Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-18
A FIRE!
Seven Buildings Burned-.The Town
Saved Through the Efforts Of
the Fire Department.

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Sunday, at midnight, the whistle at
the Atlas Smelling Works sounded the
alarm of fire, aud in a few mo-
ments the sound of the bells at the
houses of the two fire companies and
the notes of the Richmond Company's
steam whistle were added to the gen.
eral din. The town was speedily
aroused and soon a large proportion of
its Inhabitants Of both sexes were
hurryiny to the scene of the con1agra
ton, which proved To he on South
Main street. opposite the Atlas Com
pauy's furnaces. The fire commenced
IN 4 small u~noccupied frame building
on the east side of Main street, which,
until about n week ago.. had been DC
cutied as u Chinese wa~h-hOuse. The
| lire was first observed 10y Henry Short,
| the engineer at the Atlas works, who
iMi miediately gave the alarm. When
first discovered the entir, building was
in flames. The two hose com panies
were promptly ON the spot, the Res
cues taking .he plug near the Silver
| Brick Hotel aud the Knicker,ockers
| attaching to the hydrant above the
Turner House. Unfortunately. neither
COMPANY had sufficient length Of hose.
The Rescues got the frs, wa:er on the
ire, and just as they commenced 10
play, the flames we're cOi0 municating
to the upper side of the Eiko Hotel, a
large frame building, situated about
twenty five feet from the burning
wash -house aud Mr.. L~Dschensohi's
dwelling on the same lots. II ut this
time the Rescues hose had teen If suf-
4 f.;a.t ln.rtl tx Ia .,o ttv rAu Tho Nvu-
ter on the part Of the building where
it was most needed, the h"tel would
doubtless have been saved and the
destruction Of property confine't TO the
building where the fire originated, hat
il soon tecAine apparent hat tile hOiel
was doomed. The KnickerbOckers
were in 4 still worse pr-dicafueot, their
hose not reaching to within fifty feet OF
the burning building. Both c"tnpa-
uie$ were working at a disadvantage
and considerable valuable time was
lost before the two hose were
Ell; afle which they we're made To do
etfectual service. In the meantime
the hotel and adjoining dwelling
houses we're enve.oped in flames,
which had also communicated t. The
carpenters shop and dwelling house
OF Phillip Mcmillan, on the adjoining
lot below. and also to a small fran,e
stable belonging tn N. A. Will
About this time quite n breeze
sprang up from The sou'h End
the burning cindsrs and bran Is we 9
flown n considerable dis ance down
the canyon. A flying brand struck
and ignited the roo of NJ. Borowsky Us
dwelling, III Spring street. half n
dozen blocks from the SCENE of the
fire. The roof Of Biyeiow's Hall also
caught, hut fortunately, in both cases,
the flames we're disco yered aud ex
tinguished before they had gained any
heaiway. 1t seemed for a time ~
though the destruction OF the town
was inevitable, and p-"ple IN the I'VE
| part al the city commenced making
arrangements for removing their pr
able property to places ct safe y, tut
fortunately the wind in a shori time
subsidized and the almost superhuman
eff,r,s Of the fireman and citizan-
fiualiy prevailed aud the "a oi
the flame were checked at the dwell
ing house Of III. Zottinan. side If
which W "A charred completely through.
Too much credit can not be acs.prdet
he officers aud members Of Rescue
and Knickerbocker Hose com nanies
and the Hook aud Ladder COMPANY
for their strenuous and successful At
forts in sat DUNG the flames. They
all worked together in perfect har-
mony, and to them the people of Eu
| reka are indebted for the existence of
their town to day.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
bnt il is supposed to hay. been the
work of a Chinese incenliarv. The
former occupant of the building where
the fire commenced WAS II Chinaman
who recently ran away considerably
IN debt to some OF INSTRUMENTATION
He had previous sly sold or mortgaged
the building. snd ii is Thoughts hat sone
ri his Monaghan creditors appii-d
The torch in revenge for their losses
The following is a list of The losses:
Eureka and California Lumher Com
panv, lumber burned. 500; Louis
LSschenkohl. Elko Hotel, dwelling
houses. furniture, ETC.. $4,000; Phitip
Mcmillan, carrenter's shop, dwelling.
furniture, tools, ETC., $500; Hermann
Breisacker, China wash-hou e. sion;
". A. Williams, frame stable, $3.50; II
Zpttn.an, damage to dwelling aud
blacksmith shop, 81 900. On The Elko
Hotel property was a fire proof cellar,
the contents nf which we're uninju"ed.
With this exception, and \ few articles
Of furniture, Mr.. Loschenkohl lost
everything he possessed in the world.
lie is AZ industrious and hard working
man, and the loss falls heavily upon
him. Mr.. Mcmillan also lost every
thing excepting a portion Of his fur
niture and tools. He, too, is singu
larry unfortunate. having been u of
the principal sufferers by the fire
which destroyed the SENTINEL offire
nearly three years ago. None OF the
burned property was insured.
A LITTLE BLAzE.-About $3.50 o'clock
yesterday morning, after most Of the
PEOPLE had returned home from the
hig fire, and were indulginY in their
first nap, another alarm was sounded,
causing them to tumble out u bed
mud hurry ON their rlulhas AGAIN IN