The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-09
WADSWORTH FIRE.
Business Portion OF the Town DESTROYED Sat.
urday Afternoon.

urday Afternoon.
one life lost and doubts as to the safety
Of another. and property valued at ss5. 900
laid In ashes, is the result of confiagra-
ton that visited the principal business
section of wadsworth Saturday after
noon. The Insurance on destroyed prop
4 erty will not amount to over 5000.
Shortly before o'clock the alarm was
! sounded and men were seen running out
Of e. T. Lothrop's pace-the White
House. with flames leaping after them
Hardly a breath of air was stirring, yet
The flames leaped forth in a froncnfng
manner, licking up the structures in the
path. which were mere tinder boxes, un-
ri the whole block as far north as the
Nevada House was a heap of ruins, with
but a solitary wall of the Wightman brick
building standing.
The Southern Pacific Company ordered
the employees of the shops out TO assist
in arresting the progress of the fire. Five
streams were soon brought into play and
IL was soon found that the only plan OF
procedure was to make a concentrated
defense at the Nevada House. The fire.
men went at their task with a resolute
determination to save that building 1t
was not long before the annex to the ho-
tel was on fire, but by a supreme effort
the flames were confined to this structure
and prevented from spreading to the ho-
tel proper The annex was completely
gutted upstairs on the south side v8F'
AT AIS p. NJ. the fire was under control.
and at p. NJ. was considered out, though
streams of water were played upon the
flames all night. R4
The railroad offices. directly opposite.
we're on fire at one time. but prompt ac-
ton by the firemen kept the flames from
getting any headway.
The fire started In the kitchen of. the
White House. The Chinese cook had upon
the range a pot OF hot grease. This in
fammable material boiled over upon the
stove, and, taking fire. the flames leaped
upward, igniting the ceiling and walls of
The kitchen. which were covered with
grease. Within few seconds an ex-
plosion occurred from some cause. shoot
ing flames In all directions throughout
the building.
In less than ten minutes the buildings
occupied by the White House and Depot
Hotel were nothing but ashes. So quickly
did the flames spread that the employees
of the White House and Depot Hotel had
only time to escape with their lives.
Nothing was saved from the saloon but
the cash register.
Portions of a human body were found
about $50 In the evening in the debris
near the front end of where the Depot
Hotel stood The remains are supposed
to be those OF an old man who was up
stairs, sick in bed. This unfortunate man
was night porter OF the hotel 1t Is
thought one other unknown person, who
was In the Depot Hotel saloon I'm an in
toxicated condition, was burned to death.
Those who suffered loss of property and
the amounts for which they were In
sured are as follows:
E. T. Lothrop. proprietor of the White
House, loss 5000; no insurance
Capt Walstab, proprietor and owner
sof the Depot Hotel and Bakery; loss
3ll 900; insurance. $1,000.
Olinghouse Meat Market; loss. $1,000 no
insurance.
wadsworth Supply Company; loss A.5oo;
insurance, $1,000
william Dalton. boot and shoe store;
loss, $500; no insurance.
Kinney & Co.. drugs; loss, $1,000; fully
insured.
J. A. Gregory. owner and proprietor OF
the Wadsworth bakery and grocery store;
loss. about 5000: no insurance.
George Herbeth, mems furnishings; loss
$500; no insurance.
w. ID. Linton. proprietor and owner OF
the Nevada House; loss on annex building
about $3.50: fully insured.
A two-story brick building In the center
of the ruined block, in which was To-
Gated on the street floor the Wadsworth