Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-08
RsPEArs.

Ten years ago the widsawaks citizens
Of Gold Hirl united In one Of thsir char.
s~e,.risde.lly public spirited celebrations
OF our National Indspsndsncs annivsr-
ssry. They observed the great American
day in q peculiarly festive manner, with
plenty Of powder and Gags. . grand pro-
osssion In which . large Car Of State.
containing thirty.ssvsn little girls aPpfo-
prisseiy dressed. Who sang patriotic
sopgs - thsy passed along. and . lovely
oavalcsds Of young ladies in costume
representing the Territories. rode on
aay stssds In the advance. The sxsr-
cisss ct the Homestead. including ora
ton. poem. reading the Declaration,
music. singing. etc.. were nrst'rsts. the
fireworks In the evening on the Home
stead Z magnificent success, and the
Who'll. wound up at two o'clock the next
morning with . big are. vhish destroyed
the lower portion Of the town.
And now. ten years aitsrvard. the
programme 10 repeated powder. Gags.
procession. Grafton. poem. reading and
other appropriate exercises on the
Homestead. and . big Ars at two or
three o'clock next morning at the lower
part Of the town. Il 10 gratifying to
know, however. that the are on this
occasion was Of . considerably modified
character a. compared with that Of ten
years ago. destroying much less property.
In recalling the memories OF that nery
occasion. and the unisiliDsly patriotic,
public. spirited old timers and practical
heroes Who then composed the Fire De-
partmsnt Of Geld Hill. We may DO sI-
cused for rsvsrtins to n brilliant cpl
sods we'll remembered By all who were
present. The nrsmsn we're promptly on
hand, With two or three strings OF hose
attached to the hydrants along Main
street. impsiisntly waiting for the water
TO b turned on from the reservoir away
up In Bullion Ravius. But the man
stationed thrrs for that important duty
bad ben celebrating aud did not awake
until aroused BY . fireman who ran up
there. Meanwhile the adjoining houses.
all Of wood and dry - finder. we're burn
ing h.rcsly. and the lsspipg danes we're
srohine over the street and oommunica.
ding to the buildings opposite. The In.
oid.nt to which We refer. occurring at
this critical moment, IL related In
the GoLp HILL News Of the next day a.
follows:
BRILLIANT pAsH Tunoroz rHr I
Liberty engine was out and ready -
usual, and Chief McMartin gave orders for
her TO be run down to the reservoir back
Of the Gold Hill Brewery. bslow the Ore.
Il wss . long and dinicult Job to get her
around BY the steep and sidsling ousids
streets, and Foreman Putnam called for
volunteers to 20 with him and take the
machine down Main street directly through
the arching nsry hell. Sheriff Cummings.
Patrick Kelly and two others Immediately
sprang forward. and those I've brave fell
lows vent with . shout and . gallant rush
straight down through the fiamearched
street. The dssh was . daring and most
brilliant one. and they made the trip 10
safety. but every hero Of them got terribly
seorchsd. Putnam and Kelly. especially.
had thsir faces and nseks burned TO q
bllstsr. In . very few minutes. however.
they got "nrst water" on the Ore. check
ing Ia spresd In that direction.