The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-05-19

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part lying of
Williams building
north and the r. L. Douglass building the south
destroyed Saturday night by fire of unknown nhicng loss
generally The fire discovered
ncipency Saturday
shortly after Nghtwaman Knox had made his rounds and rapid
progress confagraion little
than hundred feet
Williams Douglass buildings licking upbudng like much tnder
quality fronting Y Maine within
highly combustible IN fire that resulted exceedingly
dangerous proportions fortunately of short DURATION they
quickly leaving mbers guarded
the ryx hours by watchfu lest the fire again
beyond entirely destroyed
ton hal emedim period Saturday night.
stopped Saturday evening
Douglass building of the Directly
adjoining this building the Woodf wooden structure occupied b.
grocery this
building quickly azed the ground BY the liberal of powder
presence the brick obstruction the of the
preservation portion
given
$50 damage
responsible insurance who guaranteed this much of the loss
upon payment per premium,
formerly prevailing through the district burned The
divided follows Frank Wood store fixtures stock household
goods including ewe
$780, A R. jeffrey building $Sooo insurance $5o Collins hard
company building Stock $l2 S0
brothers, buildings $l2 0OO
$1,000 Lofthoue shweke liquor stock and fixtures $OOo
insurance Muhi supplies, $500;
Thomas Wod Company buildings, S. ESQ., insurance.
Woodf merchandise stock $780,
Ferguson, merchandise, 81 5o
sl75o W. W. Williams buildings, R.
Douglass damage building Disles
Brewers Company stock several hundred doars fully
Bonrop tailor sl25Oo; Hicks Bros
slight Dan Callahan and M Hoover
handling and each several hundred doars
fully insured.
In addition damage
the amounting the to several hundred dol
lars this Had been
services of the czenry the entire business district and
large portion destroyed
only effort and the good fortune that the
side Woodf
properties building Buner
the Time and the flames would sweep half
way then slight breeze would for
the buildings Carson street Water and blank
cts today
The instances of many One Joe a well
stood individually the path of the flames it
started its exposing him.
seemingly foohardy and with prompt aid from other
willing Dr. Worden office building that
stop this direction In the meantime the blaze
stopped Nevada Dstiers Brewers Company building
and for the call fire sounded the towns c
to breath easier
In the meantime progressed along hardy
worked in and buildings like busy bees their effort
save stocks of goods Maine midnight attest
ed in large that attended their efforts Several
instances of oong thieves made with
siderable valuable kinds the pandemonium
that held following the discovery of fire.
OF the hero stand boldly
Cae Ferguson who quickly
sponde to the making the postoAice worked
heroay Office records and mail That nothing of
much small of destroyed is due in
large mind In the work of removing the
tents assisted by large number of
the men community realized the predcament of the Office
which building which the fire started Some idea of the
Quick known that although but
thing elapsed from the time the fire discovered
til the building wrapped flames the fixtures and
the exception tier, removed
from the building with and much the stock
The in the Dr. Gardner building pending the
Williams of fine cement block building adjoining
his store building 100 feet in dimensions be divided into
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