Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-21
Disastrous Fire at Fresno.

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solve was where could the devouring element
be checked. The fire soon communicated tc
| the buildings adjoining, aud to the Williams
frame building, next TO the Grand Central
| Hotel, and on the opposite side of the allev
from the Pisc5 where the fra originated. The
Winchell building was diviCe1 into thee &C,
! cupancies. Tbs first room, ne3r the alley,
was used by Ross i Co as a barber shop the
next room was vacant, and the third was oe.
cupied by the French and italian rotisserie oi
4. MitroVieh, The ire was first d,scoyere1
in this rear psrt Of the vacant room, and the
| spread of the flames was so rapid that hardly
anything was saved from the room. The
Williams building had two tenants--AIrs. J
NJ. Emerson, miilner, and the ScTOpe
Brothers, dealers Ia fruit and confectionery,
A good share of the stock of the former was
saved, but the latter 6rm lost nearly every
thing. The flames from the Williams build.
ing Tapped the walls of the Grand Central
Hotel, and caught on the cornice and por-
ticos of the MaripCsa street front, and for a
time it seemed as though nothiog could save
it. The blaze leaped above the bnilding
fully 1OU feet 10 the air, but o nun.
ber of brave men were at hand, and though
water wss scarce, they fought nobly, and
by the prompt application of buckets
of water, managed TO stop the flames in that
direction. Ia the meantime the fire had
worked its way along the westerly line of
Mariposa street, taking Sabotich's fruit and
confectionery store, and pausing a moment
ut the obstruction caused by the brick walls
OF Thorne's building, occupied by Furnish &
Ststham's butcher shop it again pursued ils
course, taking next the old Odd Fellows
Hall, owned by Luke Shelly ana occupied bv
Nimocks jsWelry store, Tcnbs saddlery
shop, and Bailey & McCardle's store By
this time the frame building belonging to the
Sutherland estate and occupied by MIS- E.
K. Pelding as a saloon and restaurant, the
blichsels frame building adjoining, on the
easterly line Ct I street, had been ignited and
wers blazing fuiiously. The only two re-
naming buildings in the blocL--the Grady
building. occupied by L. S. Esnsy as a saloon.
and Terry & Terry as law Offices, and the
Cheap j ohm shop-wereso0n compelled to
succumb to the flames. On the north OF Mari.
posa street the bucket brigade did noble
service, as they also did on the westerly side Of
j street, and by their efforts the progress of
the fire was stayed in these directions. The
outhouses il the rear of the Republican office,
and seutherly from the Williams building,
were burned, and but for the efforts of citi.
zens the frame building on the rear end of
the lot occupied by the Western Hotel would
have gone, taking with them the hotel, and
then both the Republican and EgpoSitor off,
ces, as well es the Grand Central Hotel,
would have been destroyed; indeed, it is
hard to tell where the flames would have
stopped. There being no buildings to the
south of Grifith's frame on l street,
in the same block, the fire YVES per-
force stopped in that quarter. In all,
ten buildings were destroyed seven
frames and three bricks. A considerable
quantity Of goods was saved from Tombs'
saddlery shop and Bailey Il McCardle's store,
and less quantities from the other bulldogs.
During the fire the air was filed with burn
ing enbers, and they poured down on the
southern part of town like a shower of fire
The losses, as near as can be ascertsined, are
Grand Central Hotel, damage to porticO, cor.
rices, ETC., about $500; fully insured.
J. W. Williams, frame building, $1,000; in
sured for 81, 600. Scrope Bros, fruit and con.
fectionery and personal effects, $1,000; in.
surance, $500. Mrs. j. NJ Emerson, milli-
merry and fancy goods, 81, 600; insured for
81, 200 Ross L Co., barber shop, $3.50: no
Insurance. A. Aiitrovieh, restaurant. fix.
tures and stock, 81 600; insurance, 81 eco.
Winchell & Griffith. frame building, SO, 600
insurance, 81, 400; Ssbotich & Co, fruit and
confectionery, SLIGO; insurance, 81, 600. IL.
Burleigh, frame building, S400 insurance,
5000. A. J. Thorn, brick building, "a, ,OOO:
insurance, $1,000. Statham & Furnish
butchers, stock and fixtures, $500; no insur.
auce; 81. A. Nimocks, jswelry, fixtures, etc
$500 no insurance A. Tombs, saddles and
harness, shout 81, 200; fully insured B,iey
4 McCardle, groceries and fixtures 81 500;
insurance. Luke Shelly, frame building,
81, 500 /; insurance, 50, 700 7. s. Esney, sa-
loon, fixtures and stock, $500; insured, S375
d. S. Terry, two brick buildings, s., 500; in
surance. S.. 200. Cheap John refused to give
his loss, but is not supposed to have sustained
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lures, 81, 800; insurance, 5000. Mrs. Z. +.
Peldiug, saloon, fixtures and personal effects,
$1,000; insurance, $500. Mrs. Kate Mi
chaels. frame building, $500; insurance, $500
Chas. Hann, saloon, stock and fixtures, $500
insurance. S400. Griffi th BroF., frame build.
ing, S1,500; insurance, 500. The fire was
the work OF an incendiary.
Fire in san Francisco.
SAN Francisco, June 20th.-Abous half
past 8 o'clock this morning fire was discov.
cred in the upper and rear portion of the
four-story brick building, Nos. Ill to l2I
Post street, between Kearny and Dupont,
and an alarm was turned Ia from box 4S, By
the time the engines arrived the flames had
burst through the roof, and Chief Soannel
ordered a second alarm to be sounded. This
speedily brought the full strength Of the De.
partment. The lower or ground floor Of The
of O'Connor. Mc fatt Il Co., and the upper
stories by the Olympic Club, with the excep-
tion of portion of tee second floor, in which
was the Acme billiard-room and few private
offices. 1t was fully an hour before the
flames were under control. Shortly after 3
o'clock portion of the 'front.' and rear walls
fell in. z. }. 0'Connor, the Fire Depart.
ment Architecs. and Assistant Engineer
Sands were standing on window sill Of the
second floor on the Post street side at the
time and Immediately under the falling
brick. Those who witnessed the cir
cumstsnce were horror. stricken, bsliev.
ing that both must be killed. But
they escaped unhurt, the brick going
over their heads and grazing their backs.
Mr.. OConnor was instructing fremen how
70 place ioists so as TO prevent the walls from
falling outward when they tambled in. The
value Of the building and land upon which it
Is located was ebo1t $3.50, 900, and the ap-
pSoxinate value of the building was $3.50, coo.
Ths yearly rental OF the whole building was
S32, 600. OConnor, Mofstt i Co. carried
stock OF goods amounting to fully half
miliien dollars. In addition 10 thu store
stock, which is sll either destroyed or badly
damaged, there was large quantity Of ma
teriai il the workshops il the Basement. Tne
latter apartments resemble miniature lakes
to-day. The loss Of O'Connor. Moffatt & Co.
Is estimated at from 5000 900 to $50 goo,
and it Is stated that they were insured TO the
amount OF S255 009. The Olympic Club
property was insured for $40 coo, which will
not cover the loss By thousands Of dollars.
The adjoining buildings narrowly escaped
destruction, especially the fve-story brick on
the westerly siGs, Owned by CHARLES CrockeT,
and known as Golden Gate Block.
Steam sasniIIs DesfroJtd by Fire.
YREKA, jane 20th.-Lambs steam saw-
mills. FIVE miles south Of this town, were
burned this morning. Ths loss Is about
81 900. The fire caught froza the furnace.
Another Sensation at Coiusa.
CoLusA, June 20th.-On. April "a last
there appeared before Justice W. II. Bras.
field hare man giving the name Of John Fl.
GIhsrt and a woman that OF Clara Hall.
The couple obtained license and were mar.
risd. On the Oh Of this month Theodore
Sea put in an appearance and claimed to
have been the husband Of the woman for
eight years Hs said that tbsy had lived in
Yolo, and had started for Oregon. While
campzd uear Colusa bis wife had disappeared
vi h the hired man, Gilbert. He said tha.
the womsn's name Ess Clara Hall See, and
that she was tic dsughter Of Fletcher Hall,
formerly OF this pisce, and now in Oregon.
Warrants were Issued and the couple arrested
On Monday in FurHaceVille, Shasta county, on
a eharpe of hizamv When the case vvaa