Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-30
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W. H. Bull, statinsry, $1,000; NO insur'
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nc. Bent drugs. 5000; no insurance
julius Dotkin, drugs, 5000; no insuf'
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TAs risks upon destroyed property md
seockt we're held principally BY the tlre,
mans Fund Insurance company, OF san
Francisco; the st. Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance company, of St. Paul and the
London, Liverpool and Globe Assurance
company.
Immediately on the breaking out OF the
fire. the 1t1sieSfaph Office was placed in the
grocery Of r. d. Kelly, oatide of the limit
fUf3he~Are;~1nd two operators have been
kept busy night and day with the immense
rnsh of commercial aud press messages
during the terrible conflaSration.
The vault in the register of deeds and
county clerks ofice gave way and all min
ing and other records were destroyed, caus-
Ing los to the county, and will probably
lead TO endless litigation over titles to min
ing and town property. which are placed in
Jeopardy BY the loss Of the records.
The weather is very calm this evening,
and, although fires are still burning In diff
ferent parts of the city, no danger is appre-
.hended unless high winds should come up.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Special TO Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The hrs commenced just south Of the
junction Of the creeks, and the wind blsws
gale frou, the south. In . few minutes the
flames had passed from Sherman street
northward to the WEIGH house, the princi-
pal hotel In the city, distant only about 200
feet from the point whore It commenced,
and the guests. some seventy five 10 num-
Der, had barely time to escape before the
hotel, . fine three-story frame building, Wa
Q mass of flames. At the same time the Ore
extended across Sherman street toward the
county Offices, and northerly toward the
business part of the city. In almost less
time than it takes to write 1t Dire had crossed
Lee street, which runs east and west, and
was we'll on It's way to Main street, where
oil, our important business houses were sit
uated. In less than thirty minutes Main
street was reached, and . tlimad ght took
the place Of an organized fighting of the
Ore. Up the hill, or the north side Of the
gulch, went the insane crowd, Carrying with
them oil Imaginable articles Of use-clOth.
ing, bedding, merchandise Of oil kinds
women half.clad, and with children in their
arms; men staggering beneath heavy bun
dies. and all 10 the confusion never seen e
cept In the time of . 1re panic. 10 . few
minutes the are reached . store of powder
in the building of Jensen, Bliss& Co., hard
ware merchants, which exploded with Start
ling results. On every side missiles of ali
kinds were hurled. but, happy to soy. with
out any result fatal to human life.
Soon the entire space between Main and
Sherman streets was . sesthing mass Of
flames. One after another the business
houses went down. Some few of the mer-
chants had the forethought to put the iarg.
or part of their goods into their fre-prool
warehouses, which nearly every store had
in the rear. and thereby saved q large part
of their stocks. Indeed. to the general Gus
tom Of our merchants In storing their 10 due
that the loss here was not much greater
than even the immense sun lost.
1t was hoped when the fire reached the
line Of Buildings occupied by D. Halzeman,
B. Halstein, Graves 4 Cmrtis, Browning &
Wringrose, and r. G. Lake, its course would
be checked, but the thought was vain, for
the fire first passed around and then attack
ed them. The first to take fire was the
store of r. c. Lake, with N immense stock
Of hardware, and soon the magnificent build.
ing was in flames. Shortly came a terrible
explosion, and soon another, and then still
another roofs of buildings which We had
considered our best work, was to a large ex-
tent demolished. Only three Of the ware.
houses remain, and or the fire even till
the demolishment of buildings in China.
town checked its course.
In the meantime, the fire had extended
up Sherman street, and first took LanRrishe's
theater, the finest in the Hills; then the
Masonic hall then the buildings occupied
BY our county officers went down, and with
them went the hall containing the records
of the courts, and of all the titles of our
property. The Overland hotel came next,
and only BY a superhuman effort was the
fire checked by tearing down . building
nearly = block and . half south of the place
of lts origination. At the same time it
went on. and soon our court house with all
ito records was gone, and then Wortheimers
building and our banks; the Overland hotel
and all of Main street was swept clear to
the United States signal service and tele.
graph Office, which were merely saved by
the utmost exertions. Then from there up
the hill it sped, and destroyed almost oil Of
William street.. one of the most beautiful
residence trees in the city, whore, SEEM
ingly satis6sd with It's work, it stopped.
The loss is about two millions, and perhaps
more. il