Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-27
Bsraisg, Nearly All tho Business
!I5 ..fertiea and MANY
Residences.
Buildines Blown to Atoms BY
Explosions Of Gun. !;
powder, Petrol
slg<,, cum and Al. 80. j.
cohol. tIs.3s.l
Hundreds Of People Fleeing
for their Lives Saws
a Only the Night
Clothes Up
ss on Them. &. .2s
FROM THIS MORNINGS EXTRA.

FROM THIS MORNINGS EXTRA.
Deadwood. Sept. ga fire broke out in
the Stsr bakery, ,on Sherman street, at 2 40.
O'Clock this .. n..s and following,
that thoroughfsre swept everything
before 1t on Lee. Main.
Gold, Wall, Patton and Williams streets,
and several residences on Centennial ave.
nue.. Famed by . light breeze, aud moth
ing to contend with except very inefficient
6rs department, everything Was At the
mercy Of the flames. Less than
half score of pronounced
Ere proof Warehousss withstood the severe
test. Tie buildiogs' being mostly of wood
and poorly constructed, they burned like SO
much chat. The Ere spread with
such wonderful rapidity that any attempt
At saving anything would have been useless.
All along its course terrific explosions Of
gun powder, petroleum. liquor, ETC., were
Of frequent occurrence and buildings we're
blown into atoms.
The hook aud ladder apparatus and the
hose carriages were the first things to burn,
leaving nothing but few feet of worthless
hose With which to battle against the de.
vouring elements. The new water works
were tried for the first time yesterday and
this morning they were put to
their full capacity with little sue.
cess in subduins the flames,
on account Of the scarcity Of water. The
hill sides were almost one sheet Of flames.
Water from the Boulder ditch could not be
had. otherwise considerabls property would
probably have been saved, ~ the ditch
was almost directly over the worst spot
TIE widest excitement prevailed on &C..
count Of thslfsaIfal force ofstks flames. and
the people thought of but little besides sav.
ing their own lives, hundreds escaping With
enly their night clothes on.
Every team within miles Of
the city was called into service
to help save what could be got out.
Probably 200 people ars homeless snd
many destitute. About 1876 buildings, be-
sides fitty or sixty dwelling houses were
destroyed. and while it 10 utterly impossible
to get any dehnits figures regarding the
loss. we'll posted business men place II st
from 1850. 900 to e2,0oo.0 900. Tho fire is
still burning but oil its material 10 exhaust
cd and there 10 no danger Of its spreading,
unless there 10 an unfavorable change In the
wind.
The following 10 0 list of the principal
losses:
c. R. Lake. hardware. 100000; insu-
rance, $4,000.
Miller 4 Mcpherson, groceries, $50, 900 f;
uninsured.
NJ. Wssthsimer 4 Co, drv goods, 80,
600; insured for $4,000.
Frank Welsh. '$35 900; No insurance.
Graves 4 Curtis, furniture and chinawa.s
S26, uninsured.
Wm. McHugh, liquor dealer, $2s, 900
uninsured.
Ffr.t National Bank, 5000 -unin.ursd.
Browning 4 Wrinsrovs, $50, 0oo-unin.
sured.
Ben. Holstein, groceries, ,00o-unin.
0ured.
Msntes Z Lslisnthal. slothiers, 4l0, ,0oo
insured for 5000.
Several Of the firms whose 6rs proof wsr,
ssvsd ghsvs pestsd notices that they viii
open up for business in them Saturday
Lrnbsr b Ssiag haslsd .rapidly and build
ing will comnsnos - soon q the debris caz
b cleared svav and in far more substan
tial way than befoss. :,
Nosesf ~ nasA Aants Who hive lot ItAsi,
wooden stores viii srsc. brick ones In ,hei
stead. LAher y u Sssat dsaa.d sad every
thing prsasnts lively appsarance. A meet
ing wa held by prouinspi ci.issas This Il
terseoa. preoptsd - the uunsrous thisv
Ing operations which have broken out, an,
many cases Of lot jumpina n. which Hss
Judge Moody presided. Il ~ decided /.
call uPoa Gen. s,ursia. commanding a F,
Meade, ara esap.ny Of troop. to ac. .
ssasss ever sAs property Of The unfs,
suaa.s sossssn y The as., vhic
rssssa ~ pssspsiy o,sp,is
viii sad cospasy Of ea,aisy ~ :. O..