Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-03-08
LAST TUESDAYS BLAZE.

VII VMlCu Ino insurance Is About
S1O,OO0-Nearly All the Needy
Sufferers Relieved, or Soon 10
Be-The Money Available sum.
.ciept-Etc.
The fire of last Tuesday morning
will not prove as destructive as was
at first supposed, and it is now be.
lieved that $4,000 to $4,000 will
cover all the loss. The burnt dis.
trict will probably not be rebuilt for
some time to come, or until the
stock market shall have improved in
tone, but in the meantime all whose
residences were destroyed will find
shelter in dwellings ia this city
which were unoccupied before the
fire. The permanent loss to the town
will he comparatively small. In q
city like Virginia it would be insig.
nificant. Philip Geyer will rebuild his
brewery and stable as som as he gets
his insurance money.
AMONG THE RUINS.
The blackened ruins in the burnt
district have been alive, since Tues.
day, with men, women and children
hunting for valuables. Many have
found money, others gold watches
and other valuab;es.
Henry Goetz's gold watch was
found, somewhat the worse for water,
but otherwise uninjured, between
two mattresses which were too wet to
burn.
Harry Randall lost a gold watch
and one months wages. He lodged
at Mrs. Drysdale's. His watch was
found, but no coin. The watch Is Of
no use.
Mrs. Drysdale's gold watch was
also found in the ruins of her house.
A tin bucket containing quite large
sum of money, which had been
buried by her in the cellar Of her
big lodging house, was also found,
she having had the ground sluiced
for the purpose.
THE INSURANCE.
The total amount Of insurance On
the houses destroyed was about
$1,000 sub-divided as follows: P,
Geyer, 5000; Mrs. Drysdale, $4,000;
Henry Goetz. $4,000; William Ma.
loney, $1,000; Armory Hall, $1,000,
and d. E. Harkin, $500. Mr.. Goetz
WAS insured in the Berlin Cologne,
Mr.. Hermann agent; his loss was
adjusted within TwELyE HOURS after
the fire. The Armory Hall was In
sured in the Faneuil Hall, w. H,
Hill agent; the damage to the, Hall
s100-was adjusted and paid within
forty eight hours after the ,dre,
Philip Geyer is insured with King 4
Henley. The adjuster Is in Reno. and
is daily expected here.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
During the fire double hair mat
tress belonging TO Mrs. Durrenberger
was removed from her house for safe
keeping, and has not been returned.
The family are in needy circum-
stances, and desire the return Of the
missing article. Any one Knowing
of its whereabouts will confer q last.
ing favor on the family by informing
them.
One Of the Liberty Butt Enders
who came to the fire lost a silver
badge with the initials F. L. B. en-
graved on it. The badge should be
returned to this Office, or to Liberty
engine house, in Gold Hill.
The books Of the Silver City
Miners Union we're destroyed in
Secretary Fairs house, and those Of
the Hose Company met like fate in
the City Jail.
Mrs. Legion, lady rs years old
was carried from her burning resi-
dence in a chair. She has been very
low, since, and her life is despaired Of.
Mrs. George Wey, who had recent
~ been confined, has been danger
ously i'll since the nre. Her life is
despsired eff.
Mrs. Wagner, lady 90 years old,
carried feather mattress which she
had brought from Germany with her,
from her sons dwelling to the hill
back of Il. This cxertion availed