Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-18
BATTLE OF THE JAk ES.
Two HOSE COMPANIES JOIN IN DEADLY CONFLICT
AN AQUEOUS COMBAT WITH Elkn BUTTS
this wARRRNs DEFkAr TEE CURRYs
EXCITING SCENES

EXCITING SCENES
Night before last the members OF the juve
nile hose companies of the Warrens an
Currys had lively scriin q .se al the fire
fought peculiar and interesting battle. bic
was witnessed by large number of de!ighte
spectators. After the companies reached the FIR
blaze and the Warrsns were obliged to con
| meet with Que near Gen. Clarke's house Til
| Warrens then borrowed $50 feet of the Curr
! hose after which both companies tackled TIL
| eonhagration vigorously. Presently little
spray from one company fell on the other.
ally squirt was sent back, and in few seconds
the Warrens getting pretty lively dose from
their RIVALS, turaed their sGreaf.a full in upon
the Curry men and washed them off the low
roof Of the burning building while howl o.
delight rose from the crowd surroundins the
Gre
Tak PUN BEGINS.
The Carrys collected their men aud the
two companies closing up within Fifty YARDS
of each other now lDined battle in earnest
The Warrens had $50 feet of noss and the Cur,
rvs 250 feet and although the former had "a long
distance to bring their water, it had a higher
fall and when the two streams sho: from their
respective nozzes, their force waa about even
After little sparing the Warrens planted 4
stream in the breast of the foreman Of Cnrrys
IL, Hal
his company. The unserrifed butt holders of
the Curry hose then knocked two of their
opponents out of time with shout Of Keno"
at which the two companies, drenched
again from each side of the building, played
a. each other through the gaping timoers OF
the house, which luckily by this time had
almost ceased to burn.
A TKRRIBLR rUssRL.
The Currys charged straight into the house
aud by y sudden attack drove the Warrens
pel NEIL out of the other side by sheer force
Of onset. In this scrimmags, which lasted
about a minute, the Air WAS filled with pieces
# chsrred rafters, bushels of red hot cindors
md flying actions of plaster, to say nothing
If sixty gallons of water a minute drepchipg
,verything When the Warrens wers forced
Oh, the building they tnmbled through the
awning assures of the siding like drowning
ats and seemed glad to get cut.
HOSE AT LARGE. |
Meanwhile the abandoned hose twisted and |!
,pped hike sea serpent and showerea The !
pectaturs, who fed in all directions The !
orce of the water seemed to give life to the |
lose, and the thing actually lodged, turned !
nd doubled Oh itself with an apparently |
un,an instinct 1t rolled up TO-: zoo feet like
rattle snake coiling for spring, and then
he head shooting forward again. chased one
f the spectators around the corner untll IL
cached its length and the man barely escaped. .
While the hose was pausing for Wlnd-it
ldnt want any more water-some of the
iarrens stole up and threw themselves in
ody on the nozzle, and having secured it, re-
ewed the attack.
THE FINAL CHARGE.
The Warrens, determined to wipe out
le!r defeat, hurled themselves against
e Cnrrys with vengeful look taa, meant
lslness. The Currys, taken by surprise, had
10 nozzle holders knocked clean off their
ct, and becoming utterly demorelized, lost |
ntrol of their artillery and were secured out
the building amid crazed yells from the
ovid and hearty slogan of victory from their
ponen,s. About this time an emssary from
ch company cut off the others water supply,
d their ammunition being exhausted, the
0 companies retreatsd from the field and
altered for their homes to get Oh some dry
,thes. The Warrens now assert that they
u clean out any company on earth that car
3 an inch and half nozzle. The Currys
= that the cheek of the Warrens in borrow r
, $50 feet of their hose to wet them down
tn is unprecedented In the annals of fires
GRANTS REcoLLECTIoNs OF CARSON 1t is
d that the big dinners eaten by General