Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-19
Eureka Fails to Profit by
Reno's Fate,
And Squares Of Blackened
and Charred Ruins
the Result
The Best Portion of Our
Town in Ashes !
Thrilling Incidents.


from the south, and continued with una
bated fury throughout the evening. The
terrible results likely to issue from a con-
Migration were apparently realized by our
fremen, and the Rescue Hose Carriage
was placed at the flag staff, as usual upon
such occasions, and the companies held
themselves in readiness. This thoughtful
proceeding was not followed By any por-
ton Of the citizens, whom long freedom
from fire had evidently been rendered cal
lous to repeated warnings. The fate OF
Reno was forgotten, and from early eve
until midnight everything went merry as
a marriage bell. About midnight, while
the SENTINEL force was busily engaged in
their various advocations, Mr.. Cassidy
turned to the SENTINEL's local and re-
marked that it would be a terrible thing
should a fire break out on such a night,
the words had scarcely passed his lips ere
the terrible sounds Of the fire bell rang
out above the bowling Of the wind, and
with one accord every man rushed
from the Office. For q moment it was the
general impression that the alarm was a
false one, but a moment later u bright,
lurid lame shot up by the Opera House,
and in less time than it requires to record
the fact, the Opera House was a mass of
seeehing flames, which the wind soon
drove to the east and north, and commu-
Gated 10 the surrounding buildings. A
scene of the most indiscribable confusion
followed. Moch's restaurant was soon in
flames, and in twenty minutes the fire had
spread down Buel street, and had ommu-
nicatcd to the residences on Spring street
and the business houses on the east side of
Main street. SO rapid was the progress
Of the FIRE that many persons who had re-
tired for the night barely escaped with
their lives. Many would not have lone
so had it not been for the thoughtful con
sideration OF friends, who in many in
stances dragged them from their beds.
The scene was one never to be forgotten.
Above the shrieks Of women, the cries of
children, and the terrible imprecations of
men, arose the hoarse shouts of the fire
men as they CALAMITY rushed into the very
midst Of danger and faced death III its
most terrible form. Their exertions were
nnavailing, however, and the fire pursued
its relentless course down Buel, Spring
and Main streets. The Jrckson House
and the front portion Of Jack Perry's sa-
loon escaped as by q miracle, but the re-
manning portion OF the town embraced
within the streets above named was, with
in the period Of two hours a mass of black
ened ruins, and the FIRE only stopped
when 1t reached TIE end Of Main street,
at the foundry, and on String street above
Mrs. Dennis, and on Psul street. at its
terminus. This embraces the best part OF
the burnt portion Of the town, and many
of its private residences.
In all this area the only things saved
was the fire-proof building Of the SENTINEL
and the vaults of Paxton & Co.'S Bank.
When the fire first broke out the material
of the SENTINEL was hastily moved into the
stone building in the rear Of the Office, and
the result proved the wisdom Of uch a
proceeding, as the building withstood the
heat of the flames and the best portion of
our material was saved.
Paxton & Cos vaults stood as an endur-
ing monument on Main street, while the
chimneys of the C. p. Brewery and Fisk's
Restaurant rose liks monuments above the
devouring flames.
One of the most remarkable events is
the manner in which the building known
as the Masonic Hall withstood the flames.
For fully three hours they ragged in this
building with undated fury, but finally
the iron doors succumbed, though the
walls stood firm. The vaults Of johnson
& Co. proved no protection against the
flames, and the contents were totally de-
stroyed. AT the hour of going to press the
lumber yard of the Messrs. De La Martyrs,
on Paul street. was still a blazing mass.
The terrible consequences of this fire
eanno be estimated at this hour. The
Eureka bakery, Opera House, Moch's
restaurant, the residence of Mrs. Dora
Taylor, the hat store and dressmaking es-
adjustment of Mrs. Lockwood, the Office
of the Eureka Tunnel Company, the Rich
mond House, DIR. Chamblin's residence,
Vow Wrinkles nursery, the SENTINEL Office,
Mrs. Morgan's hurdy house, Justice Crom-
cr's Office, the Land Office, the New York
bakery, and the houses of good and bad
repute on Buel street were all swept away,
while on Main street. from Perry's saloon
to the foundry, every house and business
place was consumed, as was also the resi-
dences on Spring street from Mrs. Beene's
to its terminus, including the Methodist
Church and parsonage, were consumed.
On Paul street the house occupied by Mrs.
Wendell, a teacher in our public school,
was the first to ignite, and the flames pur-
sued their way unchecked to the noun
tain side.
A MAGNIFICENT SCENE.
No more beautiful sight was ever seen
than when the fire climbed the mountain
side and communicated to the sage brush.
The mountain looked as though it were
dotted by camp fires, and many an old sol
dier's heart beat with the recollections of
a day almost forgotten, as he gazed upon
the sight.
THE CASUALTIES.
As far as learned, no serious results oc-
Cured to human life, save The burning Of
Mr.. Moch, of Moch's restaurant. The
flames spread so rapidly that no one
thought of Mr.. Moch, and the first init
nation he had Of tho fire was when the