Show by cottrn assoil cress to THE tomi CRUm our one famil es aai DENVER july 2 additional particulars tic ulars received from durango col concerning the conflagration sas As eoon as the fir was discovered the evlira fire department was called out and the streams of water which poured upon the fire deemed to aggravate be aimes till it became so that the firemen were OBO polled to beat a hasty retreat attention was then turned toward confining it to eliat part of the town lying north of U street bat this the bremen unable to do for it became BO hot as to be utterly impossible to get close to it notwithstanding that the bind mas blowing in a diagonal direction the roof of the city ball on the boull side of II 11 street took fire and that building alone with a row of frame buildings on the city hall property was consumed the bui luin occupied by M L green aa a bakery with that occupied by keal add boyle Mc Bloskey acro consumed to alie bluck where abe fire originated the remaining art 1 the block lying to tho north was consumed and bog abe street the koston and wild era photograph galleries chapmans Chap mans hardware store the grand central ahery stables the clipper th caier the central hotel llie idea office and como twenty dwelling houses were completely destroyed the court house in which are the vaults containing the county and court records waa the next donned it took an instant when the large structure was a mass of liatses li atnes abe old shermain Sherm tin house across the street and north from the grand central was a target for abe flames that were to alia south and west it went in a moment together with tour or five build aga gallo ways livery eatable went along with the rest aa also a row of residences residence a in the same block facing second street the flames were not satisfied with their deadly but skipped across second I 1 streets to abe methodist par benage and church the ian and episcopal churches then caught fire and with fifteen dwellings adjoining were completely destroyed the burned district eight blocks in the center of the city aud about twenty five dwelling houses the fireman did boble work many of them were burnt about the face and hands but they were nevertheless willing to bac luce themselves aa much as possible alo losa is variously estimated at from to ahe insurance ia about one third of that amount at leant one hundred families have been left homeless and destitute of everything they possessed but they will have assistance si many saved only abe clothing they had on their backs the insurance agencies estimate alie loss by the fire at about COO with 75 to insurance the cheavest he avest losers are the W C chapman build in insurance from the grand central loes ia insurance jas dark barely insured presbyterian methodist and episcopal churches valued at about with insurance it is impossible to obtain an accurate list of the burned out tonight to night |