Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-03
CREMATED.
THE TOWN OF RENO DESTROYED BY
FIRE.
Furious Winds Fan the Flames, Which
Rapidly Gain the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Portion of the Town Destroyed-Loss. a
Million of Dollars-Five Persons Known
to Have Persisted in the Flames.

San FRANCISCO, March 2.-Reno dispatch: At
about quarter to six this morning the alarm
of fire was sounded. The fire commenced in
some wooden buildings at the west end of the
street back of the Masonic block. A fearful
gale was blowing from the west at the time
and before-the water could be got on the fire
was beyond control. The flames leaped from
house to house and from block to block with
lightning rapidity. The panic-stricken, half
clothed people caught handful of the most
valuable articles, and left all else to the demon
of destruction. The firemen were helpless.
The ferceness of the wind and the intensity of
the heat rendered it impossible to get close
enough to do any good, and in three hours all
Of the business part of the town
WAS IN ASHES.
the only houses escaping being the Masonic
building with Hagerman & Schooling's gro
Gerry store on its first Hoor and John Larembes.
Everything else gone; buildings that stood
other fires without damage melted before this
one. Among the buildings destroyed are three
freight depots. Bender's bank, post
office, Damdson Fredericks jewelry
stores, Peuninger & Osburn and Shoo-
makers drug stores, the depot. the Pallard, In
ternational and Arcade hotels, both telegraph
Offices Wells q Fargos office, railroad bagsage-
rooms, Baptist and Catholic churches, Ham
mond & Wilson's stables, the academy of
music, Barnelps Prescott's and Grey & Isaacs'
dry goods stores, Abraham's and Nathan's
clothing stores, Manning & Duck and Farm
ers' Cooperative association grocery stores.
Two or three Central Pacific trains,
including the lightning train, were destroyed
The condition of the tracks made it necessary
to transfer the passengers to the Vandt train
across the river to go to Virginia. The loss as
near can be calculated at this time is about
$l,OOO,OOO with only about $780, insur-
ance.
FIVE LIVES ARE KNOWN TO BE LOST.
as far as aheard from, Mrs. John Beck John
Riley and three tramps. A number received
injuries, but at this writing it is impossible to
get correct information. The gale blowing was
the hercest known for many day, and it car
ried the blazing pieces of timber for
miles. Several farm houses situated
two miles down the meadows were burned by
this means. After working until exhausted,
the whites forced the Chinese to work on the
engines. Already several are having lumber
hauled up to their
STILL SMOKING GROUNDS.
The citizens are throwing open their doors
to the homeless ones, and are doing all they
can to relieve the distressed. The buildings ON
Plaza street, including the Academy of Music,
are burned, and the fire only stopped when all
was destroyed. Even the residences
of w. 81. Getchell and w. Fl. Treadway, and
others were not far enough away to be saved.
The Central Pacific yard engine No. 48 fought
the fire bravely until her cab caught FIRE, The
engineer had to abandon her to her fate.
water train arrived from Truckee, but too late
to do any good. Reno is now a suburb with
out town. and great fears are entertained "a
to her ability to survive the shock.