Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-04-16
CLAUDE WILSON
BURNED OUT
Destructive Fire Near Oleta.

its entire contents, Mr. aud Mrs VIII
son being able to save only portion
Of their wearing apparel. Two other
buildings near by we're also consum-
ed. The fire started from defective
flue and was discovered before it had
made much Roadway, but as there
was no facilities for fighting the
flames nothing in that direction
could be accomplished. The loss Will
approximate $1,000, only partly cover
ed by insurance. Mr. Wilson had the
misfortune to lose his barn about one
year ago by an incendiary fire. lie
Is not at all dismayed by his misfor-
tune and will rebuild as soon as the
material can be procured. Mr. Wilson
is brother in-law to Ione's genial
blacksmith, Geo. j. wager. Echo.
d. II. Hutchinson, who lives close
to the Wilson ranch, was in jackson
Monday, and says the fire is supposed
to have originated from a defective
terra Gotta hue. The fire was dis.
covered after ten O'Clock at night.
Claude Wilson and Others of the
family had already retired to bed.
There had been no fire in the kitchen
stove since six O'Clock that evening.
Mrs Wilson, hearing an unusual
sound looked into the kitchen and
found the roof around the stove pipe
was all ablaZe. The other mem bers
of the family we're awakened, and it
was all they could do to save them
selves. 1t seems that the front door
was locked, and the key to this door
was misplaced, and could not be
found at the time. This lett the only
means of egress through the kitchen
door, and this room was mass of
flame, almost from the discovery of
the fire. Consequently scarcely an
article of furniture or clothing was
saved, except such as the inmates
were enable to grab in their hasty
flight. There we're three dwellings
close to each other, involved in the
destruction. The loss will he fully
$3.50. There was considerable in
surance on the property, as Mr.
Wilson, after the destruction of his
barn by fire about year ago, con-
cluded to keep a fair rate of insur-
ance. The family have erected a
tent, and with the barn, are making
themselves as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances. The fire
was undou btedly of accidental origin.
1t is thought the terra Gotta stove
pipe had become cracked by the
weather, and that the sout had taken
fire, and smouldered for hours before
the inmates were aware of the danger.
G.. q. Ginocchio was laid up for
over day in the fore part of the
week under peculiar circumstances
After taking a bath, tritiIng scab
on his foot was rubbed off in the
process of wiping with a towel, and
the blood spurted out in strong
jet. A doctor was called, and under
his advice the patient remained in
bed for day and half. lie was all
right and attending to his duties in
the store as usual at the expiration of
that time.
Caesar Jennings an old man "A
years of age, was an inmate of the
hospital for three weeks prior to
April 6. lie was for years keeper of
an idle mill and mine between Big
Bar Bridge and Electra on the Moke-
lumne river, and owing to sickness
left this place to enter the Amador
county hospital. lie left here onsthe
9Th instant. and went to Mokelumne
Hill, where be died rather suddenly
the next day, April Z. lie was a
native OF Switzerland.
A party of students from the Uni
Yersity of California arrived in Jack
son Saturday evening from the direc-
ton of Mokelumne Hill. There were
ten or twelve in the party, and they
are making a tour of the mineral belt
to study from nature the geology and
mineralogy OF this region from a
practical standpoint. They were
liberal with giving samples of their
college yelIs, and left the following
morning in the direction of Sutter
Creek, 1t is the custom OF students
in the mining department to visit the
mining counties for the purpose of
acquainting themselves with the
geology of the goldHelds.
r.. f.. Allen, formerly of Forest