, 1879-03-03
The Town Of Reno, Nav, Visited
by an unquenchable
Fire.
-Four Hotels, Three Freight Do
pots, and All tho Business
Houses Destroyed.
The Loss, One Million Dol
lars; insurance, $780,
600.
Fierosnasa Of tho Flames-..The Poor
Little City Nearly Ruined.


RKEo, Ncv., March 2.-At about quarter to
this morning tho afnrtn Of fire was sounded.
Thu fire commenced in some wood building ut
tile wea. end uf tbs business stscrt, back OF tho
Masonic Block.
A fearful gulc WIS blowing from the west at
The true, an1, before tle water could bo rot OIL
the fire wns beyond control.
The flames ieabcd from house to house, md
from block 10 block, with lightning raplity.
The pantc.strcken, l,altclothctl people caught
Il handful Of their most valuable arttcled, nnd
left nil eiso to the demon bf destruction,
The tlrcmch vese helpless.
Tho tlcEcencss of the wtnd and tho intensity
oi thu heat rendered IL impossible 10 get c1oEe
enough to do any good.
III three hut,rs all Of tic business part Of The
town wns in asl.e1, the only houses escaping he.
Ing tho Masonic Building, With llageFman Il
Sehoollng's grocery alora on tta first floor, and
John 1nrcomho's.
Everything else Is gone.
buildings TINT stood other 1res Without dam
age melted bclorc this enc.
Among tllr buildings destroyed aro the three
freight depots, Dcp.lcr's Bank, the Post Ollie,
Dnyidsun's mud Frcdcrick's jewlry storcs, l'cnni-
ger Il Osborn aud 6tormnker's drug-storcs.
the Depot, lie Pollard, Tho Interim.
tOuass AaA Alt AFtla1 14otSAas tH+|
Telegraph offices, Wells. Fasgn Il Co.'s
office, tc railroal bageagc.roouts, the baptist
md Catholic Churches, Hammond Il Wilson'S
stable, tic Academy Of Music, l'arnctrs, Pres
cott'k, and Gray u 1aaacs dry-goods stores,
Abra!asn's ami Natllan's clofl,l,,E stores, Man.
ming t. Ducks alil the Farmers Cooperative
Association grocery storeR.
Two or tllrcc Central Pacific trains, including
tl.t lightning train, were destroyed.
The condition of tho tricks made It necessary
to transfer the passengers to the V. u T. train
across lie river, tn. 60 tu Virginia.
Thu loss, ns near m can lN. calculated Mt Ills
tinr, il ul,ont $1,00,0 0W', With unly about
| $3.50, 100 Insurance,
Fire 1ves nrr knnw1I to he lost, m fur ns heard
fro,p,-Aits, .1nhn Beck, John Riley, n,ti tltcc
| trnmps.
A nuu,htr received injuries, hit at this writ.
tng It Ia impossible to get correct Information.
| TIc ga1u blowing Was the liercest knowI fnr
u,nny siay, ti It carried blazing pieces ut TIM
Der for miles.
Seyera! farm-bouscs situated tno miles down
tl,e meadows wcro burned by This tneans.
After working unlfi exhausted, thr, whites
forced the Chinese to work uh tt,e cnsinee.
Already several nre having lumber hauled
npon their still sn,.kLng gro,ls,d.
llnmcs aru In great demand, Hnl the ctstzcns
arc throwing oprn tl.cir doura to thu homeless
ones, atnl are dof,1g asl they can to rclcyc the
| distressed,
Thu buildings on Plaza strpet, iucln'lfng the
Academy of Music, nre burned, md thu fire un3
slapped wlicr nj WIS destroyed
Even the restfIanecs Ut ". H. Gelchell ntttl ",
II. Trcadway nln! nhefs' wtre not far cno,,El
away to be saycd.
The Central pucItio yard engine Nh. IS fuu.hi
The fire brayey uniii her sh caught tlre, aEt The
anglnrcr tutl to al,at.dou llor to l!cr fatc.
\ wutoy train arrived frou, Tnlcficc, hut to&
latr tu 10 any rond.
Reno II no,s II suburb without Town, n,,,
great fcHre Are rhtcrs"Iit,l as - her nldlttr Il
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