The copper era., 1906-12-13

1mmeuldCely duJOlnlnS DdllH plumbing establishment, came the new two-story brick building recently erected by J. c. Gatti, and occupied ] by Jeff Dunagan's s saloon. The door: were broken in and the water en tered the building to the depth oi five feet, doing great damage.
 s. Parque's saloon came next, and was badly wrecked.
 George Saba's saloon also received about five feet of the flood, and was in the same condition.
 Thatcher & Kosmesky's meat mar ket was damaged to an extent ot 5000, but they were doing business on the following day, as were all the houses on that side of the street.
 The Fair, owned by Bianes, Valdez SS Moreno received about the same depth of water and suffered a heavy | loss.
 Charley Wright's place received about B feet of water, but he stayed drought it all, in order to save as much as possible. There was no es- caping from tine building after the flood was on.
 The O'Neil block was greatly dam aged, and the basement filled with mud MT. O'Neil had just over hauled his building and had it-in good condition, but now has to do it all over again, and will be heavy loser, but he IS again at work and will soon have it ready for occupancy.
 Mrs. Buell's property on the back street was not greatly damaged.
 The Manila Hotel building caught the flood from both streets and the wonder is that the building stood. Norquay's saloon and restaurant were at once put out of business, but Mrs. Norquay, undaunted, imme- diately opened a kitchen up stairs, and fed the hungry day and night. Her pluck and energy was an exam pie to the others, and she received many compliments from all who partook of her hospitality.
 John Parque's general store in the Manila block was flooded to depth of five and a half feet, and his en- tire store practically ruined. He is a heavy loser.
 Spieza & Spieza saloon was flooded and greatly damaged. A new floor was at once put in and business is proceeding as usual
 w. A. Pitt, who was doing .eXten- sive contrac ting along the street, had much lumber, brick and other building material swept away. His loss will amount to about S400O.
 The Gem restaurant was swept away, also Bias Sirannis' saloon, each sustained a total loss.
 Adjoining Sirianni's was a new frame building, occupied by saloon, which also went with the flood. All three of these buildings were owned by J. c. Gatti, who is among the heavy losers on the street.
 Guy R. Loomis' new drug store in the -Speza block, a new building erected on the south side of the street was not damaged, neither was Chinese Jim's restaurant next door.
 The front of the Clifton Grocery, owned by Neff & Son, was smashed in, and everything but a few goods on the higher shelves ruined. Their loss is heavy. Dean Alexander, who is employed in the store, lost S75 in currency which was in his coat, and washed away.
 The Union Market received the same amount of water, and was badly damaged.
 The B B B store owned by Simon Hagenauer was almost a complete wreck, and the loss will be heavy. F. Backstein, who was ruined by the San Francisco fire and earthquake, had a jewelry establishment in the same room, and is also a heavy loser.
 The Dew Drop Inn, owned by Chas Henry, was the receptacle of the seething torrent, and what it did to his place is a-plenty. He had seen floods before, and is not dismayed, but is still doing business at the old stand.
 The Last Chance saloon, owned by Bob Dunagan and Jim Baldwin, re ceived the same treatment, but the boys stayed with it until the flood was beyond control, when they made a hasty getaway to the rear. The Barrett-Beauchamp company was submerged to d depth of four feet. Teddy" Barrett stayed with the ship through the storm, and saved his jewelry and silverware and many of the Christmas goods. Show cases were piled on top of each other and general wreck and havoc pre- vailed. The company's loss will be very heavy.
 NJ. Ra abenowitz, who carries a large stock of clothing and ladies' furnish ings, had made ample preparation for the flood, and by staying with his store and raising his goods, he man.