The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-07-11
CARsoN,s BIG FIRE.
Two Blocks IN the Middle OF Town
Destroyed, with = LosA II Over
$50, 900.

VVVs WV.
The Carson Appeal extra gives the
the following accounted Sunday alter
moons fire:
Az 4:30 Sunday afternoon an alarm
of fire rang, occasIoned by blaze In
the Kitchen Of the French hotel, kept
10y u. Circe. Inside Uf five minutes
the various fire c0lnpanie. we're III
the street, and the Warm Juniors
made the first connection With the
hydIant.
The tire by this time had spread
with great rapidity and lie entire
rear portion oil the h0t,l wa, IN flames.
The hose VAS rapidly run out, hut
VAS of little uSe there MAS no force
on The water Works. The other COM
pdnies We're on hand not moro tuan
two minutes later and made connec-
ION, Tut with little restlls.
AS SOON rs the feeble streams came
out OF The MOBILES the cry of mo
wafer" wa passed along the line,
aud the iirenien realized AT once that
To successfully graphic with the lire
Was u matter OF possibility. Mean
while The TIRE RAPIDLY spread in the
French Hotel block. IL passed rap
IDLY through McOuIrk's plumbing
establishment, Moss Catllng's ear
peiiter shop, u small upholstery estab-
IIshlnent aud Hawkins gunshop,
which VAS on The corner. IL also
spread to Trennor Collins law office,
Nouderhyde's harness shop, Chin
La L .fx ..sfss
furniture ore, extending 10 the East
1t burned Knzmyer's dwelling house,
Elrod's resIdence, opposite the hay
yard, and Tom Tenants house, next
40 Collins office.
The tire now threatened the Bullion
Bank and Western Union Telegraph
Othce. Mrs. Carly, The lady operator,
whose rooms are Ia the rear of The
office, found the place too hot To stay,
aud saving ner furniture she left tile
room. Dr. Greenlaw also took away
his Office furniture. IL WAS thought
that " itherel's house would catch
next, which would have resulted in
the loss of the State Printing, Tribune
and Index offices, keyser & Elrod's
stable, the bank, post. office telegraph
office, the rooms occupied by O,Aer
kOoerls and family, and CagwIn Il
Nuteware's store room.
VI hen 1t WAS found impossible to
save lhs French Hotel block, the T.
forts of the nrenen were directed to
the saving OF the pOsloilice aud ada
cent uuildIng, Anu amid show, r. of
dying cInders, Kept the roof vet, and
eAL,ngulsned small fires AS fast as
they caught. Ii was ohly by their
uncra >ing Efforts tnat these i'uildiiigs
we're saved, A. the fianes Taught anu
we're exlIngushed "A dozen unlcs.
The heat iIoa bceaIIIs ~ Intense in
The vicinity of tile burning Olock that
the men running Tie steam engine
we're driven away. ami for time il
reenled AS IL the engine Itself ould
be des r0yed. The wlnd finsllt chans-
ed, and for time there Mas "A tempo
rary lull in thu storm, II dozen men
rushed in and Succeeded III bringing
away the engine, tut lost lao ieet
Of nose. Water soon came swelling
the pipes and every few moments The
rotten hose burst under the STRAIN,
and the engine had 10 be slow ed
down. The pipes burst irequen ~ and
time Vas muched delayed. During
the day the flames crossed thu street
AMI fastened upon LivlnRston's
corner. This WAS the stage that the
progress oi the flames VAS most To be
dreaded. Now all work upon the
French lIolel block was abandoned
and HE hose turned upon the Adams
House block. After CRUISING the street
the lire made rapld progress. aud the
= realms III water had tut little effect.
I he flames spread theIeuI on the
CtlenDerIi AMI Daugheriy millinery
Establishments, Connolly, the tailor;
James, the barber; j. }. carter, >hoe.
maker: shy der, the baker; Siddons,
the jeweler, and Chedic, tie grocer.
ChedIc's trick building resisted the
lire but the store MAS gated.
The lire nexL crossed over to the
balcony surrounding Hark's meat
market, aud the nreuhen, now sure
OF every thing else, turned their at
iention 10 that buildings. Fur " hile
II sermed Impossible TO save II Gag
win and Notewara reno, ell their
stock, and the Temple saloon and Old
Tbeater were Quilted. The balcony
was eoiIiew hat damaged, but the
brick stool tile tlAnes, and by being,
kept satura ed with water was saved.
The Rincklo market building being
OF brick was all that saved The upper
part ot the city.
Inc casualties were as follows: &.
Jung John, an employee at the box