Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-01-16
Arorucn. DISASTROUS CON.
MIGRATION.


Helena Again Bap'1sed IN slFe'
One Hundred AID Fifty Build
inss Destroyed. TOJal Loss Estt-
mated nj Eight Hundred and
Fifty thousand Dollars. Nearly
HAN the Business Portion Of the
Town In Ashes.
rrfom the Daily Herald, January oth.]
Another disastrous confagration has swept
over this doomed city like the bes,oD It de-
structio.,, and reduced to ashes the most val
uable portion OF the metropolis. About 7
o'clock this morning fire was discovered In
a gambling house in Chinatown--the identi-
cal place, it is satK in which originated the
great fire in April 1869. which destroyed al
most the entire city. The alarm was inme-
tliateIy given by the faithful Waterman in the
tower, and the dread summons cOmmuni-
Gated to every part OF the city. M"ltitudes
OF people hurriedly gathered from every nook
and corner. of the city. while the different
fire companies were promptly on hand, and
cosl5shenced a vigorous fight with the Fire
Fiend. The winl ut the time was blowing a
perfect hurricane, and seemed to Increase as
the morning adv,nced-not unlike the tear
full blast that swept over Chicago two years
ago. A great nnnv Of our citizens-always
conspicuous in emergencies OF this kind
were specially prominent upon this occasion,
precipitatfng themselves upon the burning
buildings, and, With axes and water-buckets.
actins in harikeny with the fire department,
did noble service. Their efforts. and the
continued efforts of the fire companies. and
all the citizens who could work. proved un-
availng; the pent4ap fire, tanned BY the
fierce ~ind. speedily burst forth in angry
blaze, and wrapped the building in a slice.
of flames. Driven from this sl'anty, the
flames rapidly communicated with Othcrs
contiguous, a. u in a brief time tl. whole Of
Chinatown was in flames. The saloon ON the
corner OF Bridge and Upper Main streets
then caught, the grocery store Of irvine s.
Todd soon following; then Lissner's billiard
saloon, the wooden buildings opposite. in
Gliding Travis stables. The flames lraped
across the street, and, as matter OF course,
the International Hotel, the finest and most
complete public house in the ortll-west.
was she next victim to the remorsless frenzy
of the Fire Fierd. Then followed Dan.
Flowerce's Exchange" the ''Kiyus.' Binzel
& Dennis, and in fact all the buildings on
Wood street. "Onr Sample Rooms" aud the
brick block adjoining including the Post
Office and the wooden buildings across the
street, were all swept out of sight in less time
almost than it takes to record the fact. HUI
man efforts seemed utterly impotent to stay,
or even check the ravages ut the memorable
demon EMBEDDING in fiery embrace many a
structure. and swiftly spreading over the
heart and centre OF the town. johnson &
brirk block. Mrs. Twcgood's millinery cstab-
lislment, The Peoples National Bank. The
First National Bank. The Union Brewery.
Cans s. Klein, Goldberg & Bro. Frank Abt,
the Diamond "R" office, the Lafayette Brew.
Fry Nick Kesslsr's 81 ewery, the COsmopoli-
tan Hotel. DR.. Franks barber shop. Charles
Rum.ey's Assay ofce,. j. Fcllbcrg's, and
many others which ut present we do not re-
call. ". r.l4e~.-ricsciy destroyed.
Many vaiuabio buildings on Bridge street
.'s" 80, +. ~e'.~si'. fa'.f the greater
portion Of that thor"ug fare. including the
Gazette Office. Mr.. Roman sld his employees
worked heroica!!y t" save the Office, but no
human effort could avail against such "a hur-
ricane that whic! prevailed during the
lire this morning. We deeply 81 ,npa,l,lze
with the Gazette Company in the loss s,is-
tanned, and hereby picdge ourselves to do all
in our power to aid them in re-esta fishing
The paper. This is the second time that off e
and the second time also. that the Herald
1ffice) has been blottci out Of existence.
What seems to he most remarkable in con-
nection with tl,is fire is the tart that its
course was about the same as that Of the !
great fire in 1863; III fact, almost precisely the
same, for on that occasion the whole OF China
own, Bridge street, Wood street. aud Nam |
street on both sides. were entirely destroyed. |
There ia difference. however, in the former |
ire-every building on the south size of
|lain street as tar down as Hale'sdrug store, |
md on tho opposite side as far as Clarke.
;Onrad & Curtin's hardware store, were con-
in this fire it only extended to
Hing & Co.'s book store on the one side, and |
o NIillen & Roscncran's boot and shoe store
m the other. On Bridge street it extended |
IS far as Renig's and Doris & I.0wery's on
he opposite side Of that store. where it vas
hecked. there being . plentiful supply of
water in the we'll near the corner.
a desperate effort to save tho St. Lo:i,
Hotel was made. and VIC are happy to state
hat It was successful, thoggI, it was gener-
lily believed that the house, which stood ont