The morning call., 1891-09-03
I OYER A MILLION.
Heavy Losses by Pacific Coast
]: &. Fires, !.
Sixteen Blocks In the Business Portion Of
81. ]. The Dallss Burned.
Some Of the Finest Buildings In WILLOWS
I Z. Swept aHay-Large H0p-House
!. ...... :: s and Contents Destroyed. TT.
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ppeeisl to TIE MoRNfNs CALEs


.Skibb's Restaurant. The wind was blowing
a gale and the flames spread rapidly. The
fremen were fifteen minutes in arriving at
the scene, giving the fire tremendous
headway. The flames communicated to Mrs.
Wingate's row OF buildings, then to Win
gate g. Co.'S general merchandise store.
Crossing the street, they took in: F..G. Pc
ters' lumber-yard and swept on three blocks
south. The fire burned on until sixteen
blocks were consumed. The loss Is esti-
mated at from $3.50, 900 to ST. 0Oo,Oo
The fire is nowunder control. The names
OF some OF helosers are as follows: F. L.
=Skibbe, restaurant; John Larsen, feed.
yard; Max Vogt, three-story brick; Odd
Fellows HalF; opera house,; It. G. Nj kel-
son, two-story brick; Louis Rorden, crock
cry; Charles :StGebTing. saloon; Mays 81
Grove, hardware >Grahanl's YSStanrant;.
Huntington & Thompson, law offic6, Jones
Bros, groceries,; Charles Bayard, real es-.
tate office john: Pashek, tailor; "A. A.
Brown. grocery; Caryman & Corson. gro
Gerry; Dandal & Eagan, frame-store; Charles
Lauer, groeere !; Lum Brown, grocery;
Tom Ward. livery stable: Hoods livery
stable jackson House; Z. p. Fitzgerald.
two brick buildings, hardware and grocer
les and two dwelling houses; Mrs. Will
Jams, residence; w. Mitchell, residences;
p. J. Nichols, residence; Methodist Church;
Baptist Chprch.; one large frame school
building; Farron' S: farm implement build
ing and grocery s Gibbons & sMcAllister,
implements and grocery; j udGe Condor.
residence; Mrs. Jnkers, residence A. A.
Banney, residence and bhtcher-shop;
Thomas Kelly, residence; Hon. i. Z. Mays,
IN, FL Ian, ~ "a
Nj. Wilson, law office, and others. Hun
dredS of people are homeless and the city
presents . deso[ate appearance. The
militia are patrof[ing the streets, but the
best of order prevails. =: = ~: =
Z From Main street west the town is IN.
ruins. From First street to Mcfarland u
FEancks', on Second street TO Crandall 81
Burget,s, on Third street to Columbia Pack
ing Company S warehouse, Oh Fourth street,
with; the exception of the dwellings Of
George Ruch and Magee, to. Union street,
on Fifth street 70 Union,~ with the exception
OF. the sehGot-honse, which was saved only
by tile greatest efforts, everything is burn ed:
The magnificent brick buildings Of Max
NQgt d: SON, on Second and Federal :StrfetS;
are I'M ruins, as. are. also the Oyera House
aud the Third Regiment Artnory, belonging.
to. tire same PARTIES. These buildings were
erected only one year agoat a cost ot.nearly
S2G0, 900 : -: =. -: ~.
Only the :veering Of the wind saved the
business portion of:the city from complete
destruction. The change of the wind to- the
north took the fire to 1,hltd street, where it
destroyed Gibson, MaealIister: g. Co.'s gen.
er1 merchandise store aud warehouses;;
-NiGhslsen's ire-brfck block; Hood s livery
stable; Mrs. Griffith Williams beautiful
residente Thomas; Miteheli's and RoScoe's
residences the4 Baptist, Methodist. and
CoBgreg atlOhal churches, and countless
small houses. The: burnt district covers
more than sixteen blocks and comprises tile
best portion. of thectY. + II II. =:
;}fhe principal losses are approximately as:
follows: iSkibbe, restaurant; residence and
brick saloon, SlQ,u99; NJ. K. IYingafe tS Co, :
brick and general merchandise store S40,-T
0U0; McDonald, Bros saloon, restaurant
and: lodging-hQuse, $4,000: IL od's corral,
livery stable and residence, $500; Wolff. !;
RESIDENCE and warehouse, $4,000; J II.
Peters store and llrIn Der yard, 10000; Lord.
81 Loughlin's impLement repository and
residence, S50o0i aFtllion. Bros. stock of.
agricultural implements, $4,000, E.. IF.
Fitzgerald, general store, brick warehouse
snd%resldence, $4,000; w. Lord Jack kBon,
house, 5000; Ben. ilson, liquors. $3.50;
Edwards, painters materials, SS000;- Pa
eiIic* Fence Works, stock, $4,000; Max F0gt
eco, ,ffteendwelilngs, $4,000, .pogt Block,
opera house and arnlory, 500. .Qd0, Gibson,
Macalfster 81 Cn., merchandise and tmple-
mentS, $1,000; Michel Plaiiipg-milL UNDER
taking shop and residence $4,000; Chris
SOloOu, SlOSCElCSy SoOOOf ~. L. lIuiiEIs
green grocer, 5000 :; Brown, grocer, $500;
Nicholson brick block, stationery stock,
warehouse and jewelry,:: $4,000; Jones
Bros, groeers, $4,000; Graham. restaurant,
$1,000; Whyers, liquors, $1,000; Coluinb bia
Packing Company, warehouse and stock,
$4,000; George Anderson, gunsmith, $1,000;
l.. Rorden, cfockery, ETC., $4,000; Eastern
Cooperative Association, general stores,
$1,000; Charles StHbbS, liquors, S5000;. WILL
lam Wiley, stable, 5000; Thomas Ward,
livery: horses and :buggies, $4,000; H. s.
kuck, harness-maker, 5000; Dailes Marble
Works, $1,000. - =. ~ :
a large number Of fine residences were
burned, among them those of Hon. Condor
F.. Mays. Mrs. Griffith Williams, William:
Mitchell, Z. b. Mcfarland and David Vause.
The handsomest churches in tile city are
gone. ....::.'.... - =
About one year ago the question of a
water supply which would put fre-plugs on.
every corner was agitated and voted down.
The utter helplessness of one fire engine in
a eohfiagration was clearly demon strated+,
Portland was wired for help, and an engine
arrived here at o'clock in the evening,
having made the trip in three hours. The
fire, however, is under, control, and all that
Remains is to extinguiSh the emberS.
Itis probable that rebuilding will begin
at once. 1t is impossible to learn the In
surance. = 80 :: :
BLOCKS IN RUINS. -. =,
T. WILLOWS, Sept. IA fire broke out last
evening about $50 o'clock in the Willows
Hotel and although the Fire Department
responded quickly, before it reached the
building it was In flames. The wind being
from the south, 1t communicated to the
frame building ON the north, and although
the firemen fought it heroically. the entire
block was doomed, and the Union Hotel
and Crawford House were soon blazing. A
determined fight was made to save Hoch-
heimer's store, but the heat from the Craw-
ford House was intense and the flames soon
enyeloped it, and one of the finest business
houses in Northern California was doomed.
The fire was finally under control after it
reached the Chapman Building, adjoining
Hechheimer's on the north. The loss is
estimated at nearly S150,00O, partly covered
by insurance.
The fire destroyed the Willows Hotel, one
residence, a bakery, n photograph gallery,
paint-shop, Union Hotel, Crawford Hotel.
Hochheimer & Co.'S general merchandise
store, Wells. Fargo & Co.'s Office, the Postal
Telegraph Company's office and Marshalps-
Saloon. The Crawford House was the finest
hotelin town. and Hochheimer's store had
the most complete stock Of merchandise.
Little was saved.
The losses are rs follows: T. G. Craw-
ford, $4,000, insurance 100000; Hoch-
heimer Il Co., 100000, insurance S35, 600;
G. w. Freeman, $1,000, insurance $1,000; w.
A.. Smith, $1,000, insurance S15Q0; w. L.
Walker, $500. covered by insurance; NJ.
Murphy. $4,000, insurance, $500; J. w. Max
ley, $3.50, nj insurance: j. s. Pintler $500,
no insurance; F. S. Dillmah. $4,000, insur-
ance $500; WI ows Hotel $500, insurance
$500; Baylor & Tooty, $1,000. covered by
insurance; j. III. Hoover. loss not stated,
fully insured; John Florence, $50. no in
snrance; Eugene Marshall, $500, insurance
$780, w. B. Cook, $1,000, insurance $3.50; q.
M. Potts, $1,000, insurance $3.50.
The fire was caused by the exploding of a
lamp in the kitchen of the Willows Hotel.
The burnt quarter will be Immediately re-
built in brick. Crawford has made arrange
ments for three-story and Hochheimer for
a two-story building.
The two hose companies rendered invalu-
able assistance in checking the fire. But
for their aid three blocks more would have
certainly been destroyed.
The workmen are engaged in clearing
away the debris
This is the fourth great FIRE WHICH has