The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-28
$4,000 FIRE ON
BRIDGE STREET

A fire which probably broke out In
the Elite lodging house at O'Clock
this morning totally destroyed thai
block and the Fellows and Kleinhans
buildings to the north, the small
building occupied by the "Airship'
lunch counter. and damaged the Ell
dorado and Wuertele blocks on the
opposite side of Bridge streets.
AS Olin Townsend. a clerk in the
postoff1ce. was coming down to work
at 6 o'clock he noticed flames burst
ing from a side window in the Elite
lodging house. and so far as known
that is where the fire originated, al
though various rumors as to its orr
gin have been heard on the streets.
Townsend rushed to "The Bud" bar,
where an alarm was turned in by
Dominick Garrity, after which Towns
end, Ed Conners and Adolph Crotto
ran to the hosehouse and pulled the
hosecart to the scene of the fire.
By this time a number of volunteers
had arrived and a stream was soon
pouring on the blaze. 1t was evident,
however, that the three buildings
were doomed, and the energies of the
firemen were directed to saving adj
joining property. and in this they
were successful although the Busch
building, to the south. was badly
damaged by smoke and water. The
stone wall on the north of this build
ing is all that saved the balance of
the block BY o'clock the fire was
under control, but water was played
on the ruins until noon. So far as
known, there was no person injured.
Fortunately there was little or no
wind, or else the fire would have
been carried across the street to the
Eldorado hotel and other adjoining
buildings. As IL was, the front of
the Eldorado was badly seorched and
plate glass windows broken, while
considerable water from hose went
through the windows in the upper
floors, causing considerable damage.
Plate glass windows were broken in
the Wuertele building. occupied by
the Emporium and Vans barber shop,
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But little Insurance Carried
The total loss is estimated at about
$4,000, with around $4,000 in insur-
ance. which leaves the net loss ap-
proximately $4,000. The small in
surance carried was. no doubt, due
to the heavy premiums demanded.
Following is an estimate of the losses.
with insurance:
Elite building owned by Senator w.
J. Bell, SIS 600. insurance $4,000;
Elite bar. James Patten, $4,000. no in
surance; John Petrinovics. restau-
rant, $500. 40 insurance: Mrs. f. M.
Fellows building. $4,000. insurance
$500; Meyer Bros, Sanitary market.
$4,000. no insurance; A. Kleinhans
building, $500, insurance $500: H.
X. Davis. st. Elmo bar. $3.500, insur-
ance s1.500; Palace Tailoring COM
pany, in the Robins building, dam
aged about 5000 by smoke and water
with no insurance; building OF Mrs.
Elise Busch damaged about $1,000 by
smoke and water. covered by insur-
ance; Tom Five & Co.. restaurant,
$500. no insurance; Crystal bar,
Carl Stolfelt, about $500; Ed Lupien's
barber shop. about 5000. with no in
surance: Eldorado hotel, $4,000, Gov
cred by insurance; Wuertele building
and tenants $500. insurance not
known.
Krenkel & Bosch. who occupy the
building south of the Busch block
with their large stock of jewelry.
succeeded in removing a good share
of their goods. but the fire did not
reach them and they spent. the bal
ance of the day in putting things back
in shape.
The safe in the Elite bar is used
by a number of persons as a safety
deposit, and contained several hun
dred dollars. all of which is no doubt
lost. as the door was swinging open
and the contents were destroyed. AS
II happened. most all the cash was
in currency. Lawrence Garrity had
$3.50 in his private box in the safe.
all being in currency except one five
dollar goldpiece.
WIN Soon Rebuild
The ground burned over is perhaps
the most valuable business area in
town and will undoubtedly be builded
on as soon as weather conditions will
permit, although the owners were not
in a position today to state definitely
what they will do.
Most Disastrous Fire Since 1905
The fire of this morning was the
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