Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-11

The people Of the Comstock have me
with many disasters BY wind and fire
bat never sustained o worse blow thar
that Of last night. The wind'storu
commenced gathering its forces early II
the day. but until nishtfall contsntet
itself with skirmish duty only-suoh ~
annoying people BY throwing dust ant
gravel stones In their faces and into thsil
mouths, whiskins Of their hats, ant
covering them with dirt, etc. But
Al the q won't down II was plair
to be seen that there was mischief
In The wind. II became squslly. Il
had q plasuy way Of keeping quiet ant
then jumping with full force agsinst
threatened point or person. Sometime,
n had q terrible coms-down, a. though
stuffed club had been swung BY giant
arms and with full force directly upon
the head.
Az a consequences. people did thsil
doinss as quickly n possible and hurried
home. By the time 1t was we'll DARK
scarcely q man was to bs seen abroad.
Those who were caught out were com
PEELED, as the gusts came sweeping BY.
to dodge into Railways and behind cor.
ners and into secure places, and wait TIL
Q calm came before proceeding. Al
times perfect stiffness reigned except
that the roar Of the tempest was heard
away Of. resembling the rumble OF dis.
tant thunder. The next minute tons Of
dirt and gravel would be grabbed up and
hurled about In all direction with such
violence a. to cut the skin, and In such
abundance that street lamps could no.
be seen ten feet away.
Most OF the fences, outhouses, chin.
neys and stovepipes on the Comstock.
ss well as the buildings. have been tried
and severely tried. and pronounced
weather proof; but last evening boards
Hsw about. stovepipss aud old tin cans
tumblsd and grumbled along the streets,
shutters banged, awnings let 60 their
hold, outhousss we're overturned, chin.
neys went down, windows were blown
In and the air was allied with missiles OF
all descriptions. all hustled and hurried
about In direful confusion. 1t was.
indeed, Q terrible time. And the worst
Of II was that the storm kept up its
furious attack on moveables all night
long. There was no sleep to be had,
and there vas very little consolation In
lying awake.
This morning. News representative
was abroad early. He found on South
Howard street. Virginia. three fences,
three s~tovepipes, one clubhouse and q
chimney demolished. On reaching b
street It was found that the wind had
been more violent there than further up
the mountain.
At the Water Company's ONCE q
chimney had .toppled over. The wind
caught a flying brick, hurled 1t through
Q plate. glass window. caused 1t to
ricochet along the counter and indent
the floor beyond. The counter was also
cut by the broken glass.
The chimney on the house OF Warren
]. Sheridan went down with . crash.
His family were terribly frightened and
did not know whether to take to the
street or stay in doors. expecting the
house to 90 I've with the next gale.
They expressed much sympathy for the
wife Of W. @. Thompson, next door,
who had been confined yesterday.
Judge Of their surprise when daylight
came to learn that their chimney had
broken In the whole roof Of n side Of
the front part OF Mr.. Thompson's house
and literally demolished the parlor and
about everything In II. Mrs. Thomp-
son is doing well and sustained the
shock wonderfully.
Further north on B street windows
were broken. fences blown down and the
usual mischief done. but minute men.
ton il impossible. The international
Hotel waved considerably In It's upper
stories and had one window blown In.
On G street signs and shutters and
awnings we're the p~laythings Of the
storm. The shingles Of the roof Of the
VIM. Tell House were torn of till nearly
all the south slope was bare. Per.
haps the heaviest operation on @
street-and IL would be impossible to
particularizs O. to all the doings OF the
storm-was the lifting OF the entire side.
walk, posts and all, for ninety feet 10
length west OF the Fourth Ward school.
house and setting It two feet into the
street. The stills OF the walk were firm.
ly imbedded in the wall. but the whole
framework was terribly racked and
warped. A length OF the solid fence
south OF the building was blown down
and the rest thrown out Of plumb. A
piece OF rock as big a. q goose.egs was
blown through the window into one Of
the lower sohool.rooms.
On D street neal Taylor the gable end
OF Meadows paiAtshop was blown of
and hurled into the street. In other
places the usual disturbances were made.
S~tovspipes from the east ends Of the Q
street buildings were frequently found
suspended by their wires, lying on the
roofs or in the yards.
Ono Of the flying buttresses Of the
Catholic Church was hurled into the
street q ruined mass.
The Chronicle Office had a window de-
molished.
Fences out at the cemetery were
thrown down without regard to the rest
OF the sleepers there.
The foregoing will give an idea Of
the fury Of the gale. It was no tornado
simply q washoe zephyr on an all.
night tear.
The members OF the Virginia Fire De.
partment we're not allowed . moments
sleep all night. Chief Rush was about
at all hours and had Monumental No. 9
and 1000 feet OF hose there ready for
q run. At the Corporation House he
had an extra cart and horse harnsssed,
four extra men on hand and 500 feet OF
extra hose. At many OF the hoisting
works the hose was unreeled and at.
tacasd ready for instant use. Fortu.
nately all these precautions were not
needed. a
Gold Hill ID much moro sheltered Than
Virginia, hence escaped much OF the
fury Of the blast. No damage to amount
to anything was done, yet the wind was
ysmpsnt and made plepty Of clatter. 30