The Dillon tribune., 1882-08-05
DEsrRucr1oN IN DILLON.
rhe Rsvages Of the Fire Elend.Thireeen
Ruildlngs BuFned In Fifty 1inueess

DEgTRUCTlON IN DILLON.
The Ravssss q the Fire E!snd.1n!rsesn
rn. c.,ss<r.tion Consumsd the Biock Of
Houses On Montana street. Hoeween
Bannaok and virsinis Streets.
Loss IN Buildings, Goods and Fixtures
to Ss ths Work of Firs.CTsefsrs.
The ri.ht Of the People with the Flames
Built as Fast ~ Possib1s.
On last Tuesday, August 1st, Dillon was
visited by the consuming fire fiena '1r the
second time. About twenty minutes to
O'Clock, D. M, and while most of the citi.
gems Of the town were at dinner the alarm
of fire was sounded through the streets,
which being caught by the engineer Of en-
CINE No. 10 the whistle Of that locomotive
was turned loose, arousing the people to the
impending danger. Ina few moments
hundreds OF men and women were at the
scene of conAagration. Smoke and fiames
were found to be issuing from the lodging
house In the rear Of Mrs. Hanson's milltn.
cry store on Montana street near Bannack
street. A stiff wind was blowing from the
south and the building in which the fire
originated was rapidly enveloped in sheet
Of roaring fire. Dillon, being unprovided
with fire engine, and without ladders and
hooks. was at the mercy Of the devastating
fire fend. Citizens worked with Will
all efforts to control or subdue the fire were
unavailing. The flames from the Hanson
property speedily caught Nelson's saloon
on the west and Thomsen's fruit store on
the east. The wind increasing in volume,
the fire rapidly spread down Montana
street IN line Of hot, destroying fury.
The flames leaped from one building toan.
other with astonishing velocity until hey.
from Is corner was reached. Within fifty min.
utes from the time of the breaking out Of
the fire thirteen, buildings were laid In ruins.
The losses sustained have been ascer-
tanned to be about $,2,ooo, as follows:
Rack Nelson x Kelly's saloon, eating
house in the rear, double set of bar fixtures
and restaurant furniture, $2,6oo.
Mrs. Hanson's millinery store, stock Of
ladies' goods and children's toys, and lodg.
ing house, $4,000. Ri.
c. l.. Thomson fruit store building,
stock nn hand and fixtures, and the Post.
Office building, $1,000. ..
John Weightman's variety stock, postof.
flee boxes and fixtures, and household fur.
niture, and building back Of postoffice,
S35oo
Charles Morton's city bakery building,
stock, fixtures, ard household furniture,
Sl,,oo. . ~ ~
Harry Jones' No. 10 saloon building and
lay out fixtures, 81 900.
Sim Estes, small building, adjoining the
chop house, $500.
Sim Estes, Original Virginia Chop House
building and part Of furniture, $1,000.
N. A. Stiles, saloon building and office
occupied by DR.. Dodge, and damage to
fixtures and loss Of stock, S., 800.
Yoemans barber shop, 5000 .
Mrs. Wills, back buildings OF Butte Res.
taurant, furniture and fixtures, $500.
ID. J. Heytron, meat market and front
part Of Butte Restaurant, $1,000.
The fire spent its force at Heyfron's on
the corner Of Montana and Virginia streets.
The lower warehouse OF Sebree, Ferris e.
White had close call and was in immi.
brigade Of roof-drencilers, supplied with
water from a locomotive tender poured wat.
er over the roof ard building from the
north side at the needed time.
John w. Lowells machinery shed was
partially removed and some damage was
done to a few implements while they were
being hastily rolled away to place OF safe
tv. Morse's corps of mule.skinners did
heavy and quick work in removing wagons,
and machines on wheels, which, as seen
through clouds of dust and smoke, resen.
bled panic among the flying artillery.
L. c. Fvhrie IL Co.'s corner got uncon-
fortablys hot ut one time. A bucket.line
was formed and the roof OF the store build
ing was covered with blankets which were
saturated with water until the danger was
entirely over.
On the line Of flames between. Bannack
and Virginia streets two hundred mer
fought the roaring element, retreating down
Montana street only as they were forced bv
the advancing sheet OF fire to give way
All efforts to stem the devouring fiend
were truitless.
| III the alley behind the burning block the
women Of Dillon formed into u. band OF
property-rescuers and they did quick and
active work in removing household goods
aud light articles beyond the scorchinu
line. Many young ladies were conspicu.
ouslv active IN their efforts to save proper.
ty while the heat from the fire was barely
e"durablc.
The cause of the fire is attributed 10 the
firing Of fire-crackers by boys in the rear
ol the Hanson lodging house a short time
before the fire broke out The fire origin.
ated, it u supposed, in back kitchen whicl,
was Roticed to have been full of firc when
the alarm was first given.
The careless practice Of permitting boys
to shoot of hre-crackers, without being
watched, can not be too severely denounc
ed. The loss in Dillon Of nearly $,.,ooc
worth Of property should be warning t1
our citizens In the future and to the people
of other towns. Isl not criminal careless
ness to permit small boys to use fire crack.
; ers unless they are under the watchful ewes
of grown peoplea aJas
While the late fire will prove a severe
loss to many citizens of Dillon who suffer
cd from tine wiping out, it will only tenn
porarily hurt our town. The burnt distric
will be rapidly rebuilt, and Phenix like ris,
, from its ashes built anew in a solid and bet
ter shape than it was before the recent con
l hagration.
t TERRITORIAL LDEMOCRATICC CONyEN
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