Sacramento Evening Bee Thursday, July 6, 1905 Napa Valley Swept By a Costly Fire NAPA (Napa Co.), July 6 - A fire swept over the hills and through the grain fields in Napa Valley Tuesday afternoon, completely surrounding and doing considerable damage to Stag's Leap, the beautiful country place of Horace B. CHASE. Although the residence and principal buildings of the Chase ranch were saved there was considerable loss, consisting of fifty tons of hay, 10,000 grapes stakes, twenty cords of wood and over two miles of fence. The house where the ranch hands lives was completely destroyed. The fire is still racing but is being fought by the farmers whose places are endangered, besides many neighboring ranchers. Pat DOWNEY and John CLAUSSEN also met with heavy loss. Considerable apprehension is felt for the schoolhouse, and also for the Napa Bank ranch. Yesterday afternoon the fire had spread to the Valley.