Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-15
4 BIG SCARE.

TIE Virginia Enterprise Of yesterday
sives TIE following acccun. of - big
sca.e - IL that city on the day before:
Las: evening al 80 O'Clock the town
was shaken ard our people everywhere
startled hy b Tremendous explosion.
quickly followed 5y a shower Of rocks
vhich rained down upon the streets,
roofs and awnings. The report was as
loud, but not SO sharp. as that of the
nitro glyceriDe explosion last gear. by
which 50 many lives were lost. Inlme-
diateiy following the explosion steam
whistle began blowing feroely. which
Caused: n. - ,.-ppose that smother fear
tui disaster had occurred. The sudden
AID tremendous repUrt, heard IL the
center OF town. caused a general rush Of
citizens into the streets. No sooner
we.e they fairly out into the streets,
however, than rocks Of all sizes began to
fail about them. causing grand st.ln-
pede back i:i.o hoi;ses, Stops and sa-
Icons. We were IN the fourth story OF
the E,s-5rori:e building when the blast
Was tired, and about 100 yards distant
from ii. The explosion shock the build
Ing as though AZ earthquake shock had
occurred: then. about 1--WE seconds later,
came perfect shower of small stones,
Which ratified Il HI, alarming manner on
tie roOi AID cn tie roofs OF al the
buildings il the neiohborLool. The
BLAST which created al this connection
ami CONSERVATION WAS fred On q lot III
the FEAR OF tie White House clothing
store. Suuth { street, occupied by Cuhn
X I,aacs, AID owned by NJ. Vein
scL.eck. The lot was being graded out.
in nrlpr 20 extend the store back 10 !
s:t-et. aud ,L7 man having tie contract
70. this wo.k being OF the opinion that
a good. big blast would greatly assist
him IL making hole in the ground. put
=. uia.- = large hole WIS drilled ~ Il
,l,,,:irg Girecsic:. under a terrace OF
earth and rocks and into this was placed
about keg of black pOwder-pIC;a5ly
q Sc hole keg, rs We saw Al empty key Of
lag. size lying On tie ground. The
Ll.st wien i!-cd failed to lit the jank
under which i. WI, placed; OF the con-
trary il blew oct Il large cavity and sent
n,:...ireis Of feet into the air 4 great
slower Of rocks. varying IL weight trota
II uaLce to 100 pounds. Those who
were il the streets Sly that these r.lS-
,i.ss rose into the air like the spray from
. i,Gu:ain. Tie heavy report aud the
-iloget of stone. caused three teams TO
rua away almost simultaneously on
South 9 street. These charging furious
Is to Tie mort hwarJ along the street mar
WY missed running over several per-
SONS; : party Of three ladies, In particu
II. ha,: 4 very rarrow escape from being
.,Gor,,sd down ~ two-LoTse team. A
Ii, Al stepping ous OF door IN the rear
Of lis house a moment after the eIplo-
sion. .ocS that wouid weigh over 80
30 I:.i!s crashed down within two feet of
shsre he stood. A rock weighing two
az three pounds pas-eI down through
the flooring o! the balcony il front of
the store o. S>hoeuieli 1; Cock, II the
En;ert rise building. tearing such u hole
,S would have been made by a cannon
shot. After passing through the balcony
The rock danced NJ from the sidewalk
aud struck Barney Schoenfeld on the left
knee, irficting quite severe bruise.
Professor Flint, reporter of the Gold
Is in the forehead, which inflicted
swear by. Rocks we're thrown as far
eaSt rs La stIScIs thSi L 1ItI . opcid
House and down upon the platform ot
the depot of the Virginia and Truekee
Railroad Company. 1t is said that
couple of sheep were killed ~ flying
rocks in from. OF Moneys livery stable,
u street. and that couple Of bug9ies
we're considerably damaged. In places
along that sheet rocks OF considerable
size crashed down through the sidewalks.
WHAT added greatly to the general con-
sternation was the fact that few persons
knew that any grading was being done
Ia the neishbo.hoOd. ard no one knew
that such blast was about II lie let off.
This being the case. all manner Of dis
asters and diabolical plots for time
filed all minds. Those living in the
immediate vicinity were terribly shaken
up. and several women were almost
frightened into Mysteries. The parties