The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-28

j. G. Singer, u. W. aurlbut, L. Do
mers, Baker q Harper, w. A.
Clark and Mrs. q. Green,
tho Losers.
Scenes and Incidents Of tho Fire.

A careful survey of the ground leads
to the conclusion that between fifteen
aud twenty thousand dollars worth Of
property was destroyed by the West
Park street fire.
Shortly after two O'Clock yesterday
morning al alarm was sounded which
s0On became general, drawing several
thousand citizens to the west Park
street bridge. Here a general conflagr:,-
ton WAS evidently III progress. and
by the time the fire company could. hy
using every possible effort, get stream
OF water playing OH the fire, the office
of Baker l. Harper, the drug store of
f.. W. Hurlbut and the rear Of the New
York Turf Exchange wcr. all in flames.
| BEGINNING.
The fire is supposed to nave begun in
the rear Of Hurlbut's drug store. Mr..
T.. W. Hurll'ut, the proprietor. closed
the store about ten O'Clock and went w
town, leaving his lamp turned down
low and scarcely amy fire III all in his
stove.
Soon after two O'clock Mr.. Hur:b:;t
was notified that his store was CA iir.',
and became then for the first ine aware.
oi the terrible cOnt!a-ration Which, was
raging, and hurried to the scene, only
to find his stock ut goods and brii'ling II
total loss. by this Lille the iliun,ina-
ton l,:d turned night into LAY, and /,
tremendous crowd assembled before,
even Il stream OF water cOuld he gotten
to play.
| All was hustle and confusion. DR..
Do Freye commenced ut once moving.
his household furniture and vaIuabics
out Of his residence just cast oi the iu.n-
ing houses. Mrs. Green will, mach
presence Of mind had begun prom, IT.;
to remove her stock from the Yur; f.N-
change. Singers furniture. was loi>te,l
out OF doors and windows by s;"r" -!
willing hands, and preparations were 1T
once made to remove the large >toc:;
Of l.. Denicis to \ pl::": O: safety.
There WAS alm;.>t Il panic ut first. as
no one seemed To Know how tn. .ir..
had started, or where it would stop.
Many predicted that til. Whole
square would go. and the friend
Of Mr.. Hur!lsl! sought auxious!y Tor
him through the crowd, expressing tears
| that he l,at! been s,.tlin.::,d hciur. Tx.
flames were discovered. th;iS :,,!.!:n" ~
! the general ::tarnl.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
In the mcan:in" the fire department:
had been doing nol,'. work. Thanks t.
the pine and l,ytlIunts oi the Butte
Wat:r Company their efforts were not
iruitle~s, ami soon \ steady stream YVES
playing on the flames. At first the
crowd, in its eag'rnts- to TO something,
! almost took the nozzle from their hands,
but soon gave up, and So powerful wa.
the pressure that the flow OF the water
gave IN indisc;iminatc ire-ix,lh to the
firvnIen, ruinrl Tex's plug hat. and
knocked Fire Marshal Taylor ten feet
into the rear of the furniture store. Hy
the time 4 second hose could bc bvOugh;
to bear Baker & Harpcr's office AMI
l1urllllt's drug store were in ashes AMI
the Turf Exchange Quilted. For this
delay the fire company ga" IN II" con-
ccivab!c way hc held r;~I.,n.i:,l,. ~i,,rt
it is u fact that they were actually
obliged to- break open the door Of tic
room where tho hose was kept, ;:.r ~
town near the Methodist Church. before
they could gct'out the hose cart. Thee
Is serious blame r:s,in; somewhere,
though not on the f:rcncn:' shoulders.
for the f:silurrt; provide Il suitable hu,.s,
for the engine, hos" carts. ladders, v;..
in Il central parl Of The city.
The noble w"r. dome by til" con-
pany is clearly .:,'.wn ''r tn. fa.: hal
the fire was stepped point blank at sing
cr's ~t"rr, :ii.|,n;:..': the dnuIl,. 'r.u>
store rsn:'.: "f l.. i'.'n,rr~. (,,!: o. cr,::-
! i''.,i:'!" sock a.:j":n"! i! i::,"r"i! ,",
." Ia" Wc-t. /, is really wr,,.',."'v! Rs.
-'',:". We're 50 promptly ARE ~:p.:. and
, II" !irt' company HI," :,:!3 all desire IT,,
rtltlr!l nearly iH:t;,i! 10 ia" iG:.nN c!;!-
ZEN: wl.r v;..s:..Hui .i,.l.: >.:c, ri;i.i. ~
AID.
E.T!::' :! HARPER
The s:.,,;:,G" ';;.iic hy III: ::." J. ia,
minated III i,:,:.h 't-:, than f~.n,,
ti,",is:l,,l dollars. E"rinni:;s w:i'. Ia
kvr 4 H"rpcr's "!li'.:' on TIC east. The
building belonging. I" VI. :. Clark. i.<:..
is los. nf :,:'o': %rrs, on W:.:c., t!c...
was no Insurance. TIE I:..., 81 N.,-Ar-.
Baker 4 H"rr". 4" occupants, c:;n
scarcely i" r'e:..ur."! in dollar, an.'
cents. and Is irrc!.,rahlr. Their May:
pl:,tS. draw ;n..s ar'! valuable instruments
indeed the w"ri: Of Gears. all VANISHED,
in Il few mimi: :. For the ;,rt:<cn: they
will have Office /" communication. via.
Mcs>rs. Dewitt & Hantir!pl, on l.:,..;