Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-31

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Commencing on Stewart street: The
houses Of John Mackey. J. z. Martin.
Charles Fore man, Charles Ravson, Judge
Rising and - Beardlesly, between
Stewart and Howard sireets: Judge Seely,
A. +. Tritle, Charles ToZsr, W. b. Crane
and. in fact, the entire blocks Of resi-
dences between Howard end A streets,
reaching from the residence Of Frank
Ibayer, Superintendent of the Julia, on
the south to Sutton avenue on the north.
Between A and b streets, William Woods
residence, Eagle Engine Company's
building. Derby & Gearheart's stables,
Simon Schlewick's lodging-house, Mrs.
Cooper's fine residence, j. W, Noyes'
building. j, w. Wilson's building, VIM.
Mooney 3 livery stables, the County
buildings. the Virginia Hotel, belonging
l.. Reynolds, the Fulton Market. Elliott's
fruit store, J. T. Davis residence.
Piper's Saloon and the Miners Union
Hall, along with the entire residences
and places of business to the extreme
north end of the city, the fire burning in
that direction as long as there was fuel
left with which to feed tho flames. Be-
tween b and c streets Geo. I. Marye's
new brick, Williams IL Bixlers. Kennedy
" Mallon's grocery and provision store,
Barnert's clothing store, Bank OF Cali
fornia building, Banner Brothers cloth
ing store, John Gilig & Co.'S hardware
store, NJ. NJ. Fredrick's jewelry store,
Union Market, Colombia House. Levy
Brothers dry goods store, Colombia
restaurant, Philadelphia shoe store, A.
Vaneberg's dry goods store. Roos Broth
ers' clothing emporium, Block & Co. S
dry goods store. Fletcher & Co. s. furni-
ture store, Magnolia Saloon, Cohn &
lssac clothing store, Delta, Washington
and Assembly saloons, Harris Brothers
cigar store, International and Saloon,
Palace Saloon, Cooley & Williams sa-
loon, Spiro's saloon, Theodore Wolf
tailor shop, Cooks old Masonic Block,
Berck's dry good store, DR.. Theile's
drug store, the City Bakery and Refresh
ment Saloon, Mcmillan & Adams
grocery AMI provision store, the new
Masonic building just being erected, J.
Cornwells furniture store, Masel's
butcher shop, Cooper's hayward and
lodging honse, E. Dickman's grocery
store, along with host of other build
ings and other fine residences, including
everything combustible, to the last house
on North G street; Delepiano's grocery
store was also burned. Between and
d streets, Blacks building. containing
the Office of the Virginia Evening
Chronicle, Ash's book store. Mayer
barber-shop, the Territorial Enterprise
building and Office, Hatch Brothers
grocery store and residence. Reim's sa
loon, Philadelphia Brewery, Carson
Brewery. Postoffice and building. Mrs
Fords brick building, Engine Compap,
No SIS building, Weigand's assay offic,
and buildings, Mrs. Emory's lodging
house, Washington Guard Hail. Nc
! Cutchan's lodging house, A. NJ. Kruttch
I nitt's lodging house, Lonkey & Smith
, lumber yard, ]. C. Smiths blacksmith
!. and waPon-shop, along with oil tht
4 blocks of residences lying toward tn
3 northeast portion of the city On th,
. east side Of D street Pipers Opera House
q Virginia and Truckee Railroad Depo
4 building, Consolidated Virginia hoistin,
9 works building and mill. the new Cali
:. fornia 60.stamp mill, Haynes lumber
q yard and the Ophir hosting works wer
swept. On T and q streets the Episcopal
n Catholic and Methodist Churches, tn
q residences of Bishop o. w. Whitaker
. D. Driscoll, stock broker, and the Who'll
d of the blocks of buildings lying north o
! Smith street, including all of Chinatown
n and reaching to within few rods of tn
n new G & c shaft.
= The loss of the hosting works an
v mills mentioned, is alono calamit
= from which the city will not recover fo
J.. more than year to come: but when
|, is considered that nearly every principe
!, business bonse in town is also destroyed
: some idea of the blow it is TO the Con
a stock may be imagined. The spread {
q the flames was so rapid that nothing br
/ a few articles of wearing apparel, jewels
etc., were saved by the fleeing inmate
! of the burning buildings. These ar
: scattered over the hillsides west of towr
! and piled up at different points alon
the streets.
, BUILDINGS BLOWN UP.
t The fight against the fire was as vgoi
e GUS as could be made, no effort bein
| spared to stay its progress. The aid {
? powder was called in. and building
!. blown up ut different points toward th
1 north and east of the city, but the flame
= leaped over all obstacles, and place
{ which one minute were hundreds of fee
. distant from the fire were the next
sheet OF flame. 1t appeared for Ion
time as if the new C. & G. boistn
works, down in Chinatown, were doomed
but n desperate and successful effort wa
made to save them.
THE MEN IN THE MINIS
s Were, so far as ID known, all got out, an
h among the general disaster we are please
to state that we have not any loss of Iii
to chronicle. Of course all particular
= cannot be learned in q few hours, and
J. is possible, and even probable. that o,
# of the thousands who were rendere
T. homeless few may have been too la
y in attempting to escape.
a INcENDIARIEs.
1t is reported that one man was see
attempting to set fire to some building
but as nothing Of the kind came With
% our observation, and no one could 81,
u description of him, the rumor may
}. without foundation. For the credit
:, humanity, We hope that such was not Il
10 case. Fuller accounts will be given
y another date, together with what will |
If done for the relief OF the sufferers |
10 the charitable here sd elsewhere.
8; In writing the above we failed to me,
N ton that the Gold Hill Fire Departures
rs turned out and rendered all the aid pc
sible. the steamer of Yellow Jacket N
2, being stationed at the Gould & Cur
hosting works during the first of Il
., conhagration. and subsequently at diffe
% ent points.
IS TER.