The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-09
The Destruction Believed to Have
Been the Work Of an In.
cendlary.
A Newspaper Man Dangerously Hurt
Newspapers the Chief
Losers.

building, owned by Mrs. Mary Fisch,
and u%noccupied, except by Messrs. J.
w. Cobb and A. N. Thompson, who
lodged there. The fire spread so
rapidly that MI. Cobb, who was
asleep, narrowly escaped burning to
death. As it was, his hands, feet and
face were frigbtfully burned, and he
hung to the second story window
until d.. Allen climbed up and pulled
him down. He was carried CULVER
ing and moaning to s. HI. Erwin's,
where DR.. Rinehart and others at
tended to his wants. In the mean
time the fire spread rapidly and soon
enveloped the Farmers Hotel in a
sheet Of flames. 1t next attackd the
building known IS the Daily Rustler
office, which only five hours before
had passed into the possession of the
Gazette Publishing Company. The
outfits of the Post and Herald had
just been moved in, and the three
offices combined made one of the best
printing outfits in the Territory. A
! few willing hands saved what was
possible, but the building being a
brick veneered shell,
NOT MANY WERE DISPOSED TO
LINGER
long enough to remove the heavy
presses and imposing stones. OF the
presses belonging to the outfits only
the Rustkes' jObber and a small card
press belonging to the Herald were
saved. The forms of the Post snd
Rustler were burned, but most of the
cases carried out. some enthusiastic
friends fancied the cap. cases were
lids and shut them down ove the
lower cases, and most of the type
saved from the fire is qnite useless,
except for babbitt metal. Of the
Herald outfit most of the job and
advertising cases and type were
burnt, but the forms were saved. The
outfit may be considered as pretty
badly demoralized almost q total
loss. The next place to go was J.
Hopkins shoe shop, on the east side
of the Farmers Hotel, and then the
flames spread rapidly In both direc-
lions, burning the insuran &c office Of
Lesley Bates and law office of John
McGinness, the Chicago Dry Goods
House, NJ. Susman's general storO,
Mrs. Forsythe's boarding house, and
Mrs. David Matheson's fancy goods
store on the east. and Tully & Freese's
hardware store, the First National
Bank and Schiller & Gord0n's tailor
shop OIL the west.
GOT TO WORK.
After Mrs. Matheson g store caught
fire, and all hope of saving 1t was
gone, the fire-hooks were brought
into requisition and it was speedily
torn down, not. however, more than
q few minutes before it was all
ablaze. This prompt action no doubt
saved the Park Hotel, separated from
the burnt block by First avenue
north. This hotel vas in extreme
great danger, but escaped with little
damage except scorching the paint
on the south side. Eiler's City Beer
Hall and Post printing office were
also slightly scorched, but by throw
ing a few buckets of water on them
they also escaped. Fortunately the
Land Company's irrigating ditch got
down as far as the town yesterday,
and rippled merrily down the ditch
on Montana avenue, giving a plenti-
full supply of water for the bucket
brigades. The air was calm and
still, and the night could not have
been more favorable for fighting fire.
The lossbwill aggregate about $780,
600, divided as follows:
First National Bank-$3,5 500; furn-
iture and fixtures 81, 800. Insurance,
$500.
fully & Freese-Loss on building
and stock, So, 500. Insurance, SIS 5000.
Gazette Publishing Company
Loss on presses, type and printing
material, s., 500. Insurance, 81, $50.
Walter Matheson and w. H. Van
Sinden-Loss on furniture, etc in
First National Bank building, small.
DR.. Kelley-Loes ON Office furni-
ture, medical books and surgical in
strumente, in Gazette building, 5000
No insurance.
Mrs. Fisch Farmers Hotel and
furniture, $4,5OO. Insurance, 81 500.
J. H. Ming-Red front building,
loss, $500.
John Hopkins-Loss on stock,
tools, ETC., $50. Nc insurance.
Mrs. Lewis-Small loss on house
hold effects. No insurance.
Lesley Bates and furni-
ture o finsurance agency, $500. In
surance, $500.
Judge McGinness Small loss on
law office.
Mrs. Oscar w. Lind, Chicago dry
goods house. Loss on stock, furni-
ture and fixtures $1,000. Insurance
$1,000.
Mrs. Rosa Cohen-Building oc-
cupied by Chicago dry goods house;
loss So, 500, insurance 81 GOO.
Morris Susman--Loss on building
So. 900: on stock about $13 600; total
Sis, OOO;. insurance Sc, 200.
w. r. acknowledgements stock,
liquors etc., $1,000; house $l5o; III
surance $3.50. ,ooo
George B. Hume Building $1,000;
insurance 81 500.
Mrs. Fersythe's furniture was re-
moved with but slight loss.
Mrs. David Mathes0n-Loss on
building 500; insurance $500; loss on
stock damaged 500; insurance $4oo.
Schiller & G0rdon-LOss on stock
$3.50: insurance $500.
Chas. Rack Loss on building oc-
cupied by Schiller & Gordon S4Oo;
insurance $3.50. ~
IA. III. Mund--Loss on gazette
building S., con; insurance $s,OoO:
ii. L.. Richardson--Los on private
effects in building $3.50; insurance
$3.50.
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