Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-27
2RIrrLE CREEK BEING REBUILT.
iork Higgins by the Time the Ashes
Arc Cool Enough.

arc Nool Enough.
= -J7R1PPLE CREEK, Colo April 26.-M-
: ly the work of rebuilding the burned dis
has begun and tonight by the light Of
-tull moon nails are being driven in many
=Tes. Al a meeting Of the city council
2 zaight, a resolution was passed, allowing
s'ectIon Of temporary buildings within the
{ .,=nits, with the provision that all must
b : owed within sixty days to give place
to ings Of stone and brick. This morn
IN soon as the debris had cooled sufn-
GENTLY the work of clearing was commenced
and before nigntfall fully twenty-five build
ngs were under way and quite number
were occupied.
The first to open its doors for business was
dance hall and the second a saloon, but
ether branches Of business were soon repre-
sented. With 5000 people rendered home
less in a day, of course, lodging houses are
in greatest demand, and many Of these are
rapidly progressing. Fortunately the weather
10 remarkably fine so that sic ping in the
open air does not entail suffering and few
have been compelled to do this The best of
order prevails. Hundreds of special police
men are on duty guarding the Thousands of
dollars worth OF property from stores and
private houses from the raids of pilferers.
One Of the first steps taken this morning
by the business men of the place was the or
ganization of a relief committee to look after
the destitute. At an early hour kilograms
began coming TO the mayor, from cities of the
state, offering financial aid. These were
turned over to the committee, who replied
with thanks, but declined the kindly offers
Cripple Creek will take care, of ner own. 1t
is not believed that this will be difficult, for
there is today work for every man able to
WELD a shovel or a hammer. Mayor Steele
prepared the following proclamation for the
Associated press this afternoon:
To the General Public: Committees have
been composed of our most energetic bust
nnG nj n
have been adopted whereby the entire burnt
district of eight blocks will be rebuilt as
fast as money and labor can do so. We
people without outside assistance. Every
thing is quiet and the citizens are seeing
HUGH r. STEELE, Mayor
OPENING VAULTS AND SAFES.
Today the work Of opening safes and vaults
began and in most cases the contents were
found to be intact. The steel lined vault of
the postoffce had to be blown open with
dynamite, but the valuable government prop
erty was safe. vast amount of mail mat
ter, estimated at from 10000 to $4,000 pieces,
were all destroyed, as was the furniture Of
the office. No estimate can be put upon the
value of the mail.
In six days more Cripple Creek would
have had a new pOstoffice, the finest in
America for a town of its size, but this, too,
was devoured by the flames and the question
Of handling the tons of mail matter that
perplexty since the office was established.
now presents itself in a new and more
formidable shape. None of the losses are
as large as would appear from the burning
of so large an area in more substantially
built cities. but the losers are numbered by
hundreds, 80 that the aggregate Will not fall
short of 81, 600 900. Among the heaviest los
ers are:
Strauss Clothing company ..........$2S, COG
Sovnton Rrns clothing .,...,....... 20,O00
Wpyanu
Golden Eagle Dry Goods company. 15,0G0
p I, rThorson & Observation-Disclosures .35, 600
Eairley Rros q Lampan. furniture. 40, 600
Tonic thenter '................... 25. 600
Sunday Herald ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
j. A Conwe;l, brick block .......... 5000
Morning Times Observation-Disclosures. 5,000
Boston store ............................ 1900
q Lewis a Co LIQUORS ........,. 1900
Watts Mercantile company, groceries q, coo
Congregational church ................ 5000
j Shn Nolan, building ....:............ 20eVo
John Conlan. Chicago, building ...... 10000
Insurance was light, in many cases there
being none on account Of the high rate
charged, the greater number Of buildings
being of wood.
MOLINE, H., April ga fatal fire &C.
Cured here this morning by which John
Sage lost his life and John West was seri- |
ously injured. The two-story frame building |
on Second avenue occupied by Steve Walters
as a restaurant and boarding house took fire. |
lamp. The Walters family had barely time |
to escape. West and Sage were dodgers.
DARTMOUTH, n. S., April 26.-Olands |
brewery at Turtle Grove. was burned today. |
The building was valued at 100000; the |
machinery at $45, 600 and the stock on hand |
at about 100000 more. The origin OF the
fire is unknown. Insurance, $4,000.