Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-04-19
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DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATIO ON
TWENTY -FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED.
LOSS OVER $4,000.

LOSS OVER $4,000.
For nearly ten years Weaverville had
escaped fire of any considerable magni-
tude for about the same length of time
the frame buildings on the corner of Main
pointed out with the remark "That end
of town will burn down some of these
days." And the day did come. Athalf-
past five o'clock last Sunday afternoon,
April 18th, fire broke out in the kitchen
of the Empire Hotel, a frame building,
fronting on Main street. The alarm was
sounded Immediately, but the flames
spread to the roof of the hotel, and thence
to adjoining buildings, with such rapidity
that any attempt made to confne it or
prevent its immediate spread would have
proved futile, and none was made. With
in twenty minutes from the time the fire
caught, twenty-four frame buildings were
enveoped in flames and were quickly
destroyed. The wind blowing due West,
the fire soon communicated with frames
on the West side of Main street, as also
with those at the intersection of Main
and Court streets. The nearness OF build
ings in the immediate neighborhood of
the Empire, of course doomed them, and
the fire burned from Hocker's brick on
the east side of Main street to the cor
ner of Court and up Court to Center,
where the width of the street, the wind,
two or three large cottonwood trees, and
the labor OF our citizens checked its
progress in that direction. The butcher
shop and Court House stopped the fire on
that side of the street, although consider
able exertion and fighting the flames was
required to prevent the fire passing in the
rear of those buildings. The Union Hotel
and other buildings further up the street
were greatly in danger of catching from
the heat and flying embers, but water and
blankets were effective in preventing their
being consumed. In the rear of Hocker's
building, on one side, and Junkans' on
the other, lively contest waged, but the
fire came out second best and was rot al
lowed to 60 any further down the street.
In less than an hour, it was over and the
upper end of town presented a sorry APP
pearance. The buildings burned were as
follows, commencing at Hocker's store
Clifford's building, occupied by Geo. Z.
Noonan as sleeping apartment, ETC., Hud-
cnathte tailor chnr, ,ira Hnta1
buildings to and around the corner of
Court street, (unoccupied), Condon's res
idence, U. S. Bakery, three buildings, on
corner of Court and down Center street,
partly occupied, Lachenmachers resi-
dence, Howland's two carpenter shops
and barn, on Center street. On west side
of Main street, the Miners Hotel and
Exchange buildings were destroyed, also
frames in rear of Tammany Hall, Lang's
warehouse and Challenge saloon, Watson
& Browns barn, the old McGinnis'
butcher shop and Democratic Hall, both
unoccupied, and Jos. Craig's building
occupied by himself and McCausland.
These, we believe, were all the buildings
actually destroyed, and make twenty four
in number.
The losses by the fire, as near as can be
ascertained are as follows:
VIM. Condor, Empire Hotel and
contents residence and contents $500
F. Lachenmacher, U. S. Bakery
and contents residence and con-
tents $500
ID. Rowland, three buildings corner
Court and Center Streets /; 2 car
penter shops and barn tools,
lumber, etc 1000
Jos. Craig, building head of Main
Street, gunsmithing and buck
skin glove tools and material 1000
H. Junkans, building west side
Main Street, damage to tin-shop,
lot of merchandise 1900
K. L. McCausland, watch material,
tools, fixtures 500
Geo. K. Noonan, furniture, cloth
ing, etc 500
r. Clifford, building east side Main
Street 500
Three buildings, corner Main and
Court Street and two buildings at
intersection of Main and Court
Streets, unoccupied 500
G. w. Davis, sleeping apartment
and contents 400
A. N. Love, sleeping apartment
and contents 400
M. Lang, warehouse roof 300
W. l.. Hudspeth, building east side
Main Street, partial contents $50
Vollmers & Paulsen, Miners Ho-
tel building 200
7, +. Mooney, shoemaker and sad
diery tools and stock 100
j. G. Montague, damage to house,
fence, garden, etc. 100
Amount of total losses, $13,55O
On the above losses there was insured
in the Home Mutual, of California, as
follows: r. Laekennaacher, $500 VIM.
Condor, $500; r. Clifford, S4OO-total,
Sl,40O. In the Phoenix, Home and North
British and Mercantile, as follows Jos.
Craig, S4OO; A. n. Love, S2OO-total,
So)O. Insurance on total loss, $1,000.
Besides the above there was more
or less damage done to the roofs and
tre walls of the following brick build
ing; Good Templars' Hall, Hooker,
Junkans, Martins warehouse, Love, Da-
WIS., Watson q Brown, and Court House,
probably amounting to sl,OOO-the great