Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-28

Brothers, Central Market, Phlsadei-
phia Brewery, Carson Brewery,
Washington Guard Hall, Post Office
and building, James Kelly's liquor
store and soda factory, store of
]. c. Hampton g. Co., house of
Knickerbocker Engine Company,
No. 5, Conrad Weigand's assay Of
flee, Mrs. Emory's lodging house,
McCutchen & Kruttschnict's lodging
houses, Lonkey 81 Smiths lumber
yard, J. C. Smiths blacksmith shop,
and many other buildings.
In the eastern part of the city
the more prominent buildings
burned were the Catholic Church, a
splendid brick structures; the Meth
cdist Church, st. Paul's (EpiscopaD
Church, the residence of Bishop
| Whitaker and D. Discroll the we'll
known stock. broker, with all the
blocks OF buildings lying north of
Taylor street and East of ID as far
north as to and some distance be-
yond Carson street, going east
through Chinatown and nearly to
the G. and c. shaft.
Piper's Opera House was blown
up after it was in flames, yet it made
great and intensely hot fire. The
| freight and passenger depots of the
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Com
| pany were in flames soon after the
ire attacked the Opera House, and
from these buildings the fire soon
reached the Consolidated Virginia
hosting works; thence travelled TO
and destroyed the big mill Of the
company named and the new stamp
mill of the California Company.
Shortly after the Ophir works were
on fire, and soon all in that neigh
borhood was sea of flames. At the
Consolidated Virginia and Ophir
mines immense quantities OF timsers
wood and lumber were destroyed,
burning fiercely and for great
length of time.
THE MINES.
As the fire approached the hoist
ing works of the several mines, the
men were brought up from the lower
levels, and all were safe on the sur
face before the flames reached the
buildings surrounding the shafts.
The top of the Consolidated Virginia
shaft was bulkheaded and covered
to considerable depth with dirt,
rendering it quite secure, as is sup
posed. At the Ophir shaft the cages
were let down into their several COM
partments and the safety apparatus
| sprung, when waste rock was show
eled in upon them. One of the cages
gave way at the last moment and
| left its compartments open. II is
thought that a portion of the timbers
OF the shaft were burned, as a strong
smell of gas from burning pine came
up the Gould and Curry shaft for a
time yesterday afternoon. The hoist
ing compartments of the Curry were
then closed, and the column of the
pump opened so that the water, after
being brought to near the surface,
was allowed to fall back, thus driv-
ing the air and gases back whence
they came. Even though the tim
bers in the OphIr should take fire it
would be impossible for the flames
| to extend into the California, as be
tween the two mines there is a space
OF about 300 feet in which there are
no timbers. The burning of the
hosting works and mills will throw
a small army of men out of employ
ment, and men, too, in many in
stances, who have lost their homes
and all they contained. These peo-
pie, and hundreds of others, will
need, immediate assistance from
abroa1 =.
THE Loss IN MONEY
! Cannot be at this time very accurate
ly estimated, but it will be enor-
nous. The Enterprise put it yester
day at from $4,000, 900 to $1,000, 900,
but we understand that the editors
of that paper stated later in the day
! that their estimate was too low by
one half. We have heard it estima-
ted all the way from S4,000,000 to
| Sl5, 900, 600. This latter amount is OF
course considerably out of the way.
From all we are able to learn, and
accepting the judgment of others in
| preference to our own, we should
say 100000 900. 1t is said that the
total insurance will reach S3,500,000
to 100000. The individual losses
OF money and personal effects were
! many, and can hardly be detailed at
this time.
THEHoMELEss.
Manv of those who were burned
ont have been provided a temporary
asvlnin with friends in the remainder
Of Virginia. and in Gold Hill, Silver
C;tv and DAYTON: while others who
had ready means have either gone
heIow or to Carson. Steamboat
Snrinos and other places away from
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