Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-31

Our port of entry ;" has had dread
full seorching. Doubtless there is many
man ruined by this frey visitation, fol
with the exception Of the Railroad Hotel
and the buildings East and North thereof,
the whole town is in ashes-ail but the
fire-proof buildings indicated below We
happened to be on our way home from
San Francisco and got to Reno to find it
waste of smoke and fame The 5. T..
Swift steam fire engine got there soon
after our arrival and was Immediately
set at work playing through about q
thousand feet of hose upon the great
fields of angry embers. We found Lewis
of the Crescent and Pownins of the Jotu-ad
heartily fraternising over their mutual
interests in the appalling disaster, and
from air. Powning We go: these hasty
particulars: The fire originated from a
defective stove pipe in building known
as Nadden's Hotel. The alarm was
given ut about 1880 p. u. OF course
the flames had an unhindered course;
for there was no fire engine ut hand,
and, TO use Powning's description of the |
damage done, 1.-the entire business por- |
ton of the town with the exception of a
half dozen or So of brick buildings IS |
destroyed. This, as We have previously
syfIr Sc ~ Do, !
buildings and Chamberlain Hotel and
contiguous buildings in the Eastern end
Of the place The buildings which,
though standing in the burnt dis
trict, were saved. are Manning and
Duck; Bell l. Burke; Barnet & Bro:
J. E. Simpson; Bender & Co. and the
Masonic Hall.
The entire length of Virginia street.
With the exception of the buildings 6
heretofore named is gone. The losers 7
on Virginia street are d. L B. Lachman,
loss 81, 600; barber shop adjoining $500: ]
Morris Ash, grocery merchant, 5000; !,
Jas. Chambers Saloon, loss $1,000; H. 5
Nathan, clothing merchant, 1880; C
Cantrowitz & Bro, dry goods, Sc. 500; =
Norton 4 Co., butchers, $1,000; Harry :
Moves 81, 600; knust & Becker $1,000: =
John Sunderland $4,000, J. Prescott a
s.. 900; Bell & Burke 81, 600; Pilliner & n
Sutterley $4,000. The east portion Of
Virginia street was entirely consumed =,
but the houses were not all occupied.
On Commercial Row the principal losers
are W. Frank. druggist, $4,000; Dave =,
saloon and lodging house, Il
SC, GOO; N. C. Lake 5000; S. VI. Jami- q
son, postmaster, $1,000. 1t is entirely ~
impossible to estimate the loss aid name n
he amount each individual loses, but it
he aggregate loss will foot up between 81
500 600 and 500 900; although at pre- T.
ent a severe loss the fire is a benefit in d,
ne sense of the word. The citizens b,
lave confidence, and brick structures iu
vii replace for the greater part the "
Eooden burnt ones. About 1870 the c.
ire engine of the c. p. arrived from q
Nadsworth and the hose was brought to -
'lay very promptly Everybody worked &c
With vim, but II was utterly impossible kl
o prevent the spread of the flames 1t
10Th printing Offices were saved, the ~ ~
'ottrad! suffering damage to one of the III
,b presses. The burnt district com d;
rises the entire portion of the BUSINESS !,
art of town. No private residences ~
ere burned. pu
(These are The minutes of the fire rs .
luiedly dotted down i'll our mote book,
.stertay morning by Mr.. Powning.)
1: Is very remarkable that in SO larg, va
Il important n place as Reno there se'
oUld be no apparatus for tigiiiin. 4 =.
e. One engine of the capacity Of the mo
tile Giant would doubtless have reg
eFted this sad disas;er-or, at any rate Die
pit it within close bounds. 4 very H.
irty sense Of sympathy is entertained ind
re for our suffering nelShbors. iun
MAJ