Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-30
THE FIRE OF YESTERDAY MORN
ING.

THE FIRE OF YESTERDAY MORN
ING.
About quarter of ) o'clock yesterday
morning Moore e. Parker's Hall was dis
covered to be on fire. In less than half
an hour that building and Mr.. Moore s
residence adjoining, were completely de-
stroyed. In the course of the confagra-
ton flames were communicated to MI.
George Tufiy's house tthe old Joe Win
tiers property. lately occupied by Joe
Rosenstock). and that building was yir-
tually distinguishing rendered unin-
habitable anywhere, and quite charred
and reduced to Goals in the greater part
From Mr. John @. Moore we learn the
following particulars attending his dis
covery Of the fire: He was aroused by
the steam whistle alarm and the cry of
"Fire!" from passer-by. Going to the
door and seeing that the freight was
from the northwest, he thought that Mr.
Jake Winnle's house was burning, and
SO informed his wife. In minute more
he knew the truth. He and his wife
made rapid work getting their children
into place of safety, and i'll little
while their home was prey to the
flames. Mr.. Moore says that the entire
west end-:he back-of the hall was on
fire at once, bat that the flames seemed
70 have originated close by the water
close. in the ladies dressing-room. Be-
yond any chance of doubt it was pur-
posely set on fire. In the back part of
fluffy house John Shrleyes slept : and
as John is an invalid and not at all able
10 take care of himself, it would have
Jared hard with him if somebody had
not been thoughtful enough to see that
he was removed. Moore 4 Parker's
Hall was built. mainly. of the lumber
saved from the wreck of the old Agri-
cultural Pavilion which used to stand
on the Plaza and'which made a narrow
escape from destruction by fre--having
been set in a blaze by incendiaries some !
months before it vas sold. Messrs. |
Moore 4 Parker were insured for 81, 800 |
$3.50 in the Fireman's Fund and Com |
mercial Union, each. The destruction |
II the HALL is great public loss Mr.. |
Moore's house and furniture were in
sured for 81 200. In what company we
did not learn. We hear that Mr.. Tutiy's
house was insured for $1,000 and his
furniture for like amount
When We arrived on the ground the
frame Of the Hall WAS yet standing and
It WIS still very grave matter of doubt
whether Doctor Herrick' s house and the
other buildings in that block were going
to be saved. The flames of the burning
building were torchiDg straight up, not
even making a breeze Of their own, so
still and quiet was the air 1t was a
very leisurely fire. This was within a
few minutes of o'clock. At that time /
the cornice of the square-shaped build !
ing at the back of the Tufiy house was
lazily burning. and nobody seemed to be {
able to muster sufficient force to fight
the flames there. We subsequently, ,
learned that all three of the engines, the
Curry, Warren and Swift, were taking
water from one cistern-that at the cor I
aer there by the johnson mansion, Just I
% the northwest of the Adams House. 6
About the time that all danger had been t
lllayed OF the flames spreading any t
urther south the water in the els
ern referred to gave out, and then,
md not till then some earnest and ade- T.
Iuate efforts were made to e1tinguish 4
he flames that were having Tudys U
,Ouse pretty much all to themselves. n
By this time Tufy's roof was all on fire. +
When the engines had extinguished the
lanes the house was complete wreck
The firemsn went st it as if going to an s.
ther and distinct FIRE, and not at all o
8 if they could fight the flames there :,
nd on the other side of the hall also. ~
We never saw this nor any other fire q
apartment do such lubberly, slipshod
ieoe Of work. 1t is too bad that engine
len who have SO well earned the repu- | z
alton of effective fire fighters should ~
ave let a lazy fire like that get away #
it'll them. -
Now here are some facts to show the -,
urning OF the Tufy house was needless:
here are three engines here, the War
IN, the Curry and the Swift. The !.
'arren can play two, the Curry three G,
I'D the Swift two streams. This makes ~
even streams in all. The hand engines ~,
ave sixteen hundred feet of hose, and
le steamer five hundred. Some of this
not great deals defective. There :.
70 well nigh two thousand feet of SER q,
ceable hose between the three ma 40 Il.
hines. just to the westward Of John VI
F. Fox's house is large, new cistern. Gu
was not tapped a: all until the other
stern where they all took suction wss
lmped dry. Now it seems to us that
least two of these seven streams might OR
we been earlier used on Tufy's house