Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-01-20

Ihll into me boriOuh erfor OF
exaegeration. Such was the case to-day.
Smith told Jones that the Occidental
mill had shut down. Jones told Robin
son that 1t had got some OF its machin-
cry out Of gear and had shut down.
Robinson told Johnson that the boiler
had burst and killed one man. johnson
told Thompson that the boiler had burst
and six men had been killed. and then
Thompson told Symkins that sixteen
men had met an untimely death this
morning. by being blown up in the De-
cidsntal mill. Symkins is an honest
man and never eIaggsrates, but he will
fy around town and spread an item
quicker than any man We know. A
soon as q reporter reached the Nxws Of
fee this morning. he was told to
Hire . Herss
And rids post haste to the Mill for the
particulars. He hired a horse, or
rather . mare. aud started up by way Of
the short cut to the toll road. around
Fort Homestead. He got along fairly
until after he had passed the houses visi-
ted by grocers and butchers. and there
the trouble began. The mare was bound
TO find every nov drift in the road, and
would founder around for half an hour
at a time. tossing the news gatherer
from side to side. until his bones ached
~ though he had passed through
patent sausage machine. AZ
last shc threw him and they both
rolled over in the snow. The Bohe-
mian gathered himself up and tried to
lead his horse. but the first thing he
knew she stumbled over one OF his feet
and he was underneath for once. See
ing that he would have to break the
road. he turned around In disgust and
made his way on horseback up on the
Divide. intending to take the regular
Dayton road. No sooner had no
turned into the road than he met a man
who told him that t~wenty.four men had
been killed; this was to have been ex-
pected. II was no use. however. no
one had passed over the road. and no
headway was 10 be male en- q horses
back, therefore there was but n alter.
native, and that was to RETURN to the
stable and try 1t
On Foot.
This was done and the entsrprising
young man started of. taking the rail
road track as n short cut-on his errand
Of business. Walking ON the railroad
wa a luxury. II was almost a. nice as
sliding down q cellar door. The toll
road was at length reached. and here the
trouble began. Before continuing the
narrative il will not be amiss TO state
that tho Occidental mill site Is situated
about Ave miles. by the road. from the
NEWS Office. Well. the toll-road was
reached and. as stated above. there the
trouble commenced. Apparently not a
foot had pressed the snow since 1t fell.
aud the road WAS barely OBSERVABLE.
The reporter stumbled and slid; fell and
arose; slid down hill aud stumbled
up again until he grew black in the face
with blessing the man who invented
steam oilers. Arrived at the dollhouse
more dead than alive and seeing the
door standing open. no peered in and
behsld u kindly-faced. old man prepar.
ing breakfast. The Bohemian thought
that IL he only had something TO revive
his dropping spirits he would then DO
happy. and he called out
"Say. Captain: have you got q little
something you could give q worn-ous
pilgrim"
.. ", -.t,ancer. Wa lon't elect toll