Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-27
COAST VIKINGS.
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE FELT AT
SAN FRANCISCO.
Row on an Indian Reservation
Mrs. Wright Improving Fire
at Reno, Nevada.
Isrrca4l DISPATCHES TO THE nzeonD,vsros.l
RENO IN ASHES.
The Sage Brush city Almost Wiped Out
by Fire.

by Fire.
RENO. May 26th.-The morning edition
of the Gazette will contain the following
AT about 4;30 this afternoon a fire broke
out in the old theater building, at the cor
ner of Commercial row and Center street.
just opposite the Depot Hotel, and in less
than five minutes it was roaring mass of
flames. Soon, the heat was so intense, the
dome OF the Depot Hotel was on fire,
and the flames spread rapidly un-
I'll that immense structure was u
| burning sheet. The fire kept on It's
destruction going east, and soon
licked up Gilmore's cigar and tobacco
| store, the Grand Restaurant J. B. Mar
shalls law Office and residence, a China
wash-house, and then encountered the
three-story Pioneer Hotel building, which
was soon laid low. The new buildings de-
! stroyed were the two-story Lafayette
House and the Pollard House. 1t then
crossed Lake street, and soon the Pyramid
House was in flames. In the meantime
the fire department was using almost
| superhuman efforts to save the Palace
Hotel, and doing good work between the
Central Pacific Railroad Company's depot
and the Nevada and California depot, The
latter by this time being sheet of flame
The Palace Hotel was almost ready to
break out, as the whole eastern side was
| smoking, but by keeping two streams, one
on the ground floor and one on the bal
cony, the flames were kept in check.
On Center street the fire was working
south, and took in its wake Gilmore's Gar
dens, Immediately back of the theater
| building, a Chinese wash-house, paint
shop, the French Hotel and the Inverness
House, when 1t stopped its southwark
course and went east, consuming the resi-
dences of II. Sample, Patrick Malloy, Wm.
Clark, Mr.. Nelhgan, Mrs. Jacob Graf, A 4.
g. Fletcher, Alex Case, Mike Donahue,
MIR, Van Buren and Joe Martels.
Every building except l.. J. Flint's resi-
dence was destroyed in the block bounded
on the north by Commercial Row, on the
west by Center street, on the south by Sec
ond, and on the east by Lake street.
In its eastern course il soon reached the
] round house and turn table of the Central
Pacific Company, Folsom & Wells lime
house, and w. o. II. Martins lime and
cement house, which were total loss.
Continuing in its fiendish work, the Silver
State houriDg-mills were soon on fire and
totally consumed. The Touring mills be-
| longing to the estate of S. c. FOCUS were
the next victims, and was total loss
1t took the entire force OF the department
to cope with the flames on the west. conse-
| quently the eastern side of the fire was
neglected, and SO rapid was the destruction,
that nothing could be done to check the
flames going east. By the most strenuous
efforts the fire was kept from making its
way up Commercial row, and if it had
every crossed Lake street, and the Palace
Hotel had caught the whole town would
have been in ashes tonight.
Many rumors were afoat during the
progress of the fire, some to the effect that
the cook at the Depot Hotel was lost IN the
! flames, but he subsequently turned up all
right but badly scorched.
A woman, a guest at the Depot. Hotel
came rushing out of the burning building
crying and talking in a heartbreaking way
saying her baby was lost. Robby Fulton
who was packing bedding out, picked up 8
bundle of what he supposed to be bedding
when, 10 and behold, the missing infant
! was done up in it and IL little one was re-
turned to its frantic mother
1t is impossible at this writing to get 8
correct list of the losses, but it is safe to
say they will reach S250,000 or $300,000
Carson, ever ready to lend a helping
hand in time of need, sent down her two
steamers, the 1. E. James and S. t. Swift,
fully manned, and they arrived here in
time to do good work in putting out the
| fire of the still burning debris.
The insurance amounts to about S125 900,
divided up as follows The First National
Bank Agency-Hartford Insurance Com
pany, $500 Guardian, $500; North
British, $1,000; Fireman's Fund, S9,S00
4Etna, 81, 500 London Association, 50 500
North America, $500; Girar6, $500
Connecticut, $500; California, $1,000
Anglo Nevada, s., 500; Liverpool, London.
and Globe. 50 600; Lyon, $4,000; Pennsyl-
vania, 5000; South British, 81, 200; Roval
| Sl S0l. IfniOr, 90 Of 7
5000; Phoenix, $780,
The list is necessarily somewhat meagre,
as the Gazette could not find all the parties
who were burned out, and their statements
when found were given from memory.
This is the third big fire that has visited
Reno in the past twelve years. but Phoenix
like she will again rise from her ashes and
assume her place at the head of the column
of progression.