Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-02
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nsOAily Tames a. IL cans out After IN.
kstre-This 10 AAtfhsrs is5sfle
We t6ld you so. Il has beea tho burdsh
~ y k,ckinz duril6 the past two yeaES,
So satire business c0nter oil, DeadWoodt
"a s%mouadering ruins. From Pine street ID
south Deadw0od To Chinatown, the fire
nend hes taken a bite, extending his jaws
Tar up the hill on the east Of the gulch. and
up to Centennial avenue on the west. Fire
proofs melted like funeral pyres. The only
l9proysmeats standing III the descTibed
burnt district are the bank vaults. All the
fprsntfng Umces~ were destroyed totally and
10 part. The Pioneer is an absolute loss.
Some OF the material of the News o6ace was
deposited In the eluice and covered over,
which will prohsblyi be saved. The forms
and Q large portion Of the body aud display
type of the Times ONCE was saved, and the
Times. which had succeeded Ia Issuing .
portion of-tts Friday morninR's edition, will
be Rotton out, In asomewhst demoralizsd
condition, however, but 1t will be issued all
the same. Il 10 irrepressible. It is bound
to give tho news under any aud oil circum-
staoces.
The origin of the FIRE is not At this writ
ing definitely known, but it Is asserted that
1t originated in the Empire bakery on Sher.
mar street, q damned old fire trap that hes
been on 6re'a half q dozen times during the
past year. '" .,,
Duriug the progress of the coneagration
many startling and painful rumors of deaths
BY IRE was put 10 circulation 1t was re.
portsdr tlist-16r ;jeusen-hsd hometown with
the explueaon which UccpSred In his estab.
lishment; thar Mollie johnson had perish.
ed IN her house while sttemptinRSto rescue
the remains of one Of her girls who died
yesterday that Major Reno, who has pass
cd through. all manners of Ares, had yielded
up the ghost In HE room ut the WEIGH
house ; 7hye Mesafe e1cesdinkty splsased to
say these reports. so far Is We have been
able TO learn, are without foundation In
fact.
In half an hour lter the outburst of the
flames, the fearful element was ravsging on
Leo street. The explosion at Jensen &
Bliss hardware store shot large fire brands
through the rear end OF the WEIGH house,
Send y solid wall of flames. wasa rolling
through the several streets. Il was, . fear.
tul and awful exhibition Of The power OF
the fire fiend. Many persons bad barely
time to escape in their night clothing, and
narrow escapes were numerous and miracu-
flous. aH
All the hotels are RACED to the ground.
AT one time the water 10 Deadwood creek
was on hre-Or at least was dried up by the
intense heat.
The loss is estimated at no less than
$2.OOO,OOO and some estimate it as high as
$4,000 OO.
A large quantity of powder was siorel in
the city, and explosions are frequent. The
Cuthbertson & Youna's tireproof fell in at
this writing, Z O'Clock .. M, from The re-
suit of 90 explosion. -
The explosion of powder in Lakes fire
proof, was the cause Of the destruction of the
Ere proofs. The shock opened
seams in them, through which the flames
%insinuated themselves.
From the tineths fire alarm was sounded
e o'clock a. M to S O'clock q. NJ, the blaze
had Tapped up about everything in its route,
and was under subjection. The pitch pine
buildings made an awful hot fire. So hot
in fact that the fremen, with faces and heads
with -blisters, were obliged to sban.
don the hose cart to the fury of the flames,
and it went up in smoke with the rest Of the
material Of the gulch.
Some heartless spectators thought 10 pro.
1t by the calamity, n attempted to buy up
all the flour in camp. Some succeeded in
more or less. but the fellow who ap.
preached r. d. Kelly was stood offin good
He was informed that no man could
have more than half a sack, and that for
$3.50. the regular price beforeihe fire.
Foundations were being laid in the burnt
four hours after the first alarm.
Z County records all burned.
Some Of the sufferers were insured to a
extent, but the insurance will not
percent of the loss.