Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-11
THEY Arr FROZEN Up
AT TINE CRITICAL
MOMENT
Marrow Escape Of w. d.
Smith, Superintendent
Of the Mine!
the MOST ACTIVE FIREMAN
PRESENT.
kxte.s ef The Lsss. I.eiaeats, Etci

1874. when the almost completed air
ahaft Was destroyed In q few hours.
came near being eclipsed to-day. Al
fifteen minutes to 0 o'clock In the morn
ing u bucket Of tar used in cleaning the
wire ropes in the perpendicular and in
cline shafts. which was being heated In
tho rope-house. tipped over and set fire
to the place. This house. which ID
about 25Is0 feet in length, adioins the
hosting works on the cost.
Al near a. VIC can learn. It has been
the custom during the present cold
weather to place buckets containing tai
on an upright cylindrical stove in tie
rops-house. the top Of which Ia. OF
rather was. covered With bars Of iron.
allowing the FIRE to play directly upon
tho buckets or cans. The can which
upset this morning and set fire to the
house was placed upon a piece OF curv-
ing sheet iron. which. when the tar be-
gan to heat. commenced rocking back
wards aud forwards. a. Is often the case
when water Is being heated in q pail
placed upon q stove. When the can or
bucket upset, Of course Its combustible
contents fell directly into the Gro.
f,,es '.r LIZ.
APPsA 'As u "A'
'" ~ me-" 'u,'u' s"e
mp,ss " W.. Iu, ,ha, ,.;i;nc IN this ,hss
b.cams uttsrly demoralired. being
hI,nJsd .nJ almost stiaed with the
~,nfocs,inv fumes of tho burning tar.
Tn. 6rs, Known Of the danger BIZ those
ou,.ids Tho bouso was when tho men
Al -;iaiv anil nrocinitatslv tbsr,from.
A.
Mr.. W. Il. Bennett assistant foreman
Of the mine, states that when the alarm
v.. 6r,t sounJed he threw the doors
Of ths buildinv opsn and. summonipp A
fo,ce Of man used The most strenuous
snJsavo,s 10 smother tbs fra by eanyas.
sos,. hi.rLs,. s,c Ha ,honobt that
n. ,,,ssm m vstsr hal bsen tnrned on
The sse,hins mas Of tar h would ay in
ali ,,i,..,ion. .nd o,i, ala 10 an. aim
Guilty instead oil c~onquering II,
WAssri Wassri E~ysryshisg for .
stream.
while some were attempting 10 smo'n'
OF me nfe' o'ners were engagea ny
ing 70 ss'a supply Oh wafer turned On
me numerous nyurants Wnicn arc piac-
ID at convenient distances apart ut vari.
ous points around the hosting works.
A can DO seen BY referring to the files
Of tho News the Belcher water works
are - perfect as any on tho Comstock.
and to this Is attributable tho fact that
the hosting works were not destroyed.
10 has been proved by actual experi-
msnt that six streams Of water car be
thrown on them In the remarkably short
space OF thirty seconds from the time OF
an alarm OF IRE being given. To do
this IL II necessary that everything be
in perfect order. which unfortunately
was not he case this morning. or the
damage. amounting to about $4,000 or
$4,000 might have been mostly pre-
vented.
en-. r,-. .s p.... p...., a..
v...
o-n,.,,.,. ..x ,h., mi. ~.. o-;r, ~
tne iaes INA 'ne nose WHICH snouid III
ways In such cold weather as this DO
carefully reelsd up, were, through some
..,..... In .v..,., =. -
SsIsa .suneu W .ns ~,
d,.n's, " 'ns. my "eIe Paiusny nisa
u.ns an ny
psruas s,.m NJ gsrUs,, - .sam
We spoke about the matter. says this
was not tho case. anil attributes the
delay OF several minu'es which elapsed
ossSss sa 'r whsn Inv s.s. 49,. a s, r..
turned on. 10 N. fact that the hydran,
e,tss vsrs frozen. "A also the further
On. that a strsam had been turned ON
ths hilI..ide above the hosting works.
Ssfors The gates had been rnised. which
sdIsJ s,ill iur,her 10 the difficulty Of the
- A~i,ow;n, that ona or both tbs
.ars;,n. srs wholly or partially true. the
,s.aan rsma;ns nm, no mattsr how many
month. or .vsn years any valuable works,
liks those OF tho Beieher. may enjoy
immunity mum rom ROM danger niger 0y y, n,,. sns nms
NAME 10 - nn,r unon The :;usr ns!.
lection Of is water works. but also upon
The availability Of those works upon I.
moments Warning. ,on N ~ q, , sOu,a
d,e..s: ma ' n . Sas. Iu uss. 10 tSp, Der.
.S' an .l.o DIM the hydnant gates
'Son,, .i,srs b. veil oiled.
snou'a N"
The p..ases
The house contained three ropes Tor
An. uerpendiculsr shalt, which is $50
... .,.o IN. for the incline. II
~. usep :, h.. inolna;n,
10 thougns .n.s ~ .sn ,uinsJ' The