Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-28
The Great Conaagration.
virginia City q Black
ened Heap Of Ruins.
A LOSS OrElGHT OR TEN MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS I.
Thousands Of People Homeless and
Suffering.
A. PARTIAL LIST OF THE
LOSSES.

"A DAh11AA AlO1 We LIE
LOSSES.
A calamity has befallen the Pa
cifc Coast. Virginia City, with its
millions upon millions of dollars
in property, has been laid waste by
the most disastrous fire which has
occurred on this coast since the dis
covery Of gold in California. The
greater and more important por-
ton Of
Rss THE ILL-FATBD CITY
Lies smouldering in ashes, smoke
and FIRE, and he who has courage to
contemplate the awful scene, may
- the wreck Of millions and the
labor Of years lying spread far and
wide before him as black, gloomy
and worthless. Is defeated Hope.
This is no ordinary calamity-one
that can be spoken of with smiling
lips and cheerful hearts. It is 9
disaster 70 orr people the contem-
plation Of which brings with it
nething sevs gloom and sorrow.
THE SMOKE CLOUDS
Which ascend to Heaven from the
foot OF Mount Davidson to-day,
bear upward with them the sore dis
tress Of . brave and generous peo-
pie overtaken by destruction in the
height Of prosperity and happiness.
Men. who. on the first day Of this
week, looked with pride and con-
vent upon the wealth which the
honest toll and trade Of years had
accumulated for them, to-day can
gsther . handful of ashes from Vir-
ginia's disdgureG site, and truth
fully sxclaim, This is all that is
leftr' Thought wanders into chaos
b the pen would portray the scene.
and words are found weak and in
adequate, q one would depict the
feeling Of terror which overwhelmed
the people Of that doomed city as
they beheld the town being licked
mp BY the fiery breath Of the dread
fui destroyer.
TH1 ALARM OF FIRE
Sounded from bell and whistle at
half past five o'clock of Tuesday
morning, and by noon the town had
vanished from sight. 1t is needless
TO sttempt to describe the confusion
and excitement which prevailed
a4ter it Was known that all efforts to
save the city were proving fruitless,
and that rescue was beyond human
power. It WAS as if the solid earth
was opening in chasms long and
wide to envelop q struggling, af-
frighted people. All were seeking
safety, yet mono knew where it was
tobs found. Famed by
A,DaMoN-sxur WIND,
the fiery wave of fame rolled hither
and thither, melting with ITS surging
tide block sfter block of business
and dwelling houses, and leaving
naught but despair and ruin in its
track, while those who had thought
q saving their property, now but
sought safety for themselves AZ the
billows Of fire came rolling towards
thsn. Ten thousand strong arms
and brave hearts were fighting to
stay It's progress, but in vain. Like
. defsatsd and routed army, en-
dsavoring to make a stand and
cheek an advancing and victorious
enemy, they fought brsvely and
desperately, but were driven from
every point damaged and disheart-
sned, until finally they were COM
pellsd TO make
AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER,
aad let the fire burn az it would.
This II did, until ct last il has fairly
burned itself out. All OF Tuesday
itragsd hsrcsly, there being plenty
Of fuel to feed 1t, but on Tuesday
night 1t had gained it, bounds, and
there wss nothing left To lead it to q
further limit.
TIA DuRNxn DISTRICT
Comprises all that part Of the city
lying between Taylor street on the
south, Caxsoa street on the north.
eeswart street on the west and the
Chinese quarter. ON the east. The
1re even exceeded these bounds, As
en- the south 1t dressed Taylor street
On b and O streets and destroying
much valuable property; also cross
I'd asaia below d street, when 1t
destroyed the Catholic Church, the
Nsshodist Church and many fne
residences.
Il slss crossed Csruos street and
64s9ssxsd . seesadsSataa usnhss