The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-08
IN QUICK SUCCESSION
The Last Chance Saloon Sees Its
Last Day-A Owelling House
Destroyed-littis lin

BY the Standards special Wire.

BUTTE March This first fire of any inn
portance this year in Butte occurred this
from the exertion of nnin to one fire
when another broke out. In both Hires
there was N notable lack Of insurance
among owners and occupants alike. The
bremen were handicapped i'm reaching
the fires by the fact that the lire bell was
not in position for ringing. II H. in pro-
cess of remova from the city hall. tn the
fire tower recently built for IL. A. II could
not be rung a delay was occasioned I'm
The. fires broke out about !:4o
O'clock; Joe Ada"-' Of the , n,,a
run the Last Chance saloon a, No. iss
lower Main street was filling a large
hanging lamp in the saloon when Il ex.
glass indiscriminateiy about the room.
Adams and two or three of the
place had to do some lively in
ing oil soon set fire to the woodwork and
in a few secondst the interior of the place
by two pistol shots, followed five minutes
later by the blowing OF the whistles.
Before the fremen arrived the flames
had eaten through the roof and were
climbing high up i'm the sky. Three
fourths of the prominent citizens of Butte
and nine-tenths of the women. and all
cart to arrive was that kept i'm Ousley's
stables. II was taken out by some volun.
teers. As soon as tho stream was turned
on the fire began to stibside. 1t penetrated
the side of a little adjoining shack in
which James Turbride, a week or two
ago. had started a tent and awning manu-
factory. This place WAS light dam
aged. The Last Chance saloon is a one
story building, and was damaged to the
owned by Gay . Grady, and there is no
insurance. The stock of Adams 4 Bar
nett was completely ruined, with no i'm
surauce Mr.. Turbride's stock was
slightly damaged by water, and he was
also without insurance..
A little after 9:3O O'Clock this cvening
Will Orton and Frank Britter, who with
John Hcilig occupy rooms in the upper
story of the Orion residence at No. ia
East Granite street, thought they smclt
in the rooms upstairs, but there was no
floor. Mr.. and Mrs. Van orion, II oc-
minute before gone tn tho social at Odd
Follows hall. and no one was below. vii
Orton went below and Instantly cried up
the stairs:
"Frank. the house is on fire! Get out,
qnickN" -
Frank up stairs threw his. old
descend the stairway, hut the smoke now
arose in volune and he was forced back:
He ran out on the porch and climbed
several pistol shots. In n few minutes
great clouds of dense smoke arose from
z house and an instant later the flames
frame building and burned like finder.
story house owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Orton and occupied by Mrs. j.
Rice as a boarding house. Equally near on
occupied by Mrs. II. :. Jones. The sides
of these houses were already being
scorched when the hose carts arrived. Ii
was too late to save the house i'm which
the fire broke out. but the other buildings
were saved. The goods i'm the house a..
cupicd 10y Mrs. Rice wcis, taken ont. bu,
srnnr xnrtfU lnVnnn SVA 10 nnf IN
sured. Thu Orion house, which belongs
to the Orion estate. was wrecked. only
the frame being left. The damage j.
about 81, 200 with an insurance of $1,000
The household goods were all destroyed
and the effects of the young man roonins
in the upper story were destroyed. Their
was no insurance on any Of the goods
The origin of the fire is unknown, but i
is siippo sed To have been from IL stove In
the Kitchen. The ircmen. both paid ana
volunteer, worked calamity and effect
lively.