Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-12
ANOTHER Frgs AT yIRGISIA.-About

ANOTHER FIRE AT iRGlNiA.-aoNu
o'clock this morning a fire broke out In
the basement of q brick building on U
street, Virginia, a few doors north OF
the old P~ostoGice, between Union street
aad Sutton Avenue. The building was
oecapied BY I. GOodfriend as a second
hand furniture store. The alarm being
sounded, in a very short time the Fire
Department was thoroughly aroused
and on hand with their machines. Con-
sideriug the blustery, dissgreeable snow
storm prevailing, aud the freezing, win
try air, the boys did we'll in tumbling
out Of their warm beds and getting At
work 30 soon as they did ; and we must
do Chief Wright the justice to say that
the ERE was we'll and creditably
aged, not communicating to any Of the
adjoining buildings, except in one in.
stance where it caught the roof Of the
building mex north. This, however,
did not amount to much, as it was ex-
tingsished in a very few minutes. Mon.
umental No. 6. on the Divide, did not
come 10 the FIRE, but all the other ma
chimes in the city were present and
active. Gallant little Washoe No. 4,
which has been out Of service for re-
pairs the last week or so, was all right
on this occasion, and, rolled by old Jim
Cartier himself, got FIRST water On. The
flames confined IS they were within a
fre-proof building, burned slowly, but
surely, and piles Of consuming pulu mat
trassss sent forth huge volumes ofdense,
black, suftocating smoke, perfectly
siekening to inhale. The fremen all
worked like heroes, and we noticed
many who were entitled to special men
ton; even Lizzie Williams worked
nobiy at the brakes of No. 1. Sheriff
Cummings was in the thickest o. the
fray, and so was Hugh Kelly, Tom Fox,
J. J.. Cooper, and others, rs we'll as
Chief Wright. Their wet clothes froze
upon them, but they saw the hire out
like mon. We have seldom seen a
worse night for iremen, as far as winter
weather is concerned, and all who par
~ticipated on that occasion are worthy
of the highest c~ommendation. The Vir-
giuia Fire Department is not composed
altogether Of 'ieatherbed fremen,'
that's certain. The " Hooks were not
called into requisition much, but they
were on hand, nevertheless. As to the
origin of the FIRE, we could ascertain
nothing /; it was evidently the work OF
an inceudiary. The building was ons-
story high above the street, and the ire
commencing in the basement burned
through the floor above, destroying the
entire stock of furniture within the
walls, also the rear portion Of the root.
DESTROYS Of ascertaining the amount OF
loss aud insurance, we asked Mr.. Good
friend, the proprietor OF the stock, for
the requisite information. He told us
that when he took account of stock two
or three weeks ago, it amounted to over
81, 900, aud that il was insured Tor
three thousand dollars" That was
true enough as far as it went, and he
might as well have told us the full
amount, for we were bound to ascertain
it. Mr.. Munsell, agEnt for the North
British and Mercantile Insurance Com
pAny informs Us that Goodtriend's
stock wal insured in that company for
s., 900 certain, and he felt pretty posit-
i've for Sc, 900. Mr.. Martin, agent for
the Pacific Insurance Company, informs
US that Mr.. Goodfriend's stock was in
sursd for $4,000 in that company,
making SIS, 900, and perhaps 5000, the
full amount Of insurance on the stock
aforesaid.
WHY IT Is--The accounts from White
Pine district at the present time appar-
emily disagree considerably relative to
the weather, depth OF snow, etc. 1t
must, however, be borne in mind that
the variety Of climate to be found there
is AS different as the reports, and per-
sous writing from Hamilton or Treasure
City must of necessity describe W dIf-
fsrsnt styles of weather. Treasure City
is about 1900 feet higher than ami
ton, on top Of Treasure Hill, and there
can easily be Eve feet of snow there
while there are not Eve inches ut Ham
ilton. Thus, for instance, n person
writing from Virginia City might speuS
Of snow, ice, and bleak wintry weather,
another while writing from Dayton
would speak Of green grass, spring-llke
breszes, birds, flowers, and all that sort
Of thing. The odds is what makes the
difference, don't you see?
SUDDEN DEArH.-This morning about
Z o'clock, a most estimable young lady,
named Kate Wilkinson, aged about %
years, died in Gold Hill, at her resi-
dsuce, quite suddenly Of heart disease,
of which she had been complaining for
some time past. She arose this mora
ing, apparently in her usual health,
made FIRE in a stove, and was about
taking a drink of water, when she sud
denly fell over, or sat down, and expired
without a struggle. The young lady
had been engaged to be married shortly
to a young man in Gold Hill, to whom
the sad. news of the death Of his ath-
ancsd was conveyed and on arriving
ut the scene Of sorrow his emotions
were truly and deeply affecting. "ln
the midst Of life we are in death.
wv ."
address, Judge Addison, Speaker Of the
House, at Carson, made nothing but a
few commonplace remarks on taking
command. Ferg. claims that ne showed
no originality whatever. That's so.
The only thing the Judge got of worth
mentioning was a quotation from Ferg.'s
famous Inaugural Of two wears ago,
to the effect that "man is frail.
BULLION MISE.-The Bullion shaft has
now attained a depth of 1900 feet and
will be sunk to the depth of l,4Oo feet
before a new level is opened. The
Ground in which the shaft is being sunk
is dry at that depth, and the chances
are tina, not a drop Of water will be
found a, the depth of 400. The blower
4, in aud working well, and everything
is going ahead as well as could be de-
aired.