Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-06
sagebrush News.

the Virginia Enterprise. Aug. 81
-, broke out yesterday in an
finn aa nile of wood at the terminus
s,sS eood tiume belonging to II. NJ.
;"cton % & Co., about three miles
lsSo rson CITY. The fire-which
w wu.saed u%d to have been kindled by
uHIPf rom a locOmotive-started on
.n;rdward side Of the woodpile
made rapid progress. The Car
ln% li,ad engines were sent down to
as"h ~" Snt could do but little to stay
l,,u n.ooress of the flames. About Z
opt XII IN the evening a telegram was
;ved i'm this city asking that
mer @ be sent down. All trains be-
nlv, Sad been ordered upon side
.ts LIN in order to give the road to the
carrying the steamer. so that
oncineer turned his locomotive
and went down the road at
a. rats of speed. The train went
nnsh ~. Il to the fire in tifty-nine min
III Including a detention Of fifteen
mites, caused by the accident to
|Iv Coryell, mentioned in another
Wy When the steamer arrived it
estimated that about 5000 cords
wood had been destroyed. The
mar was at once put TO work, and
sst % accounts, about ten o'clock last
III had got the fire under such
Strol m that no more wood would be
b.royed.
DrpI,ry Constable Billy Coryell, Of
rity. who is a member Of Young
kerica Engine Company No. 2, met
IN very serious accident last
|euing while on his way to Carson
|th bis engine, to assist in the ex-
kpishment of the great fire in the
mi piles, three miles below that
En, which resulted in his having
III bones of his right leg broken
Ioye the ankle joint and his left
|oulder dislocated. The steamer
n considerable number OF men,
|rs of the company were on a nat
4 and the train was running at
Fhtning speed, so fast indeed that it
Is difficult matter for the men to
Zen their feet while rounding the
lryes. The train had reached the
rst curve in the track below the
works, when Mr..
orwell, in moving, was thrown in
lch a way that his legs struck against
rope running from the steamer to
70 top of stanchion at the side of
% car, and he was pitched clear off
% car and several feet beyond the
sck. The train was under such
'adway that it could not be stopped
It'll it had reached the next curve
'yond. The train then ran back to
here Mr.. Coryell lay and he was
und injured as we have stated.
RICHARD +. .PEYTON, formerly book
'eper at Halls Pioneer Laundry.
no escaped from the County Hos
tai a day or two since, while deliri-
IS from brain fever, was foun'l a
" hours after he left at the SutrO
loon, in this city. 1t seems that
er he began walking he, to a con-
ierable degree, regained his senses.
ssterday morning he was perfectly
tional and much better.
IAPrAIN JOHN SPRosTON, an old
d highly-esteemed citizen, will
I'VE US in few days for San Fran
go, where he will temporarily, per-
ps permanently, take up his resi-
nee. He goes to take a prominent
sition in the office of the general
ency of the Mutual Life Insurance
mpany of New York.
SERMON.-This even-
J. at the Methodist Church, Rev. L.
McGrath will deliver his valedic-
y sermon - his farewell to the
urch and doctrine. Hereafter he
Il stand on broad platform of his
N. The valedictory will undoubt-
ly attract large audience.