The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-12
WESTERN DISPATCHES
ESPECIAL TO THF. SILVER STATED
THE BURNING OF FAIeyrEV.
SILVER Cry OCT u

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The greatest calamity thai ever &C.
CURED N ewyhee county TOOK place
tbs morning at Fairyiow, on War
eagle Mountain. The fire fiend did
the work and the principle portion of
the town is in ashes, heap of black.
sme1lde ring ruins. There are various
ruFhors aticat as to the origin of the
fire, bet it is now u settled fact thai il
started in Peter Owens saloon, on the
lower end of Main street. All efforts
to check the flames were unavailino
and in the course of half an honr every
building from Bayles IL Storrs' to SUM-
mercamp's large saloon, on both sides.
of the street were destroyed. The
buildings destroyed were as follows ::
on south side of Main street II. Harde-
mans large store, stock merchandise;
Peter Owens saloon, stock liquors and
cigars; G. Butterman's building, occu-
pied by Fred Gret rs barber shop and
variety store; w. V. Williams saloon.
stock liquors, &C.; d. Z. Rainey's
saloon. stock liquors, cigars, &c.: Ed.
Borman's dwelling house and shoe
shop; Prof. William NJ. Birds barber
shop and hair restorative dispensary:
l.. B. Remnants building, occupied by
Fred Callen and w. Reirfhart as butch.
err shop; l.. B. Remnants boarding
house; Charley Crooks building, occn.
pied by Judge A. P. Turner. Marcus
Moses tailor shop and Miners Union
hall; Chinatown, consisting of about a
dozen houses in the gulch. On the
north side of Main street. four cabins
and the large two story lodging house
OF l.. Il. Reinhart; A. McCaulev's boot
and shoe shop; Tom Kettles saloon
and winters supply of wines, liquors,
cigars, frewood, etc.; two buildings
owned by David Dorsey, one of them
occupied by Mr.. Constantine az a rest
aurant, the other by Geo. Winchester:
and the old Chariot lodging honse
owned by David Dorsey; a row of three
cabins, occupied and owned respectively
by Mike Carey, Pat Breen and David |
Dorsey; Mr.. Toys stable, which was
torn down to save the boarding house
owned by that gentleman; Dorsey's
large boarding house building adioin- |
ing the latter. occupied by Jas. Mona.
han as q residence; D.. Wikel's resi-.
dence; dwelling house occupied by CIV
and Pierce was considerably damaged |
bnt not burned; this constitutes tba
list OF buildings DESTROYED. The esti-
mated losses OF some Of the parties ara
as follows: Mr. Hardeman. S26. 900. Tom
Kettle, $4,000; Peter Owens. $40 OOO.
=; Rinehart, ST.. 900; W. Y. Williams,
S6, 900; David Dorsey. $4,000; A. |
McCauley, 80. 500; Ed, Borman, 80. 900: |
Dernas, $4,000; Miners Union, $4,000:
Constantine. $500; the other losses
cannot yet be estimated, but the total
destruction of property will not fall
much short of 500, 1000. ="
The only two stores that ESCAPED
were Chas. T. Boyle a. Bros. and
Herman Brown. They carried out
their merchandise. much of which is
damaged and missing.
There must be in the neiohborhood
OF four hundred people houseless and
homeless, among whom are several
fl milies.
Tie smouldering town is sad specta-
Gle to behold. The calamity does not
appear to have disheartened the brave
hearted people as much as might be
expected, and many of ;fthem will
reDniid as soon as they can obtain
lumber. The town consisted of wooded
The miners and everybody
else turned out with will and worked
ike tigers to save the town, and it was
iue to almost superhumsn efforts that
he portion still standing was not
destroyed. Luckily there was but lit
lie wind at the time. No lives were lost
md nobody injured. The heat of the
burning town was felt mile and n
laif from Fairview by people who went