The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-09
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IN 10ASAO 0A0~
|. 0no Building Dessroyod An
Two Othses Badly
DAMAGED.
o Total Loss By the Yire Abou
$1,000.
About noon yesterday . lire broke
out between ConnOlly's stable and
the clothing establishment Of Leite,
4 Mise. on West Broadway, oppo.
cite the MINER Office.
At the time meuti0ned, Letter and
Connolly were on the street In front
Ut the stable and hearing the hesses
stamping and snortisg went inside to
s~e what was the matter. They Il
once d .scovered that the stable VA
on Dire and proceeded to turn the
horses loose, and the 6ryt intimstteo
that the public had that there va
anything wrong, they saw the horses
csreering up the street like they were
mad. Letter then went into his own
place and attempted to save bis
stock, but the flames wers ALREADY
pouring out through the Window
and door, and only . very small part
Of the stock could b saved.
At this moment the dre conn any
arrived with the hose cart and 1t
osee commenced to play On the Are.
The boys worked nobIy, climbing
up on the adjoining Luildings and
pouring water o. the flames ftom
buckets - well - the noezle. For
twenty minutes it seemed almost i'm.
possible to save the block which b
composed entirely Ut frame bu. Id.
iDxs.
The losses have been definitely
settled and are about - follows:
Taylor 1 Pinkham's loes BY n.
moval Of stock about 800. 10 in
surance.
Simon aauswirth. who owns the
livery stable building, and Bocca
Beer Hall loses BY the damage to
10th buildings about $50. No in
surance.l
Loiter& Wise from the burning Of
their building and nearly all their I.
stock, about en-; insurance 600.
J. Z. Van Gundy, Loss Of stock $aNs
no insurance.
John Hausworth, the bsilding o. .
cupted by J. E. Van Gundy, $40. ,
Connolly L Aclntyre, lose about .
900 worth Of hay, grain, etc.
An enterprising man h Simon
Hauswirth, for before the smoke had
cleared away he had the necessary
lumber on-the ground to repair the
damage to the livery stable, and work
commenced at one.
Had there been . particle Of wind
the entire block would have heen
burned. and this II the third time
within . few months that the Water
Company has saved valuable proper.
t. for Butte.
The hre company certainly de-
serves much credit for their gallast
action In stepping forward promptly
to assist In putting out the fire, even
after the citizens had refused tn help
Them in any way: but to the credit
Df the citizens he it said that they are
n"bly responding now to the efforts
which Henry Jacobs " making to
'O|lect sufficient faGds to place the
Ire Company on . nr'n footing. The
lit h just started, but already have
nearly $50 subscribed, - follows:
John Noy~s, ~ Lavell Bros., rs;
Nm. Owsley, s:5: Donnell, Clark
+ Lars''ie, SO; g. W. Besl. ~;
Daily 4 Morehouse. IS; A. W. Bar
'arsi, -: Kisns 4 Jack. 80; Par. I
hen 4 D'Acheul, ~: Morris Bros. {
10; J. Rcsenthal, SO; J. Orvnst@in, ,
IS. "a
The Water Company, too deserve
av"rable mention. They offer the !
ity the use Of their plugs In case Of
ire, or any other purposes, br 500 {
n month. and the prspositiou !
hou'd 10 accepted At once. The
was organized for the pur.
ose Of making money, Of course, q
ct whenever there has been need for
the plugs have been thrown open
reely and the water has been used
''thout stint. 1t IL true, they put In
be n,ains aud plugs without nrst .
seertaining just what the city would '
ny per month but this certainly q
oes not release " from the obliga. I
on to pay them . small interest on n
y investment which h ~ gr~at an u
EDITION to the welfare Of al. Two. u
Ich pipe would have been all that %
- required, yet the company being Il
etern'inetl that everything possible 9
'ould be Zone to insure property =
oltlers frsm loss. should . big hre q
reak out, put in hve-inch pipe 1t . n
vt Of at least Ga, ooO more than was I
ecessary. The Water Company b
ave acted we'll, aud let the CITY y
ouncil meet them half way without u
Ore ado. u
q
Security Against Fire. A
The occurrence Of . Ore yes:erday II
. co'npactly built portion of the "
~ while there were . number Of d
ame buildings, and the unavoida- ~
e delay occasioued BY the hose b. to
9 kept in IN out-of.the-way pl &c. "
lied the attention Of citizens to the ~
'portance Of greater security for he ds
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