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Show DISASTROUS BLAZE IN RENO. Reno, Nev., March 1. Fire starting about 3 o'clock today, it Is supposed, from an overheated flue. In an upper room of the Arcade hotel on Commercial Commer-cial street, quickly communicated to tho Palace hotel and gambling house, owned by Jim May, on the corner or Commercial and Center streets, and In an hour the old landmark and notorious notori-ous gambling place was level with the street and the Arcade hotel a mass of smouldering rains. The Washoe saloon and restaurant, ! adjoining the Arcade, on the west, was completely wrecked and contents destroyed. The loss will approach $100,000 very closely; partly covered by Insurance. In-surance. Mitchell & Sherman, restauranteurs In the Palace hotel, loss 515,000, with no insurance; their policy lapsing lees than a month ago. Strenuous work on the part of jhe firemen confined con-fined the bLaio to tSie three places mentioned. For a time it was feared that the Overland hotel, opposite tho Palace, and the Golden Block, immediately immedi-ately adjoining on the rear would go. No attempt waa made to save any of the contents of the buildings, except- 60 barrels of whlskoy In tho Palace cellar. Water was turned Into the cellar and the barrels were quickly quick-ly submorgoa. Several men wero more or less hurt by flying boards and falling brick. Ono fireman was painfully bruised by being knocked down a flight of stairs, by being struck by the full force or a hose. Four unknown men made a thrilling rescue of Miss Pearl Foley, who had been asleep in one of the rooms ' or the . Palaco Tiotel. Aftor. throwing several articles of no value rrom tho window, she collapsed and lay helpless help-less on the sill, while flames whirled behind her. Before a ladder could bo raised, the young men rushed forward and, swinging one upon the othor, reached Miss Foley and convoyed her to the street ' through a flame-filled stairway. Their act was wildly cheered by the big crowd. The Palace gambling house was ono of the olflest and " most noted of re-eorta re-eorta m the entire west It has been the soene of many spectacular plays, one of the most noted being made by Its present owner, Jim May. - Ono night, two yeari ago, after a run of hard luck. May finally put a thousand dollar bill on No. 4 on the rouletto 'wheel and won $35,000. In lieu of cash, he waa given an interest in the games, since which time, he he acquired ac-quired tho building. |