Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-06

q Curry Historically Innde'
quase supply OF water. the oaiy
Cause else Great . loss Of Prep
ersy-Inefdents, etc.
At 8 o'clock last evening Al alarm oil
ire WAS raised by a number OF boys OH
south G street. Virginia, in front Of the
Presbyterian Church. A minute or two
afterwards the Gould x Curry whistle
sounded the alarm, which was taken up
by tho other whistles and fire company
bells throughout tho city. As people
rushed out.
The Cnnse sf the Alarm
Was very apparent. The Occidental
lodging house. a few doors south OF
Bearjsiey's new brick building. was
!ound 10 DO ON firc. When first discov-
eroi, tho fro Was issuing from tho win
dows ON the north side OF tho building.
and streaming over the roof. which was
In a few moments wrapped in flames.
The rapidity with which tho flames
spread WAS 80 startling that many be-
lisved the building must have been sat
u.ated with coal OIL, or some other in-
aammablo material. When, however,
/, il taken into consideration that there
has been no rain for q number Of months
past. tho fact Of the rapid spread Of the
tire can lie easily explained without sup
posing that it
wns t.c Work OF an Iseesdiary.
Tho Occidental Lodging.house, In
which the fire originated. was owned by
Mrs. Charles, better known as Mrs.
Dirkes. The building was n frame. and
u Of tho four standing together on
the east side Of @ street. directly above
the Gould K Curry hosting works, tho
rear end being about forty feet distant
from tho works. On each side OF tho
frame buildings. both north and south.
are brick buildings, which checked the
progress OF the ccntiagmtion. or prob
IDLY the damage done would have been
much greater. The brick building ON
tho north Is owned by Mrs. Heyes, and
occupied by Martin Ford; that on the
south is owned and occupied by Z.
Kirschbrann. The four buildings de-
s,roycd. beginning on the north next
ford's store. were Mrs. Ordway's
Lodging.house. occupied by Harding X
BELL; "a small building belonging to
Mrs. Charles. and occupied by two or
three parties; tho Occidental Lodging
mouse. belonging to the same; and a
house belonging to Robert Cochran. the
lower part being used by him for q
hardware store. and the second story as
a loisins-houso kept by Mrs. Summers.
The origin OF the Fire
Was by many supposed to be the work
OF m incendiary. the rapidity with
which it spread. a we have DO
fore remarked. lending color
Of probability to the superstition. This
belief was also strengthened in the
minds Of somc by the fact-which in
some way leaked out at tho time the
Odd Fellows Hall was burned-that a
certain party had then declared there
sould shortly be a fire at the Occidental.
and that he hal been offered u price to
.et II. Investigation proved, however.
that tho ire last night was caused by
tho evident carelcssness OF n minei
who left a candle burning in a miners
,andlestick in room No. IL. in the north
east corner Of the building. second
story, where the frc was first discovered.
lilo went down stairs AMI forgot to blow
the candle out. The first intimation he
hid Of his neglect was tho sight OF the
building in flames. AL companies Of
tho Fire Department
Mere Pro@psiy On Hand,
But Il OF course took u few minutes to
git steam up ono Of u reporters who
was at the iiro from first 10 last. says II
took exactly nine minutes-REr. and
before the first stream. outside OF the
Babcock, was got ON. tho fate oil the
Occidental, ut least. wa sealed. The
steamers Nos. two. five and six and the
h~tnd.sngine Of No. 4. were stationed
dong q street. No. 2 being at its own
cistern iron which No. 4 also played
ior n time), No. G ut the cistern before
Nonahan's store, and No. . near the
corner Of Taylor and @ streets. This
mas at the beginning Of the fire; but
before they had been playing forty min
utos tho
Water Gave Completely oat,
Aud Nos. 9 and C had 10 move to more
distant points, tho former taking up a
position neal tho corner Of Union and
c streets. and the latter at Shows els
am, on South Q street. three-quarters
Of a mile from the fire. Time, Of price.
.tss value, was thereby lost. aud before
streams were got ON the fire again, II
had (although under complete control
| NJ tho time the water gave out) gathered
such headway that another building (the
,no owned by Mrs. Ordway) was past
al hope Of saving. When the water
cave out at the cisterns. and Nos. . and
9 moved from their first positions. the
hand engine Of Eagle Engine Company
No. ) was taken to the cistern near tho
residence OF j. q. Fair. on II street.
Hose was stretched down 10 & street.
No. J manned. and q supply OF water
thrown to the eistern nj which No. 2
was stationed. This was accomplished
before Nos. . and G got on streams
gain after being forced TO move. Had
such not been the case. and tho fire
hereby held in partial check. there Is
no telling what the result might have
Oeen.
Ono thing IN absolutely certain. and
that is, had the supply OF water been
anything like adequate, the iire would
nave been
Exaisguish~d Ia finy Minutes.
Aud at least one quite valuable house
saved. During all the timo the ire was
raging. and when the least delay was
absolutely suicidal. not n drop Of water
Vas running into tho cistern at which
No. = was stationed. although the cist-
srn is furnished with two 2.inch supply
pipes. While the Fire Department. so
long as the water held out on Z street,
lii splendid work.
The Gould and Garry
Was doing excellent service in tho rear
Of the burning buildings. and prevented
tho fire from spreading in that direction.
The rear potion OF Cochran's building
wa. standing ou posts about twenty feet