Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-30
s5O. 900 WORMS BURNED.
Destruction OF Cocconery I'm Caiifor-
MIA.

From the Sacramento Reporter.
At about half-past 3 o'clock on Sunday
one of the cocooneries on the
premises OF Capt VIM. NJ. Haynie, on the
Tivoli road, was discovered TO be on fire,
and in moment the whole family, in
GREATNESS alarm, rushed out of the house,
all intent on staying as much as possible
the ravages of the fire. We cannot do bet
ter than describe the scene in the graphic
language of Capt. Haynie. as related to our
reporter by himself:
"My Cinnamon were awakened by the
barking of the dog when they discovered
that the southeast corner of the building
was on fra They immediately got up,
and, inste al of coming straight 10 the
house and calling me, they congregated i'm
the rear o. the house and set up the most
hideous yelling and screaming ever heard,
which, oil course, woke us IN a few minutes.
/ jumped into my pants and boots and got
down stairs in double-quick time, and upon
eoening the back door and going down
lie back porch steps. the scene that met
me was horrible in the extreme both to
sight and hearing. Ranged in line were
nine yellow devils of Cinnamon, dancing.
yelling and screaming. with the vivid and
terrible red glare of the devouring fitmes
rejecting their yellow skins. all barehead-
ed, and their long queues swinging in the
air. il appeared to me that delegation of
devils had been sent up from below to ere
ate q perfect Pandemonium upon earth.
These thoughts all passed through my
mind in n second. / ran among them and
got four or five to take hold of the large
wagon, which was close to the building;
then took hold of the buggy and made
two or three get hold of the light
spring wagon, all of which were in tho
wing shed of the barn, nj xt to the burning
building. then discovered that the roof
of the barn was on fire in three places.
bumped upon the shed, and in the mean
time the white men had got ont of the sta
BILE; sang out for water. Two Chinaman
now came 10 PIE, and We got them under
| way with the pump and buckets. The
largest fire on the barn roof was near the
apex of the roof, and consequently, the
roof being SO steep, We could not reach
it. 1 hove one bucket of water
upstairs, but only reached the
lower part, the water running back under
our feet. making the shingles slippery.and
1 fell on my back, head up hill. Finally
we got a ladder on the roof, where il was
held firmly while water was sent up. A
hne was formed from the pump to the
shed, and in few minutes We had 1t under
control. Two minutes lost and the flames
would have reached the barr, large eocoo-
merry and the Chinamen's house. besides
about twelve cords of wood and the con-
tents of the main building. All this time
there was light breeze from the south
east, AID the flames would almost lap the
roof OF the barn. and the heat was terrific
] had just fitted up shelves and hurdles
in the building. and had removed from
my large building about $50, DOC
worms two days before. OF course every
thing in the house was consumed; all the
hot air pipe was stored on the cross-ties;
about |, 500 pounds of dried pears and APP
pies; quite number of sacks Of corn, and
many other things, were included In the
destruction. Loss about $1,000; insured
for Sl,375. The worms were doing splen.
d;dly, and l have suffered greatly by losing
them at this time L have still in the large
house about 300, 900 worms, as many as it
can accommodate" The loss, as he saws.
is very severe, but the sympathies of the
community are with Captain Haynie, who
has been indeiatigable in promoting silk
industry in this state.