Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-26
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Rsvslls Of Monday Of the cloud.burst
and nood which happened at Austin on
Sunday evening last we reproduce the
Tho greatest force OF the
water seemed 10 have been prscipitatsd
on Cedar ~ravins, the first ravins running
parallel on the north with the main can
yon In which Austin Is situated. Down
this ravine the water poured. making for
the main ravins at q point back OF the
residence Of n. d. Anderson. on Union
street. Through the lower part OF this
house the water rushed. coming In at the
back and passing out through tho front.
thence into Cedar street through Main.
A bank nj earth between Mr.. Andsnon's
residence and the Union lodging house.
next door. giving way. the water poured
through the break thus made into the
lodging house and was diverted from
Mr.. Andsrson's. At the time Of cur
visit TO the scene o stream OF water three
feet in depth was pouring through the
building. This house suffered the most
severely Of any In town. the ground fioor
being covered with sand and debris to
the depth Of over a foot and the furni.
turs well nigh ruined. Other rssidences
were invaded by the water and carpets
ruined and household utensils carried
of, but the total damage to the residence
portion OF the town amounts 10 o mere
soug. OF Main street the places most
affected by the flood were Price x
Reeds ceilAr-which was flooded, but
they succeeded In saving most Of their
goods there stored-and the Austin
Baths, into which there was a rush Of
water and sand. Taken altogether the
damage to private property will not
amount to $500. and the principal part
Of that il comprised In the lsss OF the
lodging house.
OF . fire whose results are dlstrsssing
TO those affected. the Sihxr Slate Of
Msnday has the following A note re-
ceivsd by Chamber Stage from But
tons ranch. on the Little Humboldt.
says that on last Thursday, about II
o'clock. q IRE caught In . corral uss,l
by anne Of the men employed on tho
ranch n q sleeping place. and spreal
rapidly. destroying about 100 tons OF
hay. some $1,000 worth Of wool. barns.
fencing. etc. The loss to Mr.. Button II
about $4,000. One Of the hired men
had $3.50 in gresnbacks and another
some $50 concealed In the hay. and are
losers TO that amount. A pile Of saee-
brush near the residence Of Nr. Button
caught fire from the sparks, but the
wind being favorable. the house was
The fire IL supposed to have
originated from matches dropped In the
corral by the men who slept there. as
there vas nobody around when the fire
broke out. This should be q warning
to people TO have no matches where the
suns rays can reach them. ~ they read
lily ignite this hot weather.
The Elko hiepsndeni Of Wednesday
says (; The shaft on the Falcon mine at
Rock creek has now reached . depth Of
q hundred feet. AMI samples OF ore taken
from the lead at that point are even
richer than those from the sixty-foot
level. where the win was frst struck In
the shaft. The samples referred 10 are.
both NJ 10 quartz and ore. identical with
that taken from the Great Eastern mine.
Lander Hill. In 1866. being almost solid
nniimonial silver. literally crimsonsd
with ruby.
The T~usesrora Times has this item :
Hans Thompson and Rob Rowland will
start q brewery at Crystal Spring. They
have rented the basement In Bacon's
stsns block. where they will be prepared
to furnish the finest foaming beer from
the Crystal Brewery. Hans will run
the brewery aud Bob will devote his At.
tention TO the mines.
There were two cases Of sun.stroko
at 0reana within the last week. One
vas G. 3. Leonard. who Wa no ovsr-
como by tho heat that be dropped down
senssless (; the other was Q Chinaman.
These are the first cases Of Blains's dis.
oass known 10 have occurred In this
part Of the country.
The Carson 7ifij1e says /: Tho all.
absorbing topic OF conversation among
our citizens for the past few days has
been the railroad strike In the East.
Nearly all express sympathy with the
strikers.
The Little Girls Band OF Carson left
yesterday for Lake Tahoe, where they
propose to give several concerts.
Mayor Bslknap. Of Virginia. was In
Carson yesterday.