Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-14
Investigatingt the Rockford
COurt-H House Disaster.
AN EXTENSIVE CONFEDERATION IN
BROOKLYN. NEW YORK.
General News Items from Washing.
ton City.
lsrsciAL DsrArcHEs TO rur Coin nnL
DAILr NEwsl

fsrsat Opinions ~ TO who Was 10
blame.
CHICAGO. May IA Ti~o. Rockford
special says: The immensely Of tho horror
hourly grows upon the minds Of eur citi-
cons, and indignation increases 10 q tor
rent which will not be checked until the
blood Of the victims Of Yesterdays disas-
ter 10 avenged by the punishment Of those
ON whose heads II rests. workmen have
labored steadily amid dangers since yes
terJay noon. but have made no Roadway
since last night in uncovsring the bodies.
| Peck, one Of the wounded, died this morn
ing in Undesirable sgonies. Harris has
had his left leg %amputated and Ia doing
we'll. Young Pipe was buried to-day and
| Flannigan will bs buried from 81. James
/ Catholic Church tomorrow. The other
| victims have been sent TO Springfield for
| intsrment. Tho have organized
| and are acting as Angolso Of mercy TO the
| injured. Hollcnbeck still lies beneath tho
| ruins. Ho was much esteemed. Fred.
| Hough lies buried with him. An ugly ru-
NOR prevails that Supervisor Fabrick IL
among the lost.
Henry L. Gay arrived this morning. and
has been bpsily examining the Court.
house all day. lie goes To Chicago to-
night TO secure his plans and specifca-
| tions. Ho refuses 10 make any statement
and charges the catastrophe on nobody.
| but said he courted q searching invsstiga-
/ ton by the Coronor's Jury. His friends
saw tho projecting wall was built Of brick,
which Is easily crushed under n heavy
| weigh. and not Of mortar. which Is vastly
| stoutor. and that this was done In defiance
| Of the specifications. Various reports Of
| the causes are IN circulation, and tho
| friends OF tho contractor and architect
| present the two sides, but the principal
parties are very rcticent.
Hundreds OF people have come on TO
witness the horrible sight to-day. and the
streets are now t~hrougel. The vicinity Of
| tho Courthouse 10 black with curious
| and interested humanity. n tho tele-
| graph Offices are the scenes Of sorrow and
| romance. The negro, Donnelly. Is the
| wonder Of the town. lie jumped 10 feet
10 avoid the fall. and struck all in q heap
| In q pile OF ashes. The ~bystandors, sup
| posing him killed. were amazed Ia see him
| get up walk in q dazed sort OF n way 10 a
| water trough, wash his face and bind up q
| slight scalp wound. The wife Of Flanni-
| gan, the man who died In o like attempt
to jump. has been In 4 fainting fit most Of
tho timo since.
All the wounded are reported doing well.
| The memorial services to. morrow even
| ing will be most impressive. Subscrip-
| tons for the relations VI the deceased are
| coming In rapidly.
A man named Bosriman Is missing. and
at q late hour tonight is believed to be
beneath the ruins.
RocKFoRD. ILL.,. May 1.-Two more
bodies were taken u ofithe ruins OF the
Courthouse yesterday. They were the re-
mains Of A. L. Hollenbeck and Frederick
Paugh, but we're so terribly crushed, man
glsd and dismembored as TO be unrecog-
nizablo and sickcning to tho sight. The
memorial services last night were attended
by an immense audience. Addresses were
made by Professor Vaudeville and others.
A fund Of about 81 500 was raised to aid
the families Of the deceased, and sums are
coming in from other cities.
Extensive Coufingrstion i0 brook
Iya. n. Y.-Oti Works lRurusd.
New YoRK. May ia fire which lasted
all day yesterday and Destroyed about $780,
900 worth Of property. broke out at 10
o'clock this morning in Brooklyn. in
Campbell 4 Thaysr's oil works. The
building was si1 stories high and occupied
| half . block. A Waterman, on discovering
| the flames. gave the alarm and the en-
| gineer Of the building, with several work
men. were quickly on hand and attempted
| 10 attach hose and quench the flames, but
| without avail. Tho police alarm was
sounded and the Fire Department prompt
ly responded. while second alarm brought
| reinforcing d~etachmsnts. The flames rap
| idly spread and soon reached the sixth
| story. The block on which the fire occur
red is bounded by Water. Washington,
| Front and Main streets. Adjoining 1t Is
a considerable number 81 small stores and
tensmeuts. A large brick factory, owned
by Campbell h Thayer, on Front street
was connected by oil tanks with the main
| buildings. by means Of these tanks the
| fire was communicated to two near build
| ings. and when II seemed probable that
| the fire was thoroughly under control, II
| suddenly famed forth more fnrionsly than
| ever, About 4 o'clock In the afternoon
| the fire broke out In the adjoining building
ON Front street. The flames spread so
| rapidly that the firemen were compelled
| 10 fall back. ami by : o'clock nothing but
| the walls Of the building remained. The
| ccupaut Of the tenemsnts rushed into
| the streets, where their furniture had been
| burriedly piled up. These houses escaped
| injury. Frank Holten. \ fireman, to cscape
from 4 dangerous position. jumped from
| the roof Of the Front street building 10 an
| adjoining house. q distance Of % feet. The
fall injured his back seriously. and he was
| taken to the City Hospital. The Superin-
| tendent for Campbell 4 Tlayer says that
| I'm the Water street building there wero
| "a, 900 gallons Of oil in casks on the floors
and 5000 gallons Of oil in tanks In the
| c.llar, There WAS also about $4,000
worth OF linsoei oil in the cellar, and the
press and machinery in the building we're
| vslusd at $50, 900. In tho small building
and in the rear there were $4,000 worth
Of machinery and So. 900 worth Of oil.
In the upper door 81 the building there
were 81, 800 worth Of stock, and In another
building there were $4,000 gallons Of oil
and 800, 900 worth Of machinery. II the
upps floors Of this building there were
$1,000 worth Of stock. The damage to tho
building on Water street Is $4,000; 10 the
small buildings. $4,000. In the Front
street building there were 100000 worth
Of linseed oil. $50, 900 worth Of machinery.
30, ZOO gallons Of oil, and $4,000 worth Of
other material. The loss on the building
10 about $50. 900. The total insurance AZ
gregates about 500, 1000.
Msthodism.
BALTIMORE. May l3.-At the Convention
OF the Methodist Church this morning
there was appointed a conference commit
tee to consider . basis Of the proposed re-
union and TO consult with q similar COM
mittss to 10 appointed by the Methodist
Protestant Convention. The Convention
then adjourned till evening. At the
Methodist Protestant Convention tho Com
mittse on Credentials reported that they
were unable to decide a. to who was cnti-
tied to the vacant seat In tho North Caro-
lima delegation. After an excited debate q
motion to seat one Hunt was defeated by .
close vote. A motion to seat Harris was
debated without decision. Adjourned till
evening. Nothing WAS done in the even.
ing convention except tho admission OF
Hunt.
Religious Intelligsnee.
Cv.y, vxrox NAV ll.-DHy DIR. Moore,