Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-26
FIRE LAST N
a CODfiagrati0n while
More than It Fulfill. -.
cape from "a big
Building Ruined and
neOus Damages.

neous Damages
The alarm OF fire #auel =
half-past eight o'eloeI eaHiH
People rushing out HeIf a8a
were startled by the sl Of 8 aaH
of flame, smoke anu :. ae ff
most perpendiculariY i6s aHeI8f#
of Los Angeles, Cafau e a6 8taz
media streets. FGrtuullelt fa#ls So
scarcely breatn uf 6ring =
urge the condagrat.e - -
bounds of its origin. RE Iaca#Iaa
was one of The mos i. - faas -
the city, as the street, 9e 05f6sf sI4e
We're lined with fl ae aaHiIHs#
which had been bleacI q 81 sfiad =
the elements, for nus 5asHs Gae
and were nothing less Hau sa.aEeea
TINDER B6 lss
Ready at hand to Tet 80 tHa
and transmit it TO MOI afaasieH
erty beyond. On ths &esa 49,
large block of II. iHt Haiea
seemed to be threaten 81 8a lts
East and South the ex iHe HszH
yard and planning mill = eatff Fssaae
worth & Co., fanked - theia
Pacific depot. People Nala saas fir &
arrived on the spot, - taef afesaH
in anticipation o uslasH
spread of the flames, as agtzua
ing disastrous results
THE OR 80
OF the fire was in aa i Inc 8Haz
buildings behind Nc aaa55 H9af3-
ing house, on Comme e.al street. 0aa
report assigned it. + lha stable
Close & Lassen, Will, 8u5Iass as#a#fz
ed as positively that a5aflaH Ia lia
kitchen of Domingo 1saeia i q
rear of that gentlem as sadd -
harness establishmen WHe5aa
was the work of an iaesaaIar8 o b.
will be hard to deterI g. II 1s HeHs
eral confusion that e. tad as
it was impossible to 5flH 20 aea.
lecture.
THE sP r.
Once kindled found a6Usa - 4aaHa
al for its ramifications, and by the
time the alarm bell was rung two or
three stables, sheds, fences, ETC., be-
sides the kitchen in the rear of Gar
cia's saddle shop were wrapped in
flames. The Fire Companies were
both on the ground in good time, and
went to work with will; so much so
that the fire was checked within
these limits, hardly making foot ad-
vance from the time the onslaught
commenced.
THE DAMAGE
Was heaviest to the building and
stock of Domingo Garcia. 1t is esti-
mated that from ten to twelve thou
sand dollars worth of saddles and har-
ness goods were in the store. A part
of this stock was carried out and prob
ably escaped injury, while a much
larger proportion was damaged by the
heat and water. The upper part of
the building was occupied by Mrs.
McGee for boading house, and
known as the Commercial Hotel. The
furniture of this establishment was
badly demoralized. The building, en-
tirely of frame, was practically gut
ted, the rear end being entirely
burned off, and the whole interior
drenched with water. The damage
will probably reach $1,000, or about
half the value of the building. All
along Commercial street in the small
establishments there was
QUICK PACKING
And hasty departures. Prof. Hyers
shouldered his BARRIERS gole and trav-
eled, while sixty dollars worth of
chickens belonging to him, kept in
coop behind the barber shop, met de-
structon. The fences were burned on
one side of Mrs. Madegan's corral, and
on the rear of Bannerman & Dunn's
coal yard. In the stable of Close &
Lassen two mules and two wagons
were burned. They were the property
of a stranger who had put up for the
night.
THE INSURANCE
On property destroyed Or injured was
as follows: On Garcia's stock, $4,000
in the Commercial Union (NewmarN,
agent. On Garcia's building, $1,000
in the Scottish Commercial &C.. R.
Johnson, agehtl. Other policies were
held on the building, among which
was one in the French Insurance Cor
poration. We have been unable to
learn the further particulars. OF the
other property destroyed, with the ex-
ception of furniture, very little was
worth insuring, and it will prove of
no serious loss to anybody. Los An
geles may well congratulate herself
that so great catastrophe as was last
night threatened resulted no more dis
astrously. The fireman cannot be TOO
highly praised for their gallant con-