Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-03-04
CONFEDERATION.
RENO, NEVADA, TOTALLY DESTROYED
Loss Estimated at Si,000,000-lnsur-
surance Si50,000-fNe Persons
Perish in the fIames-UtiIiz-
ing the Chinese,

SAN FRANCisCo, March "A Reno
(Nev) dispatch says At about 4 quar-
ter to G yesterday morning an alarm OF
fire was sounded. The fire commenced in
some wooden buildings at the west end
of the business streets, back of the Ma
sonic block. A fearful gale was blowing
from the west at the time, and before the
water could be got on the fire il was be-
yond control. The flames leaped
from house to house, and from block to
block, with lightning rapidity. The panic
stricken, half-clothed people caught Il
handful OF the most valuable articles
and left all else to the demon of de-
struction. The firemen were helpless.
The fierceness OF the wind, and the in
tensity Of the heat, rendered il impos-
sible to get close enough 10 do any good.
In three hours all of the business part
of the town was in ashes, the only
houses escaping being the Masonic
building, with liagerlnan Il SChoding's
grocery store on It's first floor, and John
larcombcs. Everything else is gone.
Buildings that stood other fires without
damage melted before this one. Among
the buildings destroyed are three freight
depots, Renders bank, postullice, David
son Il Frcderick's jcwelry store,
Renninger, Osborn 4 Shoemaker drug
stores, depot, Pollard, International and
Arcade hotels, both telegraph offices,
railroad baggage rooms, Baptist and
Catholic churches, Hammond 4 Will
SON ) stable, Academy Of Music, Bar
nctt's, Prescott's, and Grey 4 Isaac >
dry goods stores, Abrahams X Nathan :
clothing stores, Manning 4 Duck,
Farmers Cooperative Association grs-
crry stores. Two or three OF the &. u.
trains, including the lightning train,
were destroyed.
The condition ol the tracks made II
necessary 10 transfer the passengers 10
the Virginia City and TruCkee train
across the river 20 to Virginia City.
The loss, as near as can be calculated
at this time, is about Sl,OW,OO with
only about Sl5O,0O insurance.
Five lives are known tu be lost ~ Tar
as heard from Mrs. John Buck, Mrs.
John Riley and three tramps. \ mum
bcr received injuries, but at this writing
il is impossible to get correct infOrma-
lion. The gale blowing was the iiercest
known for manya day, and IT carried
pieces Of timber for miles. Several farm
houses, situated two miles down the
meadows, were burned 10y this means.
after working till exhausted the whites
forced the Chinese to work Un the en-
gincs. Already several are having
lumber hauled upon their still smoking
grounds Homes are in great demand,
and citizens are throwing open their
doors tu the homeless Oncs, and are
doing all they can To relieve the dis.
trcssCd.
The buildings on Plaza street, includ-
ing the Academy Of Music, are burned,
and the fire only stopped when all was
DESTROYED. Even the residences oi W.
Il. Getchsll and w. n. Treadwsy and
others were not far enough away to be-
saved The Central Pacific Yard En-
cine No. IS fought the fire bravely un-
al her cab caught fire and the engineer
had tn abandon her 10 her late. \
water train arrived from Truckcc, bat
too late to do any good. Reno i now a
suburb without town, and great Tears
are entertained a. Ia the ability 10 sur-
Niyc the shock.