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Show FIRE AT TRVCK.EE. A lire broke out in the Dr-nne: K : n-e. at Trackee, las: Tuesday a: ti-ves ;w y-Sve a. to., and Wore the rii':sc engine could be gotten ready :'.r a.-ri.t the hre had made greit k-raiway. though the ;aow on the hcu-es greatly retarded its i repress. The wind was blowing from the west, and the hte was making rapid progress towards the round houses of the raiiroad com pan v, but after burning near.y three hours! through the great exertions of the citizens, citi-zens, with the n-e of the engine it wa-stopped wa-stopped in that direction. About this time the wind changed a little and tie fire commenced niakins its way up town, and was not cheeked until it reached the tire-proof building o) W eiler & Morris. About seventeen buildings in all were destroyed, including inclu-ding two apothecary stores, one clothing cloth-ing store, one jewelry estab.ishmen', one public house, one shoe store, one bakery, two variety stores and several whisky saloons, besides several houses that could not be considered any loss to the town. The amount of damage has been variously estimated at from $20,0X1 to $S0,01'0. It is believed that the fire originated from the carelessness care-lessness of the cook of the Donnei House. Owners of lots have already commenced to clear away and lay the foundations for new buildings, and in a few weeks all ihe business part of the town will be buiit up and in full bla-t again. Daring the lire, and after, whisky flowed quite freely, aud its influence in-fluence was the cause of several little fights. Mr. Bell was staboed by a drunken Irishman, but the wound, though painful, is not considered dangerous. dan-gerous. A timber fell on Judge Plun-ket Plun-ket and injured him quite seriously, out not fatally. It is but just to say that had it not been for the engine belonging be-longing to the railroad company, the fire could not have been subdued until all the business part of the town had been destroyed. This is the third or fourth time that the town has been saved by the engine belonging to the railroad company, and kept for the protection pro-tection of their own property. Xeva-da Xeva-da State Journal, 21. |