Mohave County miner., 1898-05-21

night came on the wind storm showed no abatement and burning brands were scattered over the town. Sheriff Potts organized patrol of twenty men and the busiress men engaged as many more to guard property and watch the fire At midnight heavy shower of rain fell precludiIg any possibility of the further spread of fire. The grey dawn of Monday revealed the blaekened ruins of the best block in the town. Everything had been swept bare. Large cottonwood and um brella trees were burned 10 the ground. Several carloads of coal, Iced and grain that had been stored in the ware. houses were still m flames Phelsn's cold storage had been filled with choic. est of beef and mutton and this had been baked to rich brown. The Indians pulled out several quarters oi the beef and with a carload of baked potatoes from Gaddis & Perry's warehouse had a great feast.
 The losses are very heavy, sggregsting over 92, COOS while the insurance is about one third of that amount. The heaviest losers are Mnlligan & Hubbs, whose loss ioots up l7,500s on their three story brick building and the two small adobe buildings on Third street. They carried insurance to the amount of sO00S The other losses are ss follows: Glddis X Perry, warehouse and damage to stock 5,50)s, fully covered by insurance; King man Mercantile Company, warehouse and contents, 3.5O0s, no insurance: G w. Beecher, adobe building on Front street 2,501s, no insurance; Old Fellows and Knights of Pythiss, damage 10 fur. | niture and lodge piriphernaiia l50s; The W. H. Taggart Mercantile Company, cold storage plant and contents, l,500t. TO insurance; F. F. Thompson. stock and fixtures, 2,5O0s, mineral cabinet 2 800; DO insurance. Hnbbs House, building, furniture. etc, 7.50Os; insurance, 8, 700t T. l.. Ayres, two sfory brick huilding, II coos; insurance 7.5O0s: II. J. Del. mer and the Temple Bar Consolidated Mining Company. 50Ot on iurnirurs Resides ,he eompany's loss Mir. DeIaner and the other mbers of the off e force lost personal effects of considerable value Rosborough X Lsssell, loss on stock SO0s. C,ozier & Mackenzie, adobe build ing on Main street and stable and corral on Third street, loss 5.0D0s insurance ,5O0s. J. c. Phelsn. stock of meats, etc., SOOs no insurance. W. Fl. Lake, damage 10 brick building and loss small l20Os; no insurance. P H Thompkins. small frame building and stock of goods. coos, DO insurance. Dave Kellsher.
 barber shop, 200s; no insurance. ChAs.
 Bowers, big frame building on Front sueet used ss a restaurant, loss 2 5OO$ insurance l0O0s s. P. Thompson, bnild
 ing, furniture. fixtures and stock, 5 09O< insurance 6j0s. George BoKers, dsell ing, livery barn aud office, 2,00Os; m
 sursnce SOS Mrs. J K. Mackenzie
 KIngman House, furniture, bedding, etc.
 ,500f; insurance, l,5O0s II. Hubbs
 refrigerators and refrigerator material
 50Os Jose Hsrcourt, three small build
 ings, furniture, etc, ,50Os. Manuel Mar
 tinez, house on Besle street, furniture
 barn and outbuildings. 1200s no lnsur
 auce. - Noli, house on Beale street
 6O0s. G. A. BonelIi, building and con
 tents on Fourth street, l.sO0s; insuranc,
 lOOOs. Mrs. M B. Eggers, stock millin cry goods, 750s; insurance, 3O0s. Tn, White Hills Mining Company wsrehous, and contents, 6,OO0s: fully covered by in
 suraDce. Individual losses will foot U,
 fully five thousand dollars more.
 , The foundations of the big brick build f ings have crumbled so badly that the,
 will have to be removed. The wall a have all fallen, with the exception of th, i, west wall of the Hubbs House. Fencin,
 and corrals were swept clean. The ruin of the warehouses are still smoulderin a and 1t will be several days before the cool off
 g Already preparations to rebuild ar 8 being made on the old sites. As BOO y as insurances have been paid it IS prot g able that several brick buildings will Y [. up. E. F. Thompson. Laswell & Rosbor e ough and George Boneli have erecte d temporary business houses on Fourt street Frank Anslin ia hnildina A hi