Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-14
EASTERN News.
An Awful aud Mighty COnfagTatOn
in Galveston, Texas
THREE HUNDRED HOUSES DE-
sTROYED; LOSS, 100000.
Exciting Scenes During the
Sea of Fire.
TaicKEaY OF A PARTY OF. NEW
YORK cEINAMEN.
A Family Of Seven Die of
Smallpox in Montreal.
A GOOD SHOWING FOR MON
TANA TERRITORY.
A GOOD SHOWING FOR MON.
TANA TERRITORY.
ESPECIAL TO THE sEsr1sEL.l

| ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
An Awful and Mighty ConfisS ration
GALVESTON, Nov. 13.-About midnight
last night a fire started in this city, and it
is still raging. AT 2 A. NJ. il had consumed
over six blocks in the neighborhood OF
S~ixteenth.to Nineteenth and from Bay to
Beach-M principal residences. The loss
is now over 81, 200. 900. ,
3:25 A. M.-The destructive fire is now
raging in the eastern part Of the city be-
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets.
The fire broke out at lao A. NJ. in q small
foundry on the north side OF Strand street
neal the corner of Eighteenth. The
flames rapidly spread under q stiff north
wind, and the prospects are that Calves
ton is about to suffer q great loss. A
large number of dwelling houses are al
ready burned, and an immense cloud Of
sparks is being carried four or five squares
over the roofs Of wooden houses. The en-
tire fire department is on the ground, but
they seem paralyzed and unable to fight
because of the fierce wind and suffocating
smoke.
1886 A. M.-The fire has at this hour
spread over seven blocks, and has become
a great confiagration. Fully so dwellings
are burning ~fiercelJ, and the path of the
fire al it progresses southwark is filled
| with the finest residences in the city.
They are all wooden for five squares south.
The fire was confined to a width Of one
square between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets, but when it crossed Winnie street,
ak squares from the starting point, it
jumped diagonally to the southeast into
the next block and gives evidence Of con-
summing one-third of the city.
$40 A. M.-The fire has now reached
within three blocks of the beach, and it Is
still spreading it's path for that point.
The efforts Of the firemen seem powerless.
About 4 O'Clock the fire began to spread
to the east and west OF Sixteenth and Sew
enteenth streets. The wind rose to o gale,
and q pandemonium reigned for a time.
1t seemed as though the entirb eastern half
OF the city was doomed. The fire spread
rapidly to the southwark, licking up
blocks OF elegant residences that were
hastily abandoned by their inmates. BY
5 o'clock 10 had reached Broadway, which
threads the center of the island, running
east and west. At z o'clock the wind
gave signs of dying away, and shortly II
began to shift, then to decrease, until
by 8 O'Clock only a fair breeze was
blowing. But by this time the fire had
eaten its way to Avenue o, where. at
$3.50 o'clock, it seemed to exhaust itself,
and the iromen coming up checked it's
further rayages at this point, or within
W blocks of the gulf. The hotels are
filled with homeless people and citizens.
A committee is now at work appoItion-
ing families to rooms and the premises
vacated for their use. Every vehicle in
the city is at work carrying strewn fur
niture, bedding and pictures to secure
places. Thousands of people haunt the
burned district, looking among smoking
ruins for valuable keepsskes or jewelry.
hoping to find something left. business
is entirely suspended. The calamity IL
30 great that men choke with tears in
speaking Of It.. Some score Of sick peo-
pie were hurriedly removed during the
conflagration, and many people are pros
trated by the terrible excitement. A
meeting Of citizens il now in progress at
the Cotton Exchange to provide immedi-
ate relief for the poor victims. Follow
ing close ON the heels of the great strike
which inflicted a moneyed loss on the
business men of Galveston Of fully S4, 00O,.
600, this calamity is q climax to the woes
and SORROWS OF the citizens of this city
With the exception Of half a dozen gro
Gerry stores and the car repairing foundry,
where the fire started, no places of busi-
ness were destroyed. Insurance agents
are now going over their policies, and it
Is hoped that by nightfall they will have
completed the insurance list. kilograms
OF sympathy and offers of aid are already
pouring in from sister cities in Texas.
11:20 A. M.-The fire reached the beach
about a mile and a half from the starting
place, and an area Of six or seven blocks
wide is consumed. Over 700 residences
and buildings are destroyed. The wind is
blowing q terrific gale. The fire is stlll
burning fiercely and is not under control.
The burned district covers about SO
blocks, seven of which are not entirely
swept clean. It is 16 blocks in depth, and
averages q width of three blocks. From a
housetop the smoking burnt district re.
sembles a huge black ~half.opened fan fly.
ing across the island from the bay near
the gulf island-at that point 10 blocks,
or one mile and q quarter wide. The fire
started on the north side OF Avenue A,
better known as the Strand, which is one
block from the bay, and 1t stopped within
two blocks OF the gulf. Sixteenth street
IL nine blocks west Of the extreme inhabi-
table end OF the island, the first resident
street being Sixth. From Avenue A to
Avenue ID the fire was confined to the strip
bounded on the east by Sixteenth street,
and on the west by Seventeenth street.
The business part Of the city begins
OF Twentieth street, and runs west 10 |
blocks. This outline locates the fire,
which began to spread rapidly after il
had passed Avenue D. BY the time IL
had reached ], or Broadway, II was sweep.
ing nearly three blocks in width, from |
tho west side Of Seventeenth street to the
east side Of Fourteenth street. About
300 houaea were hnrned. which wara