The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-01
100000 WORMS BURNED.
u-.structton Of CocoOnery I'm CaIifOI
MIA
From the Sacramento Reporter.

From the Sacramento Reporter.
Az about half-past 3 o'clock on Sunday
r,orn;ng one of the cocooneries on the
,1renises of Can't. Wm. M. Haynie, on the
Tivoli road. was discovered TO be on ire,
and in a moment the whole family, IN
breathIess alarm, rushed out Of the house,
all intent on staying as much as possible
the rayspes of the fire. We cannot do bet
fer than describe the scene In the graphic
language of Capt. Haynie, as related to our
reporter by himself:
ttMy Cinnamon were py IHS
barking of the dog. when they discovered
that the southeast corner OF the Dulldlhg
was on fire. They Immediately got up
and. instead of coming straight 10 tne
bouse and calling me, they congregated III
the rear of the house and set up the most
hideous yelling and screaming L ever heard'
which. OF course, woke us in a few mlnutes
7 jumped into my pants and boots u got
down stairs in d~ouble-quick time, and upon
~onening the back door and going down
tbeb back porch steps. the scene that me-
me was horrible in the extreme, both 70
sipht and hearing. Ranged IN line were
nine yellow devils of Cinnamon, dancing,
Yelling and screaming, with the VlVld aho
terrible red glare OF the devourlng names
rejecting their yellow skins, all
ed. and their long queues swinging IN tht
air. it appeared to me that a delegatlon o.
devils had beer sent up from below to ere
ATE a perfect Pandemonium upon eartn
These thoughts all passed through my
mind in a second. l ran among them ant
got four or five to take hold OF the larg'
wagon, which was close to the bulldlng
7 then took hold of the buggy and mad
two or three get hold OF the hgh
surinc wagon, all of which were IN tn
wing shed of the barn, next to the burning
building. 1 then discovered that the roc
of the barn was on fire in three places.
jumped upon the shed, and in the mean
time the white men had got out of the sta
HE. I sang out for water. Two Chinamal
now came TO me, and we got them undo
way with the pump and buckets. In
largest fire on the barn roof was near tn
apex of the roof, and consequently, tn
roof being so steep, We could not e a
il. 1 hove n bucket OF waite
upstairs, but only reached tn
lower part, the water running back unde
our feet. making the shingles slippery, an
fell on nv back, head up hill. FINAL
we got a ladder on the roof, where 1t wa
held firmly while water was sent up.
LINE was formed from the pump W u
shed. and in a few minutes we had 1t n
control. Two minutes lost and the flame
. would nave reached the bars, large coco'
nerv and the Chinamen's house, beside
about twelve cords of wood and the col
: tents of the main building. All this tim
: there was a light breeze from the soutl
+ east, and the flames would almost lap I'll
/. rpof of the barn, and the heat was terrific
/ had Just fitted up shelves and hurdle
in the building, and had removed fro
my large building about 25O,OC
worms two days before. OF course ever.
!: thing in the house was consumed; all tn
hot-eir pipe was stored on the cross-tie
about ], 500 pounds of dried pears and al
piles; quite a number Of sacks of corn, an
many other things, were included IN tn
5 destruction. Loss about $4,000; insure
for S 1875. The worms were doing spleI
didIy, and I have suffered greatly by losin
them at this time. 1 have still In the larg
house about 300, 900 worms, as many as
can accommodate" The loss, as he say
, is very severe, but the sympathies of tn
community are with Captain Haynie, wh
has been indefatigable in promoting sill
industry in this state.