The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-09-06
RAWH|DE FIRE
A CALAMITY
5000 People Left
Honeless--Loss is
Placed at $75O,0OO
Aid Is Sent In

RENO, Sept 1.-Two special re-
! lief trains, carrying a number of
cars of provisions have been sent to
Rawhide from this city since word
IF the fire which destroyed that town
was received here yesterday. The
trains were carried by the Southern
/ Pacific free of charge. These sup
plies have greatly alleviated the sit
uation at Rawhide. from where report
comes today TO the effect that shell
| ters are rapidly being provided for
/ the homeless and that there is not
now prospect of suffering from lack
of food and sufficient clothing Or
ders for supplies and building ma
/ terals have been sent out in large
numbers. Account of the fire as re-
ceived by the Gazette from Rawhide
under date line of yesterday follows:
Three thousand people are home
! less, score or more are injured,
several seriously. and the entire bus
] mess section of the town of Raw
hide is raZed as the result of de-
structiye confagration that started
in the basement of the RaWhide Drug
CO.. store in the very heart of the
business section of the city at $50
this morning and did not cease until
ii had burned itself out to the north,
west and south. The loss will ag-
gregate seven hundred and fifty
thousand without a dollar of insur-
ance. The town is without food or
supplies and hunger will add to the
suffering of the inhabitants before "a
hours shall have passed.
Justice of the Peace Brede has
deputized the entire volunteer fire
department and the burned zone is
under guard, and so far as can be
learned there have been no fatalities.
Thousands of inhabitants are pitch
ing camps about the rim of the burn
ed area on Grutt. Balloon and Hooli-
gan hills. The western half of the
town was saved. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Starting in DIR.
Gerner's Office it spread rapidly to
the Ross hotel. a perfect fire trap,
and despite the herculean efforts of
the fire department. aided by 1900
miners and business men, it was soon
beyond control Two tons of dyna-
mite stored in the Collins Hardware
Co.'S store in the center of the block
exploded scattering burning frag-
ments in every direction and starting
other fires A stiff wind sprang up.
sweeping the flames southwark across
Rawhide avenue and east across Ne
vada street. The widest pande-
monium prevailed. the frenZied eiti-
zens enacting again the scenes of
July 6. 1906, in GoIdfield; April.
1896. in Cripple Greek, and during
other big mining camp confagra-
tions
The food problem looms up in most
serious proportions. Not restau-
rant, grocery or supply house is left.
and there is hardly enough in the
way of food stuffs TO last the day out.
A relief committee headed by +.
W. King of the Coalition and Queen
companies has been organized. Hun
dreds of families have lost their all
and will have to be cared for
For a time the camp was without
telegraphic communication with the
rest of the world as the building in
which the Western Union and the
telephone company were housed was
destroyed.
A few instruments were saved. and
these were set up at the west end
of the camp and connected with the
wires enabling word to be sent out.
Plans for rebuilding are already
under way. Before the flames had
burned themselves out orders had
been placed for lumber and bricks
for five business blocks.
Perfect order prevails and Justice
of the Peace Brede declares the au-
thorities have the situation well in
hand.
Among the properties destroyed
and their values are about as follows:
Lovegrove Mercantile Co. IS 5000
Rawhide Hotel ...... 1900
First Bank of Rawhide ... $4,000
Moss Saloon ........ 1000
Bank of Rawhide, two stories 10000
Rawhide Liquor Co. . 1000
Press-Times building ...... 10000
Mizpah Mercantile Co.. .. 5000
Nevada Meat Market ... 10000
The Northern ............. 10000
A. ]. Hall Liquor Co. ... 5000
Johnsons Dance Hall .... 1000
Rustler office .......... 5000
Dewey Saloon .......... 1000
Inn Saloon 1000
f. +. Marks & Co. ........ 10000
G. & X. Drug Co. ...... 1000
Nevada Club ............. 10000
Downer Hotel ......... $1,000
: Kelley's Dance Hall ... 5000
Hoisting works on the Bluff Min
ing Co., Grutt Hill properties, Grutt
boys business Office, Roseberry's bus
iness office, Dunnings business of