The morning call., 1893-07-21
LOOKS DESOLATE.
Sixty Buildings Burned
at Susanville.
DETAILS OF THE BIG FIRE.
Losses Foot Up Quarter OF Mil
lion, but Merchants VIII soon
Resume Business.
snecial 10 THE MORNING CALL.

S1rsANv1LLE, July 2O.-The losses by
the fire that ragged here on the night OF the
18Th inst. foot up greater total thah
heretofore reported.
The only business places standing IN
tact on the north side Of the main street
are S. Kadan's livery stable and Inc
Masonic building. in which is located the
postoffce and a variety store. FROM mere
eastward every building was swept our
which included the Odd Fellows build
Ing. where was located Sol Nathan's
s1ore. the johnson Hotel, kept by Alex
ander & Talbot. who lose nearly all their
furniture, stock, etc., besides the great loss
sustained by Robert johnson. the owner
and the guests of the hotel.
At the Spalding drugstore. where wells.
Fargo & Co.'S express Office was kept. some
books and records were saved. The saloon
kept by Gross & Lovelady was a total loss.
C. M. Hall loses his harness and saddle
shop and nearly all his stock. as also MS
residence with its contents. u. w. Long
butcher-shop. Mrs. Whites restaurant ana
Metcalf's saloon were destroyed. Glman's
law office and Mrs. Belle Tremaln'S MILL
nery-store. in the Steward House building.
where the fire originated, were soon de-
molished.
The Steward House. owned by D. Koch
and conducted by Mrs NJ. Mcmillan,
suffered a great loss. The residences of
DIR. Dozier and Robert Johnston were
total loss.
The Cain livery stable, owned by
Thomas Watson, was we'll stocked with
horses and vehicles. Fifteen horses were
burned and only one vehicle was saved.
On this loss there was no insurance.
lanes Church lost his blac ksmith-shop and
all its contents. j. G. Newington lost his
residence and furniture.
The fire, crossing to the south side OF
Main street, laid waste the following
buildings: Thomas Watson's dwelling,
with furniture. owned by A. Christem an,
and a paintshop, occupied by S. Johnson
the Eagle Brewery. conducted by C..
Ramann; Pardee's residence and furni-
ture; the building owned by Ben Neu-
haus; the United States land office build
ing, from which the most important
records of the office were saved.
In the same building we're E. r. DOdge's
law office and a tenant family in tho
second story From the Smith Hotel very
little of anything was saved. The res
idences close by belonging to j. W. Smith.
Mrs NJ. Durham. E. E. Kingsbury and
William Segraves went down with nearly
total loss. HCnsnger's butcher-shop.
the Zimmerman Bros harness-shop and
T. n. Longs hardware and grocery store
were burne4 to the ground. From Cohn
Bros me melchandise-store a small amount
OF clothing was saved.
The Bank of Lassen County was loser
in office furniture. The building was
owned by II. Bereman. The bank vault
preserved all It's records, books and docu-
ments. W. Y. Goodwin, occupying the
same edifice. met with some loss. H.
Bereman sustains his third loss and only
saved the contents of his warehouse. To-
Gated in the rear of his saloon. A. and J.
Alexander. occupying the stone store
owned BY d. Knoch. lose all their stock of
general merchandise This building has
heretofore withstood two fires and was
supposed TO be fire-proof. They carried
the heaviest stock of goods in town. Their
warehouse was also consumed. Asher
Bros, general merchandise. lost their en-.
tire stock Of goods, store and warehouse.
ScuCi
met with total loss. T. Gross saloon oc-
cupied the corner. and portion Of his
stock was lost, as were his household eff
fects in the same block. Z. E. Emerson,
hardware and machinery. was damaged by
the loss of stock and damage TO household
furniture. Mrs. j. l.. Alexander lost her
millinery goods; w. II. Jenlson his resi-
dence and most of his furniture; Tremain
& Bennett. their arber-shop and fixtures.
There were more than sixty buildings
destroyed. The estimated loss of property
Is put at S250,000. The amount of insur-
ance, SD far as can be learned, is about
100000. The majority of the business
men intend to resume business, and ium-
Der Is now being put on several vacant
places for the purpose of building. The
former business portion of Susanvile
bears very desolate appearance.