Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-03-24
YEsTER-MORN'S BLAZE
A $4,000 Fire--Narrow Escape
From a Serious Conflagration--
Our Fire Departmental Les
con m ho uoodod
son to be Needed.


Fire! One solitary voice shouting
the dread word broke upon the still
ness Of the early morn. Fire ! Fire ! I!
and as the lurid flames burst from
their confinement and cast a glare of
fiery light over our sleeping town yes
terday morning, a hundred voices re,
sronded to the echo of the first alarm.
Fire Men, women and children
awoke to hear the word shouted,
screeched and yelled by the hurrying
crowd, rushing to the scene of the
conf ,gration. The sharp ringing of
the triangles, the warning tones of the
church bells and the shrill notes of
the furnace Whistles, told Of the dar.
ger. The streets were alive with yeo-
pie and the vicinity of the fire, North
Main street, below Clark, presented a
scene mingled with the general ex-
element and confusion of such a time,
Up and down both sides of the street
men and wotnen were hastily packing
up their effects, expecting that their
houses would soon fall a prey to the
devouring element, while those who
had already lost everything sought
consolation in telling over and over
again their dolorus jeremiads.
n Fire Was First Discovered
Breaking out Of the Montana Lodg-
ing House, and owing to the coinbusti-
BILE material of it and the adjoining
buildings, all were soon enveloped in
H. A..,e 1'Ia an. ~ tL1
buildings first to fall victims to the
flames had barely time to escape to
he street with life, several being
scorched by the fire in their fight.
Owing To the di.organized condiii ion OF
the Fire Department the fire obtained
great Roadway before water could he
brought into service, aud for a time
it seemed that the fate of the entire
block was sealed and grave apprehen.
lions were felt for the safely of the
town. 1t WAS fully ten minutes be-
fore the hose carriage arrived and
"A 8 reain of water brought to play on
lie lam y, but as o o as this was
a.complis led. it was manifest that
the volunteer tiremen hal the fire uu
der con rol, and from the top of an
4 ljoining building two effective
streams were soon brought To bear
upon aud held the flames at bay. The
merutters OF the Hook Il Ladder
Company rendered efficient service il.
PULLING down the burning buildings,
bat had It not been for the exertions
of those in charge of the hose. the eff
forts to successfully combat with the
destroying fiend would have proven
far less effective. Fortunately Int liz
IL wind prevailed, and that from a
/ F,.x.Ita .It.a.s yn, ,Isa fha la-s Al,
ion of properly would have been
much greater. The fire started at
about 3 o'clo X, and in AN hoar's time
The >m%ouldering. smoky remains of
ten buildings marked the path oflle de
,troyer. During that time
Men with Brave Hearts
And willing hands, facing the perils
and imminent dangers on all sides
surrounding them, worked faithfully
to save from destruction the properly
of their fellow-citiZenS, and the exam
PIE ~et by these men was a fitting les
son To tho, 70 to whom the deinoraliZed
condition of our Fire Department X
due, a le son To he protited by aud n
thaf. il needed, may save the town from
some day being reduced 10 a heap OF
ashes.
The losses.
The losses, as near as can be ascer-
tanned, are as follows:
Virginia Saloon, frame building
owned i,y John Pea>lev. Loss 500. IL.
Kind, oc .upied the building. Loss on
stock, 500.
Frame building owned by John S.
- ....l t.y H.. lFntal, -
fee Works, partially DESTROYED. Loss
on building, $50; OF ST. C :. 3 %.
Frame building owned 10y John >.
Capron, occupied by ). >. Franklin,
tailor. Loss ON building, $500; stock
and furniture, $500.
Mon,ana Lodging House, owned by
Joseph Phillips, totally destroyed.
Los on building, furniture etc., 80, go.
Italian saloon. owned by Barber Il
De Gavro, 4 DAILY DESTROYED. Loss OF
baildins, liquors, furniture, etc.,
S2,25O.
CITY Meat Market, owned by Mont
geometry IL Shoemaker, occupied by A.
Dotla, totally destroyed. Loss on
building, stock, etc, 1000.
Wisconsin House, owned by VIM.
S.owe!l, pied 10y Mrs. Dill, totally
destroyed. Loss OF house, $1,000; Mrs.
Dill's loss, ) 5000.
s. s. Sloss, saidler, in anne building.
Loss on stock, $500.
Chinese wash houses, owner I'M
known. Loss, 5000.
j. NJ. NJ. Moody, barber, damage to
shop, 500.
None of the buildings burned we're
insured, and the wner intend to re-
build as speedily as possible.
The inmates of the two lodging
houses had "A narrow escape from
: A FriShtful Death.
| Edward Cannon, lodging in the
:. Montana House, when aroused by the
alar,n, rushed from his room just AS the
flames reached that portion OF The
!, building. lie escaped Ivy Jumping
from n window in tie second story oi
: the building to the ground, but sus-
: tanned severe injuries. He was m
veyed to the hospital.
VIM. Martin, cnlored, a cook ut the
: Sazerac lunch stand, was severely
burn,l ,vbila agca ninv from the same