Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-26
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Auout Al.Ju Ciock l&t EttuAy ui8nt
flames were observed bunting out from
the roof of the carpenter shop ct the Eu-
eka mill. Carson river. Tho alarm vas
given. and the men from the mill and all
the cabins in the vicinity rushed 70 the
rescue. The flames soon reached tho
blacksmith shop. II made . terribly hot
Are.
Between these shops and the mill vas
piled . great quantity Of wood. In some
places the pile was twelve or fifteen feet
high. Had the huge wood-pils taken hrs
IL would have been impossible 10 save the
the mill. The los BY the burning Of the
two shops amounts 10 about 5000.
The hre was undoubtedly kindled by
robbers for the purpose Of drawing the
miners out Of their cabins and thus AFFORD
Ing an opportunity for plumber. whils the
workmen were hard at work fighting the
fire the robbers were busy among the
cabins. They broke In the doors OF the
cabins and rined all the trunks they found.
In search of coin and valuables. The VII
lains did not get away with much. but they
did the heat they could. II wAs no fault
10 theirs that the big mill did not burn.
Thomas Copeland. foreman OF the mill.
had $500 In coin taken from his trunk;
also . gold watch and chain. and had .
chest of tools destroyed In the fre. His
total loss was probably 500 OF $500. The
trunk Of Dan Hanley. . mill hand. Was
broken open and $50 In coin taken. A
number u trunks were broken open and
ransacked In which nothing Of value was
found. ID IL thought the robber. would
have male . good haul had they waited
until Just after payday.
II Il supposed that the Job was put up
By parties who had pretty thoroughly pros-
pected the camp In advance. One OF the
| robbers WAS seen by some women. but they
we're too much frightened to give the
alarm. He L. described ~ b large man
| dressed In dark clothes. He ran past the
women, who were standing looking at tho
| fire, AMI a. he passed they heard the coin
he had taken frOm the trunk III Mr.. Cope
land Jingle in his pockets. They saw the
elbow break into Dan Hanley's cabin and
afterwards come ont and run away.
Chief Lackey. of Virginia City. visited
the place 10 get what points he could. He
came to the conclusion that the hnt inten-
II llbn OI lIHf ultu - w kb tuNtuhh tAt .&t'
Of the company. but finding this too risky
an experiment they confined their atten-
ton to the cabins VI the workmen.
shortly after II O'Clock last Saturday
night q lire WAS discovered In the rear of
the New York Bakery, l02 South Q street.
Virginia City. The flames burst forth In
such violence that they were seen for
blocks around. Julia sullivan. . wcman
living with Mr.. and Mr.. Herman on b
street Just back Of the bakery. was one Of
the flrst to discover the IRE. There were
two buckets VI water In the house. These
she seized. and by . xell-directed Aim
kept the fire in cheek until assistance ar
rived. The engines we're on hand prompt
~. but their service. were not needed.
A NEWS reportrr visited the place and
examined the premises. A disagrceabls
stencil of coal oil WAS noticeable, and was
remarked by many. While u might have
been possible for the roof 10 have caught
from q spark. II WAS scarcely probable. ~
the .~tovepips IL more than fifteen feet from
the point IL ignition. The marks of
where coal oil MAS thrown ON the roof are
still plainly visible, and II Is clear 10 any
ono who cares 10 examine the place that IL
was the york of an incendiAry. Great
| crtSllt " due 10 mrs. Suiiivhn Tut hef
presence of mind. - by the judicious use
| of those two buckets ii water abe prob
ably saved = great portion 81 the town
from destruction.
Another fire alarm wzS sounded at 2:l5
o'clock yesterday morning. IL was occs-
sionel by the discovery of . denss volume
" smoke coming out of the DOOR and
windows on the Taylor street side Of the
Bank of California Agency building. Nr.
Robertson. Waterman for the hank. WAS
the first Ia sac the smoke. and rushing In.
found . right lively blaze running mp the
walls VI . .tore-room next Ia Captain
Lords oficr. The door MAS not locked.
anil IL IL thought some scalavsg must have
gone In and vet IRE 10 the trsps and rub
bish stored there. Just 10 sec them burn.
The Dire was put out by . few buckets of
water. IL IL the opinion VI Chief Lsekey
and many others that this was an attempt
at ineendiarism. A reward Of 1000 IL Of
ferc,i for the arrest and conviction OF the
party or parties engaged In the art.