Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-03
Destructive Fire at the Yerin.ton
FiUme.

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six o'clock the town WAS alarmed by the
narrowing whistle Of two locomotives al
the Virginia and Truckee Railroad de.
pot The signal was nc. understood
until it had been continued several min
utes. when the .ira bells were rrnc and
the Warren and Carry engines hurried
up to the depot FL re the widest ex-
citament prevailed. but the engines were
quickly placed on board Of the trim
without accident. and at six o'clock pre-
ciseIv were hurried OF to the scene
of the fire, the YerTington Flume which
is situated a mile and half to the west
Of the depot, at the foot of the hills
Reaching the fire almost in twinkling
we took a good view Of the sitrntion be-
of our arrival. hardly twenty minutes
after the fire broke ont, it had spread
into raging conilagratirn. The flames
continued to gain upon the engines
which were hurried to the ground and
set to work with all the energy possible
The water used was that which ran from
the dune into trench and Was damned
up. The water was very muddy and but
a sorry stream cculd be had. TIE fire
kept gaining With the wind from the
northwest until finding it useless to op-
pose its progress anv longer in that
quarter the engines were placed to the
winiward of the. flames and all hop, of
saving the wood To leeward abandoned
At the time of our leaving (half- past six
the fire had spread over the entire south-
ern surface Of the wood piled up on IN
average Of ten feet high between the two
discharging fumes and on either side Of
each. The quarters Of the China labor
ers lining the east fiune la | inst got
well nrde: WAY, and the Ch;naman were
flying o,:t with their backs htnt undtr
parcels Of their household stntf The
heat Was 50 intense that The green sage
brush became pa-ched and tiared up
like 50 much finder. II wing seen thus
much We took nnr coat under the arm
and started back home on foot. Mr.
IL lrry Hunter alone on a single fl.
came whizzinS lOAn grade behind MS,
but kindly stepped and gave rs a lift. |
That Withholding fiat came near depriv- |
ing us of breath with its awful velocity. |
but i muscular and skillful pilot WIS nj |
the brake and landed us safe Mt the de- !
pot. At 40 dispatch was sent to |
Virginia for the Young America steam |
engine which arrived about = O'Clock |
with one Thousand feet of hose and |
twelve members of the company. Will
on her way down the forem m. w. W.
C"ryell fell from the cars near the Balti-
more mine and broke his leg and arm.
and the train was stopped to carry him
back. The Young America arrived too
e., Il
very dry and comhus.iblr. and had
nearly all caught fire before her arrival.
The quantity of wood on the grounds,
Of winch nearly all by this tim is re-
auc.d to ashes. WAS IS 900 cords worth
It 81 Per cord S12G ESQ. on which there
was All insurance. Of about seventy Der
,ent. The wood was owned in equal
hares hy MeSsrs. Yeringtcu and Sharon
The cau>e ot the hre Is unknown. Al
line O'Clock the sky towards the north
yest of town was red with flames from
he l'urning wood field.
p. S.-La'' st from the fire at 10 p VI
)ur Carson boys worked like Troj ans ,
nd k. pit the flames back till the STEAMER
cached the ground. Abnnt third Of
2. coo mot 1S.GoO) cords my be saved ,
Water in abundance. but thick with dirt ,
nd bark. Work all night.
U. S. MINI. The total number of
liked bullion, gold and silver, received
the Carson Mint yesterday. was 597
ounds, sent in from the Cumstock lode, |
II melting and ASSAY A large deposit
gold WAS also received from the Is .nk u
California, Virgins City, or the same G
ny to tie turned into gold c,in. The +
..sLier of the Mint deIiyere An INST ! :,