Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-09
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A Disastrous Yirs. which Dsstrsys
e2So,ooe worth - Property.
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sAN NNNNeASso' Ae6ust os-Auout tsVo
O'Clock . fire broke outin the block bound
ed by Merchant. Washington. Drumm and
East streets. The statement Of the police
man In the vicinity. who turned In the
alarm. was that II originated 10 q hay barn
and stable Of M0rohcad & Mexican. nearly
In tho middle Of tho block. The whole
block was built up solidly with frame
buildings. and the Ore spread rapidly In
every direction. Fronting on Drumm
street was . large two-story frame build
ing. occupied IS . stable. Is above msn'
toned. the Capital box factory. W. O.
schiilingsr's ssddlery and harness sstab-
lishment. Marshall's grocery and . num-
Der OF other establishments, including two
or three small blacksmith shops. Charles
Rsustsr's wheslwright shop. etc. In q
few minutes the entire building was In .
blaze. The heat was intense. and u was
with difficulty that the firsmen could work
In tho narrow surrounding streets. An
Immense crowd ct once assembled. but
good order was maintained by the police.
assisted bv . large number Of the Com.
mittee OF Safety men, who at once donnsd
their badges and aided In keeping back
| the throng. Hopes were stretched across
| the streets In every direction leading
10 the ERE, and the fremen were soon
enabled 10 work freely. Just across
| Drumm street from the fire was the old
| Oriental Hotel, which had been moved
| from its pioneer location on Market street.
The flames attacked u hercely. hut . mum.
Der OF streams were turned upon II and II
escaped with . severe soorching. Mean.
| time the hre had attacked the coal yard Of
| Koeber Brothers In tho center OF the
block, lust east OF where II started. snd an
immense pile Of coal was o mass OF
| hre and throwing out intense heat. The
burning stables wero occupied by some
| thirty horses, most Of which belonged 10
business firms In the vicinity, some being
kept for sale. Some t~wenty-ons OF them
| persisted In the flames, and their shrieks
Is the fire enveloped them we're fearful 10
hear. The arm Of McKsnna a Geary.
whose Office was on the opposite side Of
Of most OF tho others IL at present un-
known. There were also In the stalls sew
| ersl blooded Jersey cow and four bulls,
whion ~e'o ~ "A se.AS
WAS tnus 'IS 49, hhs =.
Drunlm sIrss' " 'espeu lsionsns sse
70 tue sou,n ,na al.scAea IL W.
story pr,cA puItuins iunn.ns sI'vss. ~ "
clay anu oc1uP,ou " w sIounu rSo'oy
tne large snlP-cnAnuisfy sp"te v, Ae'sss;
uailup q hestn nna tne Proauce M
commission espAoIsnmeh, o. 'onh An
loy-.the upper portion Icing used
. SAL io,t . tne hrms o. LiA,ainy q DIseh
. u. FUNK 70. rus puiIaing W.
tho contents VA soon to'.I JOS, onIy ~
walls remaining anaIn ,eIy snssy
sonal..oh; ln n,e W. MI $3.50 ~
pe'.S .hs 'asoIn,nn ,,.ms hri,S,n, ~.
.uoyIns ,ay r.sesns ~ -
~. - 49,. s,nrv hricS
va, 49, l.. Tdc.,Iv 4 ~ .hin
oS.nSIS.. M. a.. JiT M; o., int ,heir
s.s.nIishn,on. ,hor.h shsy sns,.insJ soms
~ ,ro,n w.,sr. Inn Tho nrrsr aoor. nsed
80. ...iJ.ncs .rd iode,nss ma. hsrnt ont
...s..,- - ~ tr.ma "a .,ors m Rnt.
La Z 20 Witch vss %entirelv destroyed.
al ,ho hr;cl hpiIding sdjoining on m
80, ns.d 60 vina s,ope' "a coosidsr,.
NV Jsmsvei. On The Merchant strset
go, az A.. ,.. cb.cleI IN the
ov,sv..J nj, Msrch.,t strsst' but IN ths
ror,h s,Js 4, went Tho whois block 10
| tha citv front ON Eat street. taxing In ia
courss tbo stsble owned by Smith A Co.,
tesmster.. and another BELONGING 10 vii.
liam Whitman. md a third owned BY
some Italian fishermen, Several borses
were burned I'm those establishments.
grocery store near the corner Of
| Eat strcet shsred the same fate,
and the fire swept along East street, which
was built nm with whole line Of rieksty
FRANC buildipes. with innumersble occu.
nsnis. mostly saloons and coffee stands OF
| m, lower rl..,. taxing In the interior Of
,he bloet. and burned everything clean.
| Mc.ntino tbe fi.mss Iumpcd Across N the
morrill, siJs of W,sIinston street and
wo,led esstvsrd toward the civ front.
A. n .crner Of Ws.binctop and Drumm
So. .,ooj aha Oriental r-cstsnrsnt. a
.a,.r" ss.ma hr,iJIng RsIov III,
80 ,o;, ~ ays chssn %s.loons' !. China
49, - t,,i, .,.rd i've boarJing
Nol ,.S,,,n, Ina. .sooa,v .,or. s.,.
sr.i cos5se st,nds' Another bosrdine house
.nJ . ssioon A. tbe corner Of Rsst street.
ali of which vere svept clean. On Drumm
,,rect. ncxt N tbo Oriental ssloon. was 4
frame building occupied below A. 4 Bosn.
dinayi,n saloon. anil port 10 that, and At
the CORNER of Drumm and Oregon streets,
Email e.i a, ,or. ertsndinr psrt vsy
ihrongh IN East street. vas another two-
s,orv fr,me bnildInc. having the Wssh.
inyton .iables bolov. In which 4 number
Of horse. wero Loaf. And 4 lodging house
shavo' Fsst: of these. i'm the middle
of the block. WAS stable, owners
~ - - r. Al.