The alarm wa at once
gwen Dut there being no are englue In the town or
orgahized lre company Of any KIND great Confusion
id Revahed and the IRE spread Rapidly, eapng rom
mouse 70 iouse, ana N swift progress allowing no
Time Tor tue removal OF goods. There was an aDutl.
dance ol water in ne towu, but the 1rc soon became
so III eisely not that IL was Impossible geJ near il
WIN buckets. Goods thai had been removed from
houses IN advance OF the hre klndled and were con-
sumed where Lney lay heap ~ IN the streets From
the poiat wnere 1t of1si naed the IRE swept aloug
Main street in the di ecton OF river and before
Its progress was stayed four whole blocks OF ould.
lnsS were IN ruins.
H. was only by pulling down buildings that the Are
could be Checked out after all, IL took pretty mucn
facilities at connan! FOR coInbating II are taken
mo consideration. We ara indebted 10 Sherir Cum
mings, OF tins place, and DE- hazLett Of Dayton for
the loiowng iss OF tue sufferers, with tie losses
They severaly sa5tained:--
N. Myer, si,7oo; Aiien 81 Co., 5000; B. Midgely,
81 100; A. J. Markwili, ST. 900; Mrs. Howard S5OJ:
blandE & Co., sa,2!o; j. MunhIon, Sl,5oo; Byron 4
Johnson, $1,000; Telegraph Company, $oo0;F wyatt,
500; Haynes Iraub, S5os; ". Norton, $1,000; j.
Pallson, SCJl; J. z. Daain, $500; BouiIaM * Bro.
sl20o; K. II. Nickerson, $1,000: Ii. Webb, $500: r..
waiter, $500 Z. Uarhn, $500; ). W. DAVIS. $1,000;
Cross, $4,000; j. @. Gruber, aG,600; Byrom 4
Croc6ett Si6,o0l; Clark Z seaon, $4,000; Placlower
~ Bro.. Sl1otJ, X. UMailey, $4,000; Ion smith,
$500; z. Cohn, SIOo; F. BrdsaI, 500; e. o. HJwe
$3.50; j. C. Hazlett, 500; d. o. Fox. $500; Pratt 4
Shaw. 5000; J. l.. Campbell. 500; n. O. Power,
$500; j. o. Franklin $4,000; ). q. Hamilton, $1,000:
j. z. Bause. $1,000; Joseph WINCH, $2500 cords OF
wood, $l.5G0.
SIX brick buildings supposed to be 1reproof
were destroyed, the nre caring UP tic iron doors
and sweeping into and through tnem. Odeon Han
SHARED the tale OF The malOriJy oi the IreproOfs.
The only buildings that $1,000 the severe test to
which they We're subjected were the grocery store
OF Myers at the corner Of Nam aud Pike streets:
the Clothing store OF L. Walter, the opposite side
OF Main street. and Fox's meat market, near by
But small proportion OF the total loss covered
by insurance. The whole anOnDt OF insurance upon
property destroyed Is S3J,UDJ divided among the
following mpaGies:--NOrthern Insurance Com
pany, $4,000; Manhattan and PhdniX Companies
$ll, 800; Ktna Insurance Company, Si,250; North
British and Mercantile s, 50O Peoples Insurance
Company. $2 600; firemen'S Fund, $4,000; Pacile,
$4,000.
Many families are left without homes and III deS-
ttute conditiOn--ail having been swept away. such
q can sweep was made OF The provisions OF the
town that hardly enough was lett IN the town ID feed
sbe people, liisa all their stoves aud cooking ut.n
sis were destroy ed, making 1t matter OF siill
greater difficulty to feed tue multitude. We saw
Snefi.r Cummings oat yesEel day afternoon In this
city, hunting among the bakers for bread TO send
down TO those oI the sufferers who migaI stand Ia
need OF it,
The fire Is supposed to have been kindled by an
incend airy, as the building in which it starred has
long been unOCCupled. The IRE was started the
upper story OF this building, and WAS perceived by
no one untl 1t burst through the rO0r In fierce
flames. HAD the town Possessed au engine the fire
might nave been mastered before more than two or
tlree--ir so many--buiding5 had been destroyed,
bit TO success uly Gght such fire with buckets was
an impossblity. The citizens All wnat they could,
and worked hlrQ enough 10 accomplish great things,
bur the fire not 10 be governed by them. The
are mas left the pretty town OF Dayton In truly pit
liable pnght--nttie but q mass OF smoking ruiils.