Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-03
k1TRO-GLYOERINE.
Of the Terrible Explosion at
Virginia City.

Of the Terrible Explosion at
Virginia City.
he Virginia Chronicle, June aO.l
a minute before eleven
sun time) last night the
of this city were thrown
terrible state Of excitement
ost terrific explosion, which
red windows and threw
~ from its resting places
or three blocks away from
kne of the disaster. The ex-
was followed by a few mo-
of silence, then by an
of fire, and finally by a great
III flame which shot up from
let end of the Mclaughlin
n building south of Taylor
and in rear Of the Bank of
fnia. The Fire Department
ut in force and promptly,
|orked nobly all night and
renoon but notwithstand-
heir efforts, the building in
the explosion occurred, eX-
g from Taylor street along
Ind including the Armory
and thence through to &
the two upper stories occu-
by the Bank Of California,
e rear portion of the Doug
Hiding, was gutted by the
The conclusion startled
ghole city, and in twenty
les there were six or seven
Ind men, women and chill
bpon the street, and perhaps
Thousand men as near the
OF the explosion as it was
Id prudent to approach.
ing like a ghost upon the
of some spectre ship tossed
pillows of fire. a lady in her
dress could be seen pacing
of of the Bank of California,
ever and anon her agonizing
ns pierced the still night air
|hilled the blood Of every
br and beholder. In the
glare of the conflagration
Ien in their night clothes
hither and yon about her,
bg an avenue of escape. The
IN was Mrs. Lizzie A. Taylor,
Kept the lodging house in the
story of the fated building
described, and the gentlemen
Joseph Sharon, Ed. johnson.
e Hill, of Thomas Taylor Il
hd George f. Brickett, of the
|der's office-the only ones
b of the many in the build
Fho escaped with their lives.
it flashed across their
that the building thus sud-
destroyed was a popular
lg house in which many of
LEADING CITIZENS
pied rooms, men stood appal-
hnd paralyzed before the
nature and extent of the
Yer. Major General Jacob l..
Bokkelen; J. p. Smith, the
Vare merchant; his clerk,
am Davis "a nephew Of Boss
); Charles Knox, formerly
nmissiOner of this county !;
l. ?. Emily O'Connor, for
OF the International Hotel;
Low, a well-known and
etlc business man; Ben.
el, a clerk with Block 4 Co. !;
"a. Dean and her little eight
old daughter, of Gold Hill ;
Sharon, George E. Brickett.
e Hill, Ed. johnson; E. r.
b, of Lonkey & Smith a
er of Senator Hobart; Joe
Prt, Dan. Lyons, and many
occupied rooms there. The
and prayers of those who
down in the wreck and were
NSuMED BY THE FLAMES
be distinctly heard by the
az flremen who were rlsking
own lives in daring attempts
escue the suffering, and
es Knox who leaves a wife
ma In San Francisco) con-
! 10 a calm manner for some
after the flames had taken
~ ms lower limbs and were
ming him by inches. He
augntamong the fallen walls
moers, and after beseeching
tends to cut him out, and find
nat 1t was impossible for
70 do so, he said: "Never
ooys; save the others;
Lowe is dead. and Charley is
aiso! and died without q
Pur. Those known to be
KILLED:
oi-General Van Bokkelen, j,
,,ith, ~ William Davis, Ben.
sl' Mrs. E |. Dean and her
laughter, Billy Low, Charles
nMrs. Emily O'Connor, and
levine, the latter having
a i,led by an iron door which
eown through a mindow in
q derheart's livery stable
opposite side of the street.
may be, and probably are,
Others killed. The body
neral feda Van Bokkslen was
from the ruins last night
time .ne fire reached it, and it
t.erall ho; y crushed to jeliy-his
vting thg broken above the fore
eht ,he left eye crushed i'm and
edu eas leg broken to fragments.
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