Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-22
nABcocK ExTINGU1sHER ITEMS.

In illustration OF the great efficiency
Of the 10 famous Babcock Fire Ex-
tinguisher, We give the following
items: At the time of the recent fatal
disaster In the Gold Hill mines, which,
as u readers will remember occurred
on the 10th Of last month, before day.
light in the morning, during the i'm
mediate confusion resulting from the
first discovery Of the fire In the Yellow
Jacket mine and the efforts to save the
lives Of the miners through the various
shafts, n small fire was accidentally
created In the boiler room Of the
Crown Point works, which came near
being a large and very destructive one.
It was occasioned by some Of the en-
ployes and others rushing thlther
where the lanterns, oil, etc.. were kept
for requisite lights. In their hurry,
some one accidentally set fire to some
cotton waste and other inflammable ma
terial and ran away without noticing
the inciplent confiagration. It blazed
up directly, setting Dire tot can or two
Of coal oil aud the wood work near by,
sending q lively blaze to the roof Of
the room. Just at this time George
Hall, the g~entlemanly young sales
man employed at Blttner & Co.'s, hap
pened In there. He saw directly what
was the matter. A Babcock Fire Ex-
tinguisher stood on the vice-bench
close by, and knowing how to use It,
he jerked up the handle on top, gave
the concern a shake or two, and with.
out removing it from the bench at all,
he turned the stream lose upon the
flames. Just a little shake or two OF
the pipe aud all was dark. Ordinary
water were 1t ever so handy would
hardly have put out that coal oil fire ;
but the Babcock did. Mr.. Fulton, the
chief engineer, at once took George
around and showed him where all the
other Babcock Extlngulshers In and
about the works were situated. A
similar fire occurred only a few days
ago at the round house OF the Virginia
& rruckee Railroad. at Virginia City.
BY accident the oil tank vas set
fire to and blazed up fiercely.
Ordinary water thrown upon 1t would
only have aggravated the flames.
but one of those little Babcock con-
Germs IA lust where 1t ought to be,
and just q ilirt or two Of its coatents
squelched the fire with no trouble
whatever. About two o'clock Sunday
morning last the fence at the rear Of
Buffers residence, Main street. oppo-
site the News office, took fire from the
culpably careless depositing of hot
ashes against 1t, and q blaze resulted
which lighted up the hillsides far and
near, and the alarm being sounded.
the Fire Department and machines
were on hand In a very short time.
One Of the employees Of the Yellow
Jacket works, near by, however, caught
one Of the Babcock extinguishers,
always kept handy about the works,
and ran with 1t, getting first water"
and putting out the fire so quick that
people who jumped out Of bed and
were jerking OH their clothes to run
wondered where that bright light had
gone to so suddenly. Everybody had
good cause to be frightened. for the
fire was within a few yards OF the
very place where the destructive
conilagration OF three or four years
age started which destroyed nearly.
half the town aud left the News office
standing alone, like a salamander,
every building surrounding and al
joining it being destroyed. We always
keep 4 BabcocE standing fully charged
and ready for instant use In u office,
and those who do not understand them
a come and take a look at 1t, and We
will explain their USE. George Hop
kins, agent at the Yellow Jacket Of
flee, whose descriptive advertisement
is In another column, will also do the
N For checking an incipient con-
flagration, the Ba6cock Fire EStin-
yui.her Is chief Of all inventions for
that purpose.