Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-22
FIRE At rnE vEsnAx.
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% Fire, Rash Fraatieaily - the
Ceanagratisn.


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At I p. N. to-day an alarm Of fire vas
sounded by tho Ovsrman whistle. which
was taken up by all the other steam
whistles in town. the bells Of the fire
companies taking up the shrill alarm
and waking the echoes in the surround
ing mountains. Instantly the whole
town WIS filled with an excited crowd.
who rushed 70 tho scene Of the eonfa-
grafton with fear and CONSERVATION de-
picted on their faces. No time was lost BY
the engineers on duty in accomplishing
this, and in ten minutes after the alarm
was sounded, not q man Vas left under
ground. The dense volume OF smoke
which arose in massive columns. led
everybody to believo that tho shaft was
on Ere.
The Fire
Was in the building twenty or thirty
feet south Of the hosting works. where
the ropes arc tarrsd. and the inky black
ness Of the smoke was caused by the
burning Of the tar. Had tho
wind been blowing from tho
south instead OF the north. the available
means would not have saved the hoist
ing works. Fortunately. however. this
was not tho case, and the rope building
Was tho only one destroyed. The hose
belonging to the mine was attached to
tho hydrant In tho fire room Immediately
upon the discovery Of the fire. the hoist
ing works ~ well M the burning build
ing being played upon. in order to
prevent the spread OF tho fire. Tho
different firo companies were out, but as
the Rhode Island mill was tho nearest
point at which water could DO obtained,
The fire Was subdued by tho 0yerman
hose before they could como to tho res
cue.
The Men In the vine
wcrc all hoisted 10 the surface in a few
minutes after the alarm was sound
ell, and wero received by their anxious
friends, many Of tho miners wives be-
ing on the ground with fervent thanks
to the power who had spared them from
a dreadful death. The disastrous fires
that have occurred in the mines OF Gold
Hill. have filed the breasts OF the
stoutest hearted with fear. and
il ia no wonder that tho cheek pales
and the limbs grow feeble at tho assault
OF tho rcmorseless fire-fend.
The Origi. OF ~ Fire
Was in the ropo-tarring room, and tho
fire communicated from tho furnace.
bu, how il not 40 easily said. Such a
Dire can easily occur, without any one
being very particularly blamsable.
I~aeidenss.
The Fro Department boys were par
,icularly lively. and got their machines
GU. US quick as possible. but In eIeitedly
running down tho s,oep hill OF Main
street, they had rather q rough time.
No. I hal the brake we'll managed. but
succeeded in demolishing the front
wall and fcnco Of tho Catholic
Church before they cut straight across
tho street and stopped in the Crown
Point Office. The only damage to tho
machine was a spoke out VI a forward
wheel, a broken spring and n bent
tongue.
Yellow Jacket No. rs steamer camo
near running over u man who fell Oh
from their rope about the same point.
but be very luckily escaped by two and
a quarter inches and a bruiso or two.
scarcity Of water.
The first and most effective stream
was from the works Of the company.
No. 3 boys were on hand and got their
hose hitched to the hydrants Of the
main town pipe noar by. but could get
no water. The trouble was this:
Owing TO the settling OF the
ground, the pipo had bursted In
front of tho Sunderland mill and
was being repaired. The water was
turned of for this purpose, therefore
the main Pipe WAS not available below
that point.
That ends well. Tho damage done Is
nothing. compared with what II would
have been in case tho fire had com.
municated to tho hosting works. and
Their. had not been time TO have hoisted
the men out Of tho mine. Human life
asains. mining or any other property
every time. for US.
A sANrLE.-whsn tho fair.haircd.