The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-07

SAN FRANCISCO, July Ga special
to the Examiner" from Stockton says:
The mining town of Coulteryille, in
Mariposa County. was wiped out of ex.
istence early this evening, and tonight
only three business houses are left to
tell where the business portion of the
little town stood. Nearly seventy build,
ings in all were destroyed, and it took
the fire fiend only little over an hour
to complete it's work of destruction.
The fire started in the residence of
Mrs. Bogolios, which is located almost
the town. 1t was just after ) o'clock
that the flames were discovered in the
kitchen, which she had Jeff only mo-.
ment before. Though none seemed to
of the opinion that the stove doors were
left open, and that some of the wood
Goals fell out on the floor
The town is located in the hollow be-
compactly built on the Two sides of
Main street, with only three cross
streets and only one parallel street. At
this season of the year the whole coun-,
it. and fire once started beyond The
control Of the person or persons who
first discover it is bound to spread, find.
ing everything as infiammable as tin
der
The fire was helped to-day by the
wind which came sweeping down thu
hillsides, and soon had the sparks fly,
ing out and the flames spreading in
every direction.
The volunteer department of the town
is supplied with a single hand engine
of old style, and under the conditions
existing last evening it was worse than
useless as the fire spread so rapidly
that before o'clock the whole of the
town was gone.
Communication by telephone and by
telegraph was of course entirely cut
off, and only the NEST meager reports
reached this city. Some dribcts of
news came in by way of jamestown.
Sonora and Chinese Camp, and they
shut off information early, saying that
it was impossible to get more news.
A number of Stocktonians are inter-
ested in Coulterville or have friends
there in business.
There are two hotels and three or
four general stores in the center of the
town, and all are supposed to have
gone up in smoke.
The four general stores referred to
are those belonging to Percy Davis,
Bruschi & Co., Mr.. Abrams, and an
Italian named Cammissonia. The three
hotels left in the town since the Coul-
terville Hotel was destroyed last Sep
TENDER are the Riverside Hotel, lit
tie out of the business center; the
Jeffries Hotel, and the Crossman Hotel
Among the other places of business
which must have gone with the rest
are McCarty's drug store, Pendray's
rays barber shop, Warren's general
merchandise store, Murphy's undertake
ing parlor, Wilburns saloon, Grenfelrs
furnishing goods store, Sinners black
smith shop and residence, Gazzalo's
saloon, MERGED Gold Mining Company's
office and warehouse, Bruschi's ware
house, Whites carpenter shop, and
Patrick's livery stable
As one message said that two places
of business were left, and another dis
patch said three, it is among the pos
sibilities that Percy Davis store, the
largest in town, and one of the few
brick buildings in the place, may be
one of them, though as it was CEN
trally located it is more than likely it
was destroyed with the rest The
buildings left standing are more apt
to be the isolated buildings like the
Riverside Hotel.
This is the third and most severe
scorching that the town of Coulterville
has had. The loss will approach
$250.000, and on account of the ex-
ceedingly high rate of insurance in
towns which are without fire protection
most of the merchants and business
men carried little or no insurance.