Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-15
THE EVENING NEWS
Friday Rveuins..---.Jauuary is, 1869
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u ClOCh lNsS uA6us . "eS HAoSoNSACh
among a large quantity of frewood
under the Russell Hotel, opposite the
Odd Fellows Hall, in Gold Hill, which
soon filed the entire building with n
dense smoke. The alarm of FIRE was
given, and Yellow Jacket Hose Company
rushed down with their carriage, and
attached their hose to a fire plug in
front Of the hotel and, the order being
given TO "turn on the water," il was
found that not a drop of water was in
the town water pipes. A few moments
after, and Liberty Hose Company came
down, attaching their hose to the plug
in front of the News office, but still no
water came from the town reservoir.
At this juncture the whistle of the yell
low Jacket mine hosting works gave
the alarm in a very earnest style, and
the Waterman at the reservoir turned
on the water. In two minutes time the
pipe was filed and tie iremeu began TO
throw water on the FIRE, but the entire
building was enveloped in flames. Lib.
srty Engine was brought down to the
scene of conlagration, aud did most ex-
cellent service in preserving property
from destruction. Both OF our hose
companies, under the direction Of Chief
Gibson, Foremen Putnam and Mercer
and their assistants, with that "bully
boy" Of u fireman, Bill Lee, worked
most efficiently and energetically, aud
succeeded in saving any further de-
struction Of property; but the hotel was
DESTROYED, except the northern wing,
which stands there now as evidence OF
the great efficiency Of our iremen-ior
it is u frame building and adjoining the
main hotel which was burnt, and
il WAS saved. When the hire was
ut its height, Monumental Engine No. &,
from Virginia, on the Divide, came
down and gave great assistance.
The whole.souled members (God bless
them y set actively to work with our
own fremen with hose and pipe, and
made themselves AS Serviceable as pos
sible-several OF whom we noticed we're
areuched TO the skin. As il was impos-
sible to save the hotel, the energies OF
the 6remen were directed to save all the
surrounding property and to conhne the
conhagration TO where 1t originated.
At one time several barns (Simou Ogg's
and Dolmau's) were on fire. but they
were saved, aud the further spread o.
the FIRE prevented. There was an abun-
dant supply Of water in the reservoir
aud pipes after its being turned on, and
but for the mishap of its not being
turned on soon enough, the fire would
not have amounted TO much, rs the
Yellow Jacket Hose Company, who
were ready with their hose, waited not
less than fifteen minutes before they got
water from tue fre-plug, and at the en-
piration of that time the building was
in flames and beyond the power Of re-
covery. The building was Il large
frame, two and q half stories high, ht-
ted up for hotel purposes, aud was occu-
pied as such by l.. C.. McMurtry X Co.,
there being about sixty boarders belong
ing to the hotel-neNrly all OF whom
were absent at the time, and hardly
any Of their effects being saved.
Mr.. McMurtry's loss, in furniture, pro-
visions, and supplies, Is estimated Mt
about three thousand dollarS-whlle
the building, which was owned by Mr..
l.. T. Fox, was valued at about Sf,OOo,
upon which, we believe, there was no
insurance. Fortunately, there were no
lives lest in the fire, although there
was at least one sick person in the hotel,
Mrs. Charles Z. Watson, who was re-
moved in timo, and, we believe, without
any damage. II is not known how the
fire originated, whether accidentally or
the work Of an incendiary-but it WAS
discovered under the house, where there
were At least ten or fifteen cords of lire
wood. The fire companies did not leave
the place until half-past two O'Clock,
the large amount Of wood, lum-
Der, tinbers, etc, keeping them
at work ut least four hourS-aot-
withstandiug there was plenty of water.
The two Pixley brothers, working in
the Yellow Jacket mine, occupied one
OF the front rooms up stairs, where they
had a large and valuable collection OF
rich specimen ores, crystals, aud STINT
lar articles of value for II cabinet. They
lost all. When they came from their
work in the mine, all they bad was the
clothes they stood in and the dinner
pals in their hands. Very little OF the
clothing or anything else from any OF
tie rooms was saved the fire made q
clean sweep. Mr.. McMurtry had retired
for the night occupying with his wife y
room on the lower Hoor Of the north
wing of the building. Aroused oy tue
alarm, he tried to get into the bar-room,
where his books were. He At length
did 80 by smashing in n window, n
cropping through the dense smoke, by
knowing just where the books we're he
succeeded in rescuing them. There was
some twenty-five or thirty dollars in
coin in his money drawer, which he had
TO leave. He found II $50 piece oil It
this morning among the ashes and
debris of the eonfagration. He had n
good stock of liquors in his bar-room,
but all he saved.of it was one barrel oil
brandy, badly charred outside. This IS
the largest fire that Gold Hill has been
visited by for = long time, and 1t is to
be hoped it will be the last for n good
while.
uHo jog r'-This well known pecu-
liar shout, so familiar to old Nevadi"ns
or Excelsiorites, it would seem has be
come current at White Pine also. A
friend lust in from there, describing the
excitement consequent upon the recent
discovery Of the Mazeppa claim, on
Treasure Hill, says that the claim was
hardly located and staked oil before
hundreds Of excited p%rospeetors were
taxing up the extensions and locating
m. whole country far and near in all
directions. Things had begun to get
ouis,ed a little, when some fellow, IN
the exuberance Of his spirits, happened
10 shou, "Ho Joe !" simultaneously
i, wa, "Ho Joe !" all around. Every
BODY took up the old shout, and "Ho
Joe ~ a out on the clear, sharp arr
from among the rock, and gulehes on
All sides. They ought to name some
claim out there the "Ho o I,
would certainly be popular, Tor II wou'u
be in everyboiy's mouth.
THIEVES At II FIRE.-We hear sew
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