Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-05-04

Twenty-one Buildings Destroyed.
Loss a bout $40, 900.

ly block of buildings. partially on the |
east side Of Lacour street and the west |
side of Main street. The fire commenced |
about 3 o'clock, in the old unoccupied |
hurdy or dance-house on Lacour street
adjoining the Journal Office, the building
and lot being owned by A. B. Barnett.
The fire was first discovered by James
W. Murray and Charles Noakes, who
had just completed their nights labor of
striking off the Journal and who were
engaged in spreading their blankets pre-
paratory to retiring for the night. As
they we're in the act mentioned above
| they heard a whizzlng noise which i'm
mediately alarmed them both. Murray
rushed to the rear door of the Office
| whist Noakes went to the front. Murray
discovered the rear of the adjacent build
ing in flames and shouted as loud as pos
sible giving the alarm, after which he
and Noakes ran to the house of the Pro-
lection Hose Company, hauled out the
carriage and quickly attaching the hose
to the ping. About this time Johnny
Quilen. carrier of the RECORD, who was
in the RECORD Office receiving the paper,
which had just been printed for de-
livery, k-erl the alarm, and he man
aged to fdh the Phoebe Hose carriage
down TO the scene of the fire all alone,
when general alarm was sounded and
large numbers of men arrived shortly to
| az nd TodI
Company at the scene, at which time the
fire was spreading rapidly, enveloping the
hurdy house, Louis Betz shouse, Journal
office, Mollie Teats' lodging-house. Jas.
Anderson's lodging-house. Mrs. Hickox's
millinery store, John Lazenby's house
Occupied by Freddie Gantt), Protection
Hose-house and Orient Saloon. on La
cour street, together with Carmen 8
blacksmith shop, A. Browns stable,
Sophie Glennon's house, Cartwright g
wheelright shop, Walks blacksmith shop,
on Main street. The firemen saw that it
was impossible to do any good to the
buildings burning and turned their at
tentiou to keeping the fire from spread
. ing, two good streams of water were kept
going constantly playing alternately on
the fire and on houses that were scorch.
ing, in this manner and by the aid OF
Lightner Hook and Ladder Company
tearing down two buildings on Lacoui
street belonging to L. G. Poujade the
FIRE received severe check which en-
abled the firemsn to finally get the best
of it and extingush it after an hours
terrible hard work. The following build
ings were terribly scorched. On Lacoul
street the Panaca saloon, II. Eileri
. saloon, T. Hawkins barber shop, the
}. Postotfice, (the flag staff on this build.
: ing was burned half through from top tc
l. bottom), New York Bakery and Judg'
:, Pitzer's office. On Main street ther,
u was Alex. Browns hall, Miners saloon
). M. P. Blum's store, Chas. STEMS liquo
IS store, Veitch's store and an unoccupiet
y building The scorched buildings how
d ever can be easily repaired by the paint
j. ers and GLACIERS Most of the building
le on the east side of Lacour street had tn
3. glass portion OF the buildings broken b,
J. the heat and water. The fire department
d of Phoebe can lay to themselves tn
Of flattering thought, that had it not bee
1t for their superhuman exertions Pioch
Of would now be mostly mass of ruins
Is The different companies are now com
- Ny OulCeES WuO uuuoTStbuu tu6l
T. business and whom the men prompt
If obey. We were witness to the work don
1t and it was well done, quite differer
from scenes at fires in Phoebe heretofore
Men on all sides worked with will
10 some of them getting burned on tn
10 hands, face and forehead, amongst th
c. number was Charles Noakes who wa
- burned severely on the forehead
| Whara al Iil on wall xuou11 not !,
III right to distinguish any particular in
y" dividuals from the balance of workers, W
~ therefore will not do so, Nathan Meye
- of the firm of Kullman 4 Armer of Sa
10 Francisco, being only ON visit
Phoebe, we can not help from giving hir
20 credit for the manner in which he stoo
" in. Many merchants were under th
~ impression that the town would surel
ct be destroyed and as fast as possib
" slowed away goods and merchandise
~ fire proof cellars, vaults, etc. II wi
"a take them several days before they will |
en able to replace their stock in good ord
~ again. The fire was finally subdue
''A about 4 O'Clock. the foremen howev
keeping sections Of hose playing on Il
va. burning embers until about nine O'clo,
al in the morning. Mrs. Grimb's lodgil
;. house caught fire in the rear from fyil
u.s. sparks, also cabin on Davis sire,
cir These were quickly extinguished by t
re- department. Numbers of men wei
j. scattered around on the different buildin
by throwing water and spreading blanke
Oft to save the various buildings from da
an ger of catching fire from sparks flying
his different directions. Many parties
nue Lacour street living in private dwellin
ma moved out all the furniture possible I
der the circumstances. A gentleman "
i, lodged at Anderson's ran out of
= house with his empty trunk, leaving
ioi- clothes hanging around the room to br
rm up. Liquor was plentiful about fl
,d); o'clock. and men were rapidly getting
B. an intoxicated condition under the
l.. element OF the occasion, when ord
; A. were issued to close the various salo,
Tub until six o clock D. IN. The order
urs- promptly obeyed by all. and as a COL
quence men were sober and able to
h.. tend to business during yesterd
Phoebe has good reason to be thanh
rom for the large supply of water that
ous- furnished by the Floral Spring WI
seen Company. The ruins were visited
ing. terday by large number of people q
erty ious to see the scene of the disaster.
Q is the fire began in an unoccupied build
one. and as the noise heard at its start
'aid. evidently made by ooal-oil burning, IL
opr ID no doubt at all in the minds of ev
one that the confagration was the "
mug OF some vile incendiary, who, IL eau
8 in will not have much mercy shown /
pose A few minutes before the fire occul
,lace James Murray, who was in the rear
> APP the Journal Office, heard the steps {
any. man rushing past who had evide
the done the deed but he thouoht nothiu