Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-13
TRUCKER IN ASHES.
The Beautiful Town of the Sierras Again
Swept by Flames.

the SleTfaS ASain
Swept by Flames.
TRUcKEE, August 12th-Truckee will
not be outdone. The most destructive ire
that has occurred here for years started
from defective fiue in the house of G. B.
Dilley, on Church street, at 5 o'clock this
afternoon. Heroic efforts were made by
the citizens to stop the fire, but fierce
wind was blowing and they could not. The
following property was destroyed:
H G Gage, photograph gallery and nine
dwell lighthouses loss $1,000, insurance $3.50;
e. w. Church, $1,000, no insurance; ]. V.
Cronip, dwelling and furniture, loss 81 600,
insurance $500; j. L. Lewiston, dwelling,
loss $1,000, insurance 81 600; @. T. Nc
Glasban, dwelling and furniture, 5000,
insurance $1,000; Mrs E. A Keiser, loss
$500, insurance 5000; Frank Meloche. fur
niture, 81 600, no insurance; old school
house. loss $1,000, Insurance 81, 500; new
school-house in course of erection, loss
$4,000, insurance $1,000; Charles Thomas,
two dwellings, loss $1,000, insurance 81 800;
Charles Long, furniture, loss $500,
no insurance; John Fay, dwelling, loss
$500, no insurance; Mike Lanahan, loss
81, 800, insurance 81 800; William O'NeiIl,
dwelling and furniture, loss $4,000. insur-
ance, 81 600; T. NJ. Bsttancourt, dwelling
and furniture, loss 81 500, insurance $780,
y. M. DslHldlu anu dwelling
and furniture, 81 800, insurance $500; Linda
Wright, dwelling and furniture, loss 81 900,
insurance 5000; Litchenberger, dwelling
house. loss $3.50 noinsurance; G. M. Keller,
dwelling and furniture, loss $3.50, no in
surance; ]. n. Barney, loss $3.50 insurance
unknown; John Fay, dwelling and furni-
ture, loss 81 500, Insurance $3.50; w. G.
Rogers, dwelling and furniture loss 500,
insurance 500; Mrs. Miller, loss $780, in
surance $275; New American Hotel, loss
S25, 900, insurance $4,000; George Schaf-
fer, dwelling loss 1850, insurance 81 100;
Independent Order of Good Templars, loss
$500, insurance 5000; NJ E. Church, loss
$780, insurance 81, 500; NJ. Pendergast,
loss 81 400, insurance $780, Charles Itch
enberger, dwelling and furniture, loss $500,
no insurance; Methodist Episcopal par
sonage, less $3.50, no insurance; Catholic
Church, loss 81 500, no insurance: J. w.
Hoy, dwelling and furniture, loss 81 500,
insurance 81 900: j. X. Garcia, furniture,
loss $500, insurance $500; Ellie Ellen, 1900
cords Of wood, loss $4,000, and lumber
tiume 81 600, no insurance; Reid G. Mckay,
blacksmith shop, less 81 600, no insur-
ance; George Sayles, furniture, loss $500;
w. g. Irwin, TIuckee Livery stable, loss
S., co., insurance, S2,00G; P. J. Maggie, boots
and shoes, loss $500, no insurance: F. P.
Stevens, loss $3.50, insured; John Millett,
loss $50, insurance $3.50; Truckee Electric
Light and Power Company, loss $500, no
insurance.
The following insurance agencies are in
terested: Mann & Wilson, Jacobs & Easton,
Scottish Union, Commercial OF California,
California, Providence, Washington, sun
Of California and Commercial Union.
Some personal property was removed at
least three different times and then con-
sumed. The Summit fire train made the
trip from the Summit in fifteen minutes,
bat came too late to be Of any assistance.