Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-12
flRE lAs1 NIGHT.
The Gould q Carry Repe.Heuss,
ore Damp, Csrpssser hhsp, Etc
aurusd-cause, 1uoendIntism.

At 0 o'clock last evening the corpora.
ton bell OF Virginia gave . few faint
taps aud the fremsn went hastily down
toward the Gould & Curry hosting
works. A moment after flames burst
~furiously from the ropo.houss Of the
Gould 4 Curry mine. situated across D
stree. from the Bonner shaft and be.
tween the carpenter shop Of the works
and the blacksmith shop. The flames
spread very rapidly. and soon the rope.
house was on Ere Its entire length, and
the flames had been communicated TO
the upper portions Of the ors.dump and
TO both the aforementioned shops.
The Gould 4 Curry men made the
mistake OF attaching too many separate
pieces Of hose 10 the hydrants OF The
works, thereby decreasing the force OF
the streams turned on. As soon a. pos.
sibls the city attached on E street and
fought the flames from tbs east, and had
a good head OF water to help them, but
were unfortunately situated for getting
at the hottest OF the Are. Some have
condemned the management Of the fire
by MI. Pennison, but the writer, who
was early ON the ground. docs not see
how he could have done more. The
pitch In the rope room bad to burn out.
and carried the flames In an instant all
through the buildings. and nothing could
have prevented that. Then Nj. Psnni.
SON relied somewhat on the Gould Il
Curry men to fsht next the Bonner
shaft, and they fought well.
The result Of the Ore wss the general
destruction OF the buildings mentioned;
but their charrsd remains still stand a.
testimonials to the gallant var wagsd
by the fremen.
The buildings had been practically
abandoned by the mine and were q recsp.
tacls for such things q Superintendent
Pennoysr wished TO preserve, and for q
little lumber which was to DO out upinto
wedges, a. there was steam In the Bon.
uer shaft works to run two Root blowers
for air In the joint Con. Virginia,
Best & Beloher winzs, and laws in the
shops. This lumber was all saved. a.
also were all the SAW and machinery,
although the tops OF the buildings were
nearly burned Of. The real loss 10 est.
mated by Superintendent Pennoser at
less than $1,000, a. the buildings will
not be rebuilt. or course to rebuild
them would cost more money than that,
but being almost useless they were not
worth $1,000 10 the company.
The fire was doubtless the work OF an
incsndisry. The night Waterman was
in the works not Ave minutes before the
flames burst out. Hs says that every.
thing was quiet then and there was NO
sign Of any Are anywhere. The night
was still and mono could have come
from either the Bonner shaft or the
railroad which runs along east OF and
under the orehouss. His theory 10 that
he was watched and that a. soon - he
left the works the torch was applied to
the ropsroom with the intention Of hav-
ing the tar and pitch spread the flames,
Just % they did. The buildings were
trsd Just as they had been abandoned
a. workshops and then used a. store.
houses for sloh things a. were worth
preserving. As they were not allowed
to DO torn down and carried OF they
were burned down In order to make
plumber Of the debris left. This II the
opinion Of those best fitted to judge.