The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-06-20
Fires of the Past
Did Much Damage

As result OF the fires reported last
week some hurried changes Of resi-
dence were made necessary H. NJ
Lansdowne secured the company house
on the hill from the Amalgamated Pr
oche and has been getting settled dur
ing the week. John r. Roeder was
fortunately able to purchase the resi-
now remOdeling IL to better serve the
needs of his family. Joe Powers and
his sister. Mrs. Rutland. are now living
on MCGammOn street In the Clark
house. Al limerick. who was residing
IN the Welland house, now sold TO Mr.
Roeder. moved into the house owned
by Charles Lee Horsey, but this move
IL but temporary. as Mr.. Horsey is ex-
pected to return soon to Phoebe with
his family. Seems TO me that I'm the
one to be burned out Of house and
home" was the laughing remark Of
Mr.. limerick after the changes of res
idence had taken place.
As an aftermath of the fire furnish
ing topic OF conversation during the
week We're the stories OF the actions of
men under the stress of excitement and
the stories of other CONGREGATIONS in
Phoebe. One man was busily rushing
In and out of the Roeder residence saw
ing such small articles of furniture as
ne could handle alone. lie worked
hard and made many trips But he left
everything carefully piled up on the
front porch, due to burn in about ten
minutes. One man carried dishes care
ped them over. This was probably the
same man who hunted up mattress
upon which to carefully lay pillow.
A cupboard containing dishes was cai =
ried out and then the dishes poured
out of II. A house near the fire was
locked and the owner with the key
reached there at the same time as did
some men anxious to save property. I
VIII unlock the door" said the owner.
Never mind the key" replied the eX-
cited leader. We can break in the
The big fire of October. 1918. was
recalled. This fire. starting back of
George Dorothy's barber shop or back
of Angelo Clark's saloon. caused a loss
of $50. coo and was replete with spec
tacular incidents. Carrying the dyna-
mite to safety, the extinguishing of
the fire In the gasoline warehouse and
several narrow. escapes We're retoli
This fire spread quickly into the big
stock of the Thompson brothers. which
occupied the lower floor of big build
contained a $4,000 stock of general
merchandise, including cartridges.
paints, oils and powder.
The rooms above were fitted up as
offices and were occupied by Charles
Lee Horsey, G.. w. Richards, a dentist.
and the Ely Valley Mining Company
ing in both directions, burned the bar
Der shop of George Dorothy. Angelo
Clarks saloon, the Cecil hotel. owned
by Judge Talbot and F. w. Dickle and
was stopped by the stone wall of the
Welland building. now used as a ware
house by the Hodges-Cook company
Below the fire destroyed the saloon of
John Brown, Marco Backs shoe re-
pairing shop and the building of Henry
Lee, filled at that time with hay and
now being rebuilt by the Amsden
brothers for the Arrowhead garage.
One of the features of this fire was
the prompt aid rendered by the miners
in the Prince mine, who We're called to
the surface and who boarded the wait
ing train and We're brought to the Pr
oche depot in the running time of
twenty-five minutes. Then getting
into waiting automobiles they We're
driven to the condensation, where they
relieved the exhausted firemen and rem
dered effective aid in eNtinguishing the
flames.
other destructive fires of the past
are marked by the stumps of trees
along the streets or by an absence of
trees. During the early days of Pr
oChe the streets We're all lined with
trees planted at uniform distances
apart. With the burning of any build
ing the trees In front of ii would be
destroyed, and thus the scenes of fires
during the past are marked by an alb
sence of trees in those localities. I'm
fortunately, and in a double sense un-
fortunately there are many missing
trees