The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-01

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AGazette extra of last Monday gives
the following particulars OF destruc-
tive coBfzgrstion in tina, town:
At about 1 80 this afternoon Ere
broke out in the old ihs4ter building
AZ Tue Corner IF Commercial Row and
Center street, just opposite the Depot
Hotel. and In less than i've minutes IL
vas roaring mass of flames. Soon,
the hest s2s 50 intense, tie dome OF
me Depot Hotel Was On IRE and the
flames spread rapidly until the i'm
meuss structure Was = burning sheet.
The IRE kept 81 IN lis destruction go
ing east, znd Soon licked up Gilmore
cigar and tobacco store, tie Grand
Restaurant, l. B. AzrShsl's residence,
= China wash house. snd then eneoun-
tered Tire three-stOry Pioneer Hotel
building. shieh sAs land low.
TIE asx, buildings were the two
s,Ory Lafayette House and The Pol
lArsi House, whrn il crossed Lake
street, Aad soon the Pyramid House
as IN flames.
II the meantime the IRE department
we're using almost suPerhuman efforts
to save The Palace Hotel, and doing
good work between the e. p. K. X.
Cos depo, and tie y. It c. depot, the
latter BY this time being
SHEET OF PLANES.
TIE Palace Was almost ready 20
break out. a. the whole eastern side
was smoking, but by keeping two
streams. one an the ground floor and
one en- the balcony, the flames were
kept in check.
On Center street the FIRE was work
ing south and took in its wake Gill
mOre's Gardens, Immediately back of
the ihea,er building, Chinese wa,h
house, paint shop. the French Hotel
and the Inverness House, when IT
stopped It's southwark course and went
eas:. consuming the residence at IL.
Sample. Pat Molloy, VIM. Clark. Mr..
Nelligan, Mrs. Jacob Graf. y. q.
Fletcher. Alex Case, Mike Donohue,
Mr.. Van Buren, and Joe Martels.
Every building except L. J. Flints
residence was destroyed in the block
bounded on the north by Commercial
Row. on the west by Center street, on
the South by Second, and on the east
by Lake street.
II ITS EASTERN COURSE
II son reached the round house and
turn table of the Central Pacific Cn.,
Folsom d Wells lime house, and w.
o. III. Mauin's lime ami cement housr.
which ale total loSs. Continuing on
in its fiendish work the Silver State
FIGURING Mills werr soon on fire aud
totally consumed. The Touring mills
belonging tn the estate Of ) G.. Fla gus
were the next victims aud = tni.l .nss.
II took the entire force of the D-;,aFi-
meDt tn
COPE WITH THE FLAMES
On the West. consequently the eastern
tide Of the fire Sas neglected.. AMI -
ral.id was the destruction that - thi' z
could he done ~ check the flames
going east. b. the mast strenuous
efforts the fire was kept from making
its way up Commercial Row, AMI f it
had ever crossed Lake street and the
Palace Hotel bad caught, the whole
town would have been in ashes.
HEAVY LOSERS.
Bob Parry of the Depot Hotel i a
heavy luser. His loss will he AT least
$4,000. with $4,000 insurance.
The Theater building WAS valued Al
$4,000, with $1,000 insurance.
The Pioneer. Lafayette aHh Pollard
Houses are heavy lnsers. hut Al this
writing it is impossible TO get at any
true statement.
The y. & z. Company's loss is also
quite heavy. II is variousiy estim-
ated a. from $1,000 TO $4,000.
W. o. III. Martins loss is 81 900,
party covered by insurance.
Poison & Wells. $1,000.
The estate of 5. c. FOCUS, geo, 900:
insurance, $13 900
This is the third big fire that has
visited Reno 10 the past 12 years, but
Ph9uix-.ike she will again rise from
her ashes and assume her place ~ the
head of the column Of progression.