Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-13

ueIsrrse woRKs OF raE HALE
4 HOHCROss BU8NED,

0VmS8Oo8 o0e8De
Ne. An aaveA-Ths Msehissvy Bss
siishsly Damaged -shsn Unis.
iu.ea-shs Wa r Of Rsessssrae-
Siss-Lsss Lees Thas e5e,eoo.
At 7:20 last evening FIRE was disoov-
cred In the hosting works Of the hale
& Norcross. and before It could be eI-
tinguished the buildings very nearly
consumed.
The Are originated In the partition be-
tween the boiler room and the main
building. at . point where there was
li..l. space between the boilers and the
PARTITION. The men on the surface i'm
msdistely e~ndsavorsd to put the ars out.
but In this were unsuccessful. The
flames shot up with the greatest rapidly.
and ct onoe swept beyond control.
Superintendent D-idssh.imsr reached
the works early and ct once ordered Q
man to be lowered TO notify the miners
on the 2i00 aud 2l00 levels that the
works were burning aud TO make their
.scape through the connection On the
2400 level with the Chollar-N orcross.
Savage shaft. which they all did In
safety, reaching the surface about $50.
The wind was last evening blowing 1t
n fearful rate and when the whistle
sounded the alarm the are had already
reached we'll up toward the top OF the
partition in which II originated. The
Virginia Department responded imme.
diatsly a. did the citizens generally and
soon three streams were pouring In upon
the flames. By this time. however, the
heat had become 90 great and the mass
Of lsms 90 furious that the water turned
to vspor and actually fed instead OF put
ting on. the Are.
The sesthing bell inside the works
soon found sn outlet through the vsnti.
lstor. There were 20 many openings to
the works. and the main building was
90 hollow that air rushed 10 from all
sides and the flames whirled aud made
Roadway a. rapidly against the wiod a.
with It.. Then Monumental Engine %.
put In an appearance and got on Q
fourth stream. At this time some little
hradwsy was made against the hre. II
was. however, bat temporary.
Then came Lib~rty's boys from Gold
Hill With their lively jumper, drawn the
whole distance by hand and on . run.
Under the direction OF Nick Sexton.
Gold Hills Chief. they soon connected
and had . stream on the carpenter shop,
which stood at the southeast corner. and
into which the flames we're eating their
way ravenously. Their efforts 90 ably
seconded those Of the Virginia arsnsn
that the flames began to weaken.
There remain OF the works this morn.
ing q portion Of carpenter shop. the
charred posts and walls OF the structures
and nearly all OF the boilsr.houas. The
gallows frame stands and holds its
sheaves, bat 10 10 oharred and spoiled.
Tie cables, too. are broken and ruined.
The shaft 10 wholly u~nipjured. and there
being o strong upcast through IL which
was increased BY the FIRE. no gas or
smoke went down into the mine.
The greatest apprehension was felt
last night. after the men were safe. IN
regard 10 the machinery. II that was
ruined the loss would reach halt .
million dollars; II not, the damage would
bs comparatively small. An examine
ton today shows that the greatest dan.
~ 10 to the net work Of rods and
connections above and around the cylin.
dsrs and to some Of the cranks. The
asbestos covering to the cylinders OF the
pumping engine IL not burned, hence
these are probably unipjursd.
In the boiler room very little damage
10 done. The boilers are all In good con.
dition and OF the smoksstacks not more
than the one to the south will have to
come down. The steam ohambsrs are
uninjursd, but connections are broken.
At an early hour this morning men
were set at. work TO remove the ohsrred
,imbers and TO clean out the debris OF
the Are preparatory to reconstruosing the
works.
The Cou. virginia mlnlng'
ct opoe rendered TO the Hale 4 Noroross
Ito building and any other thing needed
from iis hosting works to rsai With. II
10 probable that the main structure. ct
least, will be moved over and set up ct
once. The Rallows frame will accom-
psny the works II Il Ats. and measure
ments are making to determine the faos.
Gables have already been sent for.
The real damage by the IRE Of last
night 10 placed BY no q new above
$50, 900 and by most ct from $26. 200 to
$50. 0O0. The sum will depend on the
amount Of repairs nsoessary to b done
to the machinery. Heat somstim.s
warps In places not diserrnsbls and u II
possible that the engines may require
overhsulipg.
Superintendent Deidssbsimsr contra
diets the report OF the origin OF the nrs
in the mems changing room and from
the explosion Of Q lamp. Candles only
and no lamps were used there. He
thinks the fury Of the night must have
caused flames to have Tapped from the
imam dooy of tina frst act Of boilers TO