Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-03-03

From our Special Rsportsr.1
Eprrol News : A few minutes before
6 o'clock yesterday morning q Are broke
out in the real Of the Railroad House on
Commercial Row. which nearly destroyed
the entire business portion Of Reno.
The main business part Of the town lies
between Sierra and Psavins streets on
the east and west, and between Plaza
and Second streets on the north and
south.
TIE FIRE
Started In q wood pile In an alley near
Sierra street, and Immediately back Of
an old hotel called the Railroad House.
owned by Pat. Hogan. One Of the
strongest gales OF wind that has ever
been known In Reno was blowing from
the west at the time. The FIRE VA not
discovered until Il was too far under
h.adwsy to check BY the means Of hand.
The alarm was promptly given, and the
A.. a.,.,,msnt Al onoe rssnondsd. But
al .sra,t. 10 sy,n ob,oi tbs spresd Of
the flames were unavailing. I never
saw fire so quickly pass from building
to building and destroy In 90 short .
time whatever lay In its path.
WIND
blow n.e 'n' atn VI o'a'' 'u''
mace o''0rs inc nIs nou'e NA,
nAi l
Depot HOTEL thrse oiooks 10 tue east
were on are. Masses OF burning einders
war. hama dovn the strests slmo.t liks
a .,,ssm nj frs' II IA Imnossibls attbis
,;u. ,n ,;,. ! mi, -accoupt M Ira nnm.
hs, AMI s,lu. Of the buildinos and their
ds.troysd. NOR ven 10 clo,sly
snnro,imats the amount Of loss ans.
tained. Hseerman 4 SchoolinQ's store
on III. corner of Commercial Row and
Sierra street. and Larcombs's store, on
the southeast corner Of the sane block
and two or three small buildings facing
on si.rra stre,t. vsrs the only houses
ma, burnsa In The block IN which tbs
Are ORIGINATED. Every building IN he
tb,ss bloels .s,t Of nj. vas dsstroysd.
TIE DEPOT HorzL'
Owned by W. II. Chamberlain, The
Wslls A Fargo express ONCE, the O. p.
telsprsph office aud the @. p. baggage
room. all lyius At the intersection Of the
v. & I. and O. p. Railroad tracks,
burned like chat In q furnace. The O.
L. and v. / T. and Earl & Co.'S large
freight dspots were next taken oy me
names. Nins Ioausu irs'gus sar', sn'os
naa only Jew noufs os'ors AII''sa
from tue east anu wes', anu Two PAssen,
ger coaches . mai ana eApisss car, AL
belonging to the Central racine were .
total loss. The Central racine also lost
GOO oords oil wood. which caught nrs
from the lying sparks, although nearly
= hall mile below Town. Inc nm then
passed north Oh the TRACK mo FiALa
street, and destroyed most o. ths rest.
dencss from Center street TO the east end
OF the town. or embracing an ssa OF
three blocks. The most notable sIcep.
ton in this last Ore section 10 Tho new
Catholic seminary building whph, on
account OF its having just been painted.
and the lumber not being entirely sea
sonsd, was not burned.
rur PIE psLr
=. ,o,,,.5 an /. ,.., hv ,,,..t
inc south oy Ssconu, On 'n' hot'n
by the upper part Of Plaza aad the
lower par, Of Fourth. and to tie town
ON the east. thus coye,ine the
principal part Of the town and totally
destroying nearly s,sfy oGs, nooss
A.. The Central f.Siso Rsilro,d Com.
pauy, W. Il. Chamberlain, Barnett
Bros. l.. Abrams, H.. @. Lake, James
Chambers, Z. Chsilo,lch q 20, Al. l.
Coats. the Farmers Co-opsrann Asso-
citation, the virginia ana !ruoss hai,.
road Company. Ns'ada Miii, ': D.
Marshal. d. Prescott. Q. ~. Jamison,
A. Il. MANNING N. Natnan' grey
isa,es, Crews 4 Lliedge, Dave aior ar
land, Osborn a shoemAner, o =. -
yison, l. fredsrieks, Ma'nsS,0 NC
L,ea; WIN. ~ e.,sr
Cooks, airs. d. ,Sonss' ~ snnu,
,v,s.San S,-nn;n,S.u d n
Lachnap, Pat, Hogan, q. 4. Merrill.
Roberts Bros, the Baptist and Cath
one chnrehes, D. W. Ear TO-. MI
o e yv;,.o, n Kn,.t and a
n nA' "''
d. Dau'u'
ALL cLAssrs OF nusissss
Were represented by the abovs-namsd
p.r,i.s. Mauy rssidsness were also
-" r..:...,,..,,-.,,,;.s a..
Inv. Pe'a'''
that very little property In the burned
district was saved. Many trusted to
their Are.proof buildings, but these
crumblsd before the excessive heat; and
others thought their property without
the reach of the flames until i was too
late. But the greatest difficulty was the
exceedingly rapid spread Of tbs Ore and
Inc binding dust and smoke, which
enyelcped everything and almost made
n impossibl. for our citizens 10 do any.
hing.
LIvRs Lost.