Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-19

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SACRAMENTO. July 49, The railroad
company during the past few days has been
sinKularly unfortunate In losses by Dire.
Monday morning q ire At Msrysviile oc-
Cured ; Tuesday afternoon the sn~ew-sheds
two and q half miles east Of Emigrant Gap
caught frs aud were destroyed Tor isoo
feet. together with the track, and yesterday
Afternoon another snow-shed IRE occurred
about fiye miles east of Cisco, lAstlng Al
hour and q halt. and destroying lGOo fsst
OF shedding. two locomotives. and three
loaded cars. The debris Of Tuesdays fire,
ea.t Of Emigrant Gap, was cleared away
and a new track constructed In season Tor
trains 10 pass about Nj yesterday. AMI
ti,ey were thoreupon pushed forward a.
ispidly rs possible. The Overland express
And Virginia City express. west bound.
arrived here and consolidated at i:3O
waterway afternoon. The Overland
express which left hero Tuesday afternoon
got through 10 Truckeo fifteen hour iaIe'
and tho Virginia City train which leil sAc-
ramento Tuesday night reAched Trnekee
twelve hours behind time. Everything
had got into good working order Yesterday
afternoon, when abont half.past = announcer
nre alarm was sent In. and II wa Learned
that the confiagrAtion was just east Of tun'
mel No. 8, about fye miles east Of CISCO
and between Tsmarack and Cascades.
Freight train No. Z. which left Sacramento
Tuesday night going east, had pssseo
through the tunnel, and at . curve 2 lew
reds further on entered . cut aud
ran into . blazing snow.shed. IL they hAa
been going down hill Instead OF ASCENDING,
the greater portion OF tho train wouIu
probably have been piled up, ~ tho
head engine. probably In consequence
Of It's reaching some warped iron rnii
Jumped from the track and fell over upon
its side. aud both engines. tho train Law
ing tive attached Il ID M usual on the hill,
and three loaded cars. were burned. The
other cars. numbering 10, were cut loose
and saved. j. W. Hurlburt. one Of the
engineers, Was very seriously burned about
the face and hands. Schott, the fireman.
aud Henry Mayo. head brakeman. son oi
Ell Mayo, % this city. were also consider
ably burned. but not quite 30 severely.
They were placed upon . special train and
brought " the railroad hospital. arriving
here about I o'clock this morning. Rob.
srt Forbes wont mp from the hospital OIL
hearing Of the accident. met them at Alta.
and attended N them on their way down.
Tho Same train also brought 10 the hospi.
tai John Edwards. . telegraph rcpairrr.
who, while repairing the damage done by
Tuesdays fire, fell from . pole yesterday
morning and WAS dangerously Injured.
Az O a. possible after information VI
the fire WAS received. Q wrecking train was
dispatched from Sacramento and another
from Truckee 10 the scona Of the trouble.
TO which point all available men were hur-
risd. together with . quantity Of such ma.
teriAl - would be necessary In repairing
the track; but long before these trains
started the ire was being attacked on no
side by . fire train from Blue Cenyon. aud
on the other side by o train from the SUM-
nit. Master ~csr-builder Wslch and mAs-
ter mechanic Cooley went mp on the
wrecking train from this city. and train
dispatcher Robin. who was 81 the sum
mis- was quickly on hand 10 Ettsnd to bis
branch Of the business. The overland OK.
press and the Virginia City express on either
side VI the break will 10 consolidated
aud . transfer Of passengers will probably
b. made at the break. In which event the
west.Lound trains will 10 apt TO reach sac.
ramento by the middle Of the afternoon.
II they do not transfer. hut wait until q
temporary track Is laid their arrival will
not he much before dark. 4 special train
will probably leave for San Francisco via
Stockton on tho usual time this morning.
The origin Of The fire 10 o. yet unknown.
An examination OF tie MEETINGS OF the
OF the engines which passed through The
shed Last before the Ore was discovered
has been made and they were found TO he
all right.