Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-25

works. and soon other houses on all
sides burst out In flames. As the spec
tators said. il was i" striking Of so many
matches" The inmates OF the hotel and
lodging-houses In the rear barely had
time to save their lives. so rapid Was the
spread OF the flames. Some miners, who
we're asleep at the time. had O very close
call and were glad to escape with their
lives.
INCIDENTS.
While the fire was raging il was re.
ported that man had lost his life in the
flames. 1t was said that be was seen to
be overwhelmed and fall in narrow pas
sage between the two buildings, bnt af-
ter the fire was over no human remains
were found. II was also reported that q
child, a little girl. was lost, who was sup
posed to have persisted In the flames.
This was probably child that was saved
by Pat Holland. He found little girl
on d street, where the beat and smoke
was suffocating. and carried her to q
house out of the range OF the FIRE. Pat
thinks the child would have persisted bad
he not found her, as where she was the
heat and smoke were quite overpowering.
John Sharley, a miner working in the
Consolidated Virginia mine, was horribly
burned. He was sleeping in q room ct
the Globe Hotel (bsing on the night
shift) and hearing q great commotlon
about the house. got up and looked out
to see what was the matter. Finding the
house on fire, he returned to his room
for the purpose OF saving trunk con-
tanning his clothing and money. When
he got to the door Of his room with his
trunk he found the fire upon him. and
the only chance he had to save his life
was to rush out through the hall. which
was filed with smoke and fame. He
placed his hands over his face and
dashed through the fire. The hair was
nearly burned of his head, his whiskers
were singed of, and his face and hands
were burned to blister in every part.
As the flames were spreading through
the block, several men rushed ahead
through the houses in order to arouse
any miners that might BE- asleep in any
Of the rooms. In one room Of house
that was already on fire they found q
man lying stark naked on his bed. He
seemed stupe6ed, as though he had gone
to-. bed much intoxicated, and the only
way to save him was to pick him up and
carry him out, which was accordingly
done. When they got him out the man
who had him by the legs let go bis hold
When the fellows feet came upon the
hot ground he +" danced like a turkey, -
a. one Of his rescuers expressed it.
When the fire reached the dwelling Of
A. b. Thompson servant girl shut her.
self up in an upper room and had to be
dragged out and pushed down stairs.
Billy Hopkins, q young man lodging
at Miss O'Neils, although fully dressed
and awake, had 80 little time in which
to escape-he having delayed q short
time in the hope of being able to save
his trunk-that he was obliged to jump
out Of second-story window.
| After the fire was over it was curious
to observe the little damage that hai
been done to several OF the lower floors
Although all above was swept away
such a food OF water had been poured
into the buildings that the ground floor
were protected.
| In q Chinese wash.house, after the
fire was over, two or three tubs o.
clothes that had been left on the fool
were found as good as they had beer
left, not even being discolored. They
lost all the clothes that we're washed
and ironsd. the speed Of the FIRE being 8,
rapid that they did not have time I,
gather them up and carry them acros
the street,
The new water-works undoubtedly
saved the town; such, at least, is th
verdict OF all who saw the Are. But fol-
the hydrants and the ample supply o
water furnished by the mains, propert
to the value of q million of dollars O
more would have been swept away
Thus, in our first fire, have the ne,
works more than twice over paid TO
their construction. The total is abou
$40. 900; insurance about $4,000.