Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-09-25
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From the Call Of Sunday Mornins.l

running through to Stevenson street,
was totally destroyed by fire last night,
and to-day nothing remains but the
blackened walls to show where once
was one Of
TIE FINEST BUSINESS BLOCKS
In the city. At 20 minutes before 8
| o'clock last night, the fire bells an
nounced that an alarm of fire had been
communicated from signal-box No. SO,
corner Of Second and Market streets,
| and in a few minutes q portion of the
| apparatus of the Fire Department was
seen running at full speed In the direo-
tion Of the box designated ; but before
a single engine could arrive, , "a
;. = 4 GREAT LIGHT
Was seen to break through the roof
over the store of John Rohr & Son,
owners of the New York Furniture
and Bedding Depot, No. $50 Market
street, proving conclusively that the
fire must have been burning for some
time before the alarm was sounded.
The engines took up their positions In
the vicinity, hose carts we're being
driven along rapidly, stretching great
lengths of hose, through which the
water was soon running. The firemen
STOOD READY, NOZZLE IN HAND,
10 turn on the streams Of water where
ever their officers might direct. In the
meantime, the fire wa raging IN the
upper story Of the building, and soon
the flames found their way under the
roof of the block. The block WI built
under n roof, the partitions, which
we're of brick, being built up to the
ceilings only, leaving an open space
under the roof, from one end OF the
building to the other, through which
the fire rushed like
A DEvoURISo DEMON,
Burning through the ceilings and set
ting fire to the other stores. Soon the
flames burst out through the rear win
dows on Stevenson street, and with
their many tongues licked up the water
which the firemen poured in at the
open windows with little or no effect
On the Market street side the fremer
were busily engaged with batterlne
rams, forcing, or endeavoring to force,
open the iron doors Of the stores
which in some instances they fount
great difficulty in doing. Ladders were
being set up, which the fremen, VIII
their hose, ran up, and directed tn,
streams of water In through the secont
story windows. It was soon eviden'
to all present that
THE l WAS GAINING II MASTERY
Over the tiremen, and a second alarm
was turned on, which brought the bal
ance Of the apparatus and men Of tn
Department to the spot, who went h
work with a will under command o
First Assistant Engineer Mooney ant
Second Assistant Brady, Chief En-
glneer Scannell being out Of town II
consequence Of illness. By this tim,
the store No. 543 Market street, occu
pied BY L. F. Week s. Co., dealers II
leather and e.lndings; F. A. Sci
berllch & Co., importers of boots ant
,hoes; No. 54l, occupied by George E
Phelan, agent for Phelan & Colander'
American billiard tables, aud F. Top
litz, importer Of straw and milllner,
goods; No. $50, occupied by Rohr 4
Son, where the fire originated; No
537, occupied by Quilt, Weiner & Dato
importers Of straw goods; No. 535
unoccupled; No. 533, occupied D!
Thurnauer & linn, importers Of toy
and fancy goods, and Nos. 63l and b29
occupied by Redington, Hostetter 4
Co., wholesale druggists,
WE'RE ALL ON FIRE,
The flames descending and destroying
everything before them like so muc!
finder. 1.-The building Is doomed y
cried every one; aud this the firemel
we'll knew. for they devoted themselve
TO preventing the fire from reaching
across Ecker and Stevenson streets
and to saving the building adjoining
west, occupied by Tyler Curtis, deale
in leather, and Jacob Strahle, billiar!
table manufacturer. At about hal
mast 0 O clock the immense woodel
cornice at the top Of the front wal
was OH fire from one end to the other
the roof began to fall In, IN iron
every window was seen q bright light
while the flames shot up through tn,
top Of the building, and the who'll
presented
ONE OF THE GRANDEsT s~rEcTAcT,Es
that could be imagined, and resemblet
an immense pyrotechnic display, which
while it was grind, was terrible to lool
upon, when the danger In which tn
tiremen were placed was taken Int
consideration. 10 save the lower sto
ries and the contents from fire, tn
hremen turned every stream OF waite
available Into the stores-about twent,
In all. While the fire was at Its high
a cry was raised that there was
NOT ENOUGH HOSE.
Mr.. Taylor, agent for the patent car
bollc fire-hose, rode down on a hose
cart to his store and reeled up ONT
thousand feet Of that hose, which wa
placed at the disposal Of the Depart
mont, and vas Of good service. Sew
eral lengths of hose were led through
the store Of Lazard Freres, on the
southeast corner Of Ecker aud Market
streets, to the roof of that building,
for the purpose Of saving 1t from de.
structlon. The same thing was done
In the store occupied by Tyler Curtis
The firemen worked like heroes, and
many OF the exempts
GAYE THEM A HELPING HAND
In Fighting up the hose" and going
Into dangerous places with the pipe,
Among these were ex-Chief Engineer
huffman, Captain w. H.. Silverthorn,
James H. Ryan, and others. The mem
bers of Engine Company No. /, James
Riley, Foreman, occupied a most dan.
gerous position. They directed two
Streams into tho store Of Redington,
Hostetter s. Co. It was filled with
combustible material, which every
now and then exploded with a loud re-
port. They held their position on a
ladder, and were directing their
streams through second-story windows.
while the fire, which had burned
through to the ground floor, had heated
the iron doors to such a degree that
THE IRON REACHED A WHITE HEAT. .
At that time they were ordered
down, and took a stand In front OF the
building, turned the water on the Iron
doors, and clouds of steam filled the
air. The members Of No. 8, james
Dyer, Foreman, also occupied a dan.
gerous position on the western end oil
the building. While they were trying
to save the store Of Week q Co., q por'
ton Of the burning cornice