Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-09-25

much vigor as before. A man named
Hirst was also injured, on Market
street, near Ecker, bya piece Of a burn
Ing window sash which fell on him.
James Siddons, OF Hose No. 2, was cut
on the cheek bya piece of glass falling
upon 1t.
GREAT FEAR WAS ENTERTAINED
That the fire would reach the cellar OF
Redington, Hostetter s. Co., and that
great damage would result from the
explosion of materials contained there
In ; but with 9. view to avert q calami-
ty such as was anticipated the fremen
were directed to turn several streams
Of water into the store, from Market
and Stevenson streets. While the fire.
men were fighting the flames on Mar
ket street, the hfemen stationed on
Stevenson street found that they had q
great deal to contend with, and they
worked very heroically. At ten min
utes past 10 o'clock the upper part Of
the walls Of tho stores Nos. $50 and
537 Market street fell, and some Of the
fragments Of brick fell upon the houses
on the south side Of Stevenson street,
but fortunately no m was injured.
A SMALL EXPLOSION
Occurred at 10 o'clock In the Steven
son street end Of the drug store, but
no one was injured by 1t. The chemi-
cal which exploded burned with a
green smoke.
1t was impossible to ascertain last
night, but Il Is estimated II will not
fall short Of 800, 900, partly covered
by insurance. e. Toplitz was insured
for $4,000 and John Rohr & Son for
$4,000. avsrar uus ur o.
OF THE RIG .
OF the fire nothing is known beyond
the fact that 1t broke out In the third
story Of the New York bedding fac.
tory, and that 1t gained such a hold
upon the building is due to the fact
that the partition walls did not reach
higher than the ceiling.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS.
While running to the fire n q was
knocked down and run over at the
corner of Market and Kearny streets,
and a boy was knocked down and
badly injured on Second street, near
Market.
After Sinclair, of No. 8, had had his
leg broken by the fall OF a cornice, ne
was removed to a saloon near by,
whore he was attended by DR.. Still
man, the Coroner elect.
Nearly all the ladders Of the De-
partment were broken and now only
two long ladders remain for use. The
members Of Hook and Ladder Co. NO.
,, at the beginning Of the fire, spliced
two long ladders and raised them, but
In doing so 1t was caught by a tele-
graph wire running diagonally across
the street, and they were unable to
place 1t against the building. In
bringing 1t down the upper ladder be-
came unspliced, fell to the ground,
was shattered and rendered useless.
There was an immense crowd OF
people around the fire, among them
the usual number Of GROWERS, who
were continually finding fault with
the manner in which the fire was
being managed. There was q large
force of police on hand, both regulars
and specials, but they found consider:
able difficulty In keeping the crowd
back and preventing the people from
interfering with the flremen In the
discharge Of their duty.
Judge W.. D. Sawyer was noticed
during the fire helping the flremer
lighting up hose, and Issuing orders
occasionally with a little more yea
than discretion. -..L .r. a
The eastern wall Of the building was
warped out Of a true line about two
feet, and will have to be torn down,
as will also several Of the partition
walls, which were last night pro
nounced unsafe.
At half.past 10 o'clock the fire was
still burning tlercely, aud long after
midnight water was being thrown oil
the burning embers. ,
1t was q subject Of general remark
that of all the streams of water played
upon the fire there was not ono which
reached a third-story window.