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$75,OSD FIRE IN GEORGETOWN DESTROYS TEN BUSINESS HOUSES. TWO LARGEyMrs. Mary E. Kyburz Answers Final CallBlaze Discovered Shortly After One O’Clock Tuesday Morning; Forest Service, SERA, Fino Grande, Auburn, Plaeerville Give Assistance:enIsgrniOResident of County Almost 60 Years Died Saturday; Final Rites MondayPrivate funeral services were held on Monday morning from the Dillinger mortuary chapel for Mrs. Mary Ella Kyburz, 78, wife of A. E. Kyburz, and a resident of this county for almost sixty years, who died at her home on Saturday.The Rev. John Barrett officiated. Burial was in Union cemetery.Mrs. Kyburz was well known and dearly beloved by a wide circle of friends extending into many sections of the county. In her active life she displayed a cheerful and benevolent disposition which won for her almost immediately the affection and admiration of acquaintances and preserved for her many endearing friendships.Born December 28, 1855 at Weaver-ville, Trinity County, Mary Ella Osgood was the daughter of a mine operator at that place. Her mother passed away in early life and the deceased spent her girlhood at San Francisco.In Oakland, on Nevember 12, 1874, she became the bride of A. B. Kyburz, a native of Sacramento and a pioneer in this county, and the couple established their home at Clarksville, where Mr. Kyburz was associated with his father and brother in dairying and general farming.Following a year’s absence from the county during which they lived at Chico, the couple returned to Shingle Springs and moved from there to Kyburz resort in the fall of 1902. They operated the resort for many years, their son, Ralph, meanwhile operating the resort at Riverton.Some years later, the Riverton resort was sold and the elder Mr. and Mrs. Kyburz retired to their home in Plaeerville and the management of Kyburz resort was taken over by Ralph Kyburz.Mrs. Kyburz is survived by her husband, A. B, Kyburz, (a son of Samuel Kyburz, early California pioneer;) and by three daughtesr and one son, Mrs. M. E. Blair, Mrs. M. T. Kelly, Mrs. Stanley Arnot and Ralph Kyburz.In addition, eight grand-children and two great grandchildren also survive.-o-Water DelinquenciesReach Total of $1600Mining Man Arrested By Oakland OfficersH* C. Lovett, Released From County Jail, Is Again In Toils8srisidnis[ey:hyi-idrt-r.tyjyinl-ieit“Shut ’Em Off!” Trustees Instruct Marshall, To Force CollectionyofISe-tyi-:s.rkaeFacing delinquencies in payment for water service in. the amount of $1,652.95 as of October 1, members of the city Board of Trustees at their meeting Monday night ordered that the water going to delinquent users be shut off when the users fail to make and carry cut a satisfactory agreement for reducing their delinquency.“Shut 'em off,'’ the council ordered, and if anyone turns the water on again without authorization by the city, they will be prosecuted for stealing water.Report on the delinquencies, prepared and presented by City Clerk Esther Mahler, showed that the delinquencies “past due amounted to $1,257.30, the balance of the $1,652 being owing for the September bill.Trustees were not so much concerned with the delinquencies for September, or even with those extending into August, but It was pointed out that there are, among the delinquents, several who owe for months and months past, and the records show no appreciable reduction in the delinquency.The trustees were unanimous in their declaration that the water should be shut off upon failure of the delinquents to pay and the city marshal was instructed accordingly._-o--Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Rantz returned ed the fore part of the week from a visit in the eastern states. Dr. Rantz had been in Washington on water district matters and met Mrs. Rantz in Chicago where they visited the Century of Progress before returning home.(By Staff Correspondent)GEORGETOWN—Ten business houses and their outbuildings in the very center of the business district, and two 2-story dwellings and a public garage were destroyed by fire Tuesday morning with a loss which is popularly estimated at being in excess of $75,000.Only a very small portion of the total damage is covered by insurance. Buildings destroyed arc:The two-story residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ackley;The coffee shop operated by James Smith and Samuel Roy, owned by Andrew Johnson;S. J. Francis’ butcher shop and refrigerating plant;R. J. Nelson's general store and warehouse;The Golden Liquor Store and Barber Shop, owned by Andrew Johnson and onerated by Herb McCullough;Alex Francis’ liquor store;The Dollner Cafe, owned by the Orelli Estate and leased to other operators;Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company office, including a new switchboard not yet installed;The Miner's Club, owned by the Sornberger estate and operated by Herman Asbill;The two-story residence owned by the Barklage estate and occupied by E. M. Hammond and family; they lost everything; and,A garage owned by the Barklage estate and operated for public storage.In addition, the Ackley store was damaged by water and the Ackleywarehouse was gutted.Flames also damaged the Post Office.Shortly after the fire broke out, the telephone office was engulfed in flames and. communication with the outside world was shut off at this critical period, except that Fire Chief Clarence Collins, of the Volunteer Fire Department, was able to telephone from his residence to Fire Warden Guy Davenport, at Georgetown Ranger Station and to Orrin Murdock, the lookout at Bald Mountain.Help SummonedIt was through these men that assistance was summoned from the Georgeown Ranger Station, from Pino Grande, from the state division of forestry fire camp at Camino, and from Plaeerville and Auburn.Although it was impossible to bringthe Plaeerville fire department’s equipment, several members of the Placer-ville department answered the call for help and assisted in the fight to corral the plaze.Forest service pumping equipment, drawing water from the Georgetown ditch, using hose brought by the state division of forestry crew from Camino, made it possible to fight the blaze with a pressure much greater than tha available through the hydrants normally in use and after a two-hour fight, the firemen were able to'gain control of the blaze shortly after 3 o'clock.Sparks Set Fires The embers continued to smolder throughout Tuesday and Tuesday night and Wednesday as hundreds of curious from Plaeerville, Auburn and nearer communities arrived to see the toll of the disaster.Several times the Methodist church caught fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished. Sparks set other fires in the vicinity but these were quickly extinguished.The front of the Forget-Me-Not Garage, operated by Clarence Collins, was scorched by the heat and the heat broke the glass in the gasoline pumps, but there was no serious damage.Shells Cause AlarmThe blaze drew the entire population of Georgetown and the neighboring community, either to assist in fighting the flames or as spectators, and their position was made precarious by the continued explosion of boxes of rifle shells, carried in stock by the various business houses.Some alarm was felt at the possibility of exploding quantities of dynamite, said to have been stored in some of the business houses, but volunteers succeeded in carrying all of the dynamite out, or else there was not M much dynamite on hand as was popularly reported.Started In StoreThe exact cause of the fire probably will never be known. Those who arrived early on the scene report that It seemed the fire started in the back part of the Golden Liquor store. Ttie rear of that store and of adjoining stores was afire before the flames were (Continued on Page 7)H. C. Lovett, who was returned here from Seattle recently by Sheriff Charles Wood to face charges growing out of his mining operations in the Georgetown vicinity, gained release from the county jail this past week, only to be taken into custody by officers from Oakland. The nature of the charge against him. in the Bay District is not known.Lovett was given a sentence of six months in jail and the sentence was suspended, when he pleaded guilty to a complaint filed under the state labor law, charging him with failure to post notices of pay days at his mining property and with failure to observe bi-monthly pay days.The charge of issuing worthless checks, under which he had been arrested, was dismissed when investigation. by authorities showed a serious doubt that Lovett could be convicted under the charges. It -was understood that Lovett was able to show that he had a credit standing with the bank upon which the checks were drawn.However, Lovett made good the checks and also made arrangements to have George Swift take charge of the equipment at the Swift Gold Lode Mine, which Lovett was operating, and sell the equipment and pay the proceeds to mining workmen to whom Lovett was indebted for wages.The expense of returning Lovett from Seattle was paid by the bonding company through which he had. posted bonds of $1,000 to insure his appearance in the local court following his arrest in Los Angeles.Lovett then failed to appear here, and his arrest in Seattle followed. Since he had jumped his bond, the county was able to call on the bonding company for the expenses incident to returning him here.-oMr. and Mrs. HoskingHome From Eastern TripMr. and Mrs. Fred Hosking returned Sunday from, an eastern trip which carried them to the nation's capital where Mr. Hosking and Dr. W. A. Rantz attended to matters connected with the welfare of the El Dorado irrigation District.Mr. and Mrs. Hosking stopped for a short while in Chicago on the way home, and visited at Minneapolis between trains with Mr. and Mrs. George Loughland and family. Mr. Lough-land was stationed in Plaeerville some years ago as an engineer for the Western States Gas Electric Company and is now hydraulic engineer for the Northern States Power Company, at Minneapolis.Continuing westward, Mr. and Mrs. I Hosking visited Mrs. Hosking’s sister, 1 Mrs. Annie Moulton, in Washington I State, before their return to Placer-ville.
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Placerville Mountain Democrat
Placerville, California, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1934
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