Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-10
AN UGLY FIRE.
TWO HOTELS BURNED AND TIE
INMATES BARELY ESCAPE.

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Noble Work by the Fire Depart.
ment-The Town Saved by Their
Splendid EffOrts-The LOsses-In.
cidents Of the COnfiagratiOn. Etc.
Yesterday morning, between 5 and 6
o'clock, q fire broke out in one of the rooms
of the Cosmopolitan Hotel owned by J. Van.
derlieth, caused, it is presumed, by a lamp
left burning by a laborer, who had turned
a short while before from the night
{s4ift. This is what some say; others
claim that ashes thrown into the back yard
caused the trouble. When discovered the
flames had got too far under Roadway to
be arrested. In a few minutes Wander
lieth's building was in a mass Of flames,
which, a little later, extended to Pat. Nc
Elroy's Bureau Hotel. A little later the
two buildings, and the small restaurant
building between them, were burning
fiercely and with terrific heat. Fortu-
nately there was hardly and wind blowing.
The fire department were promptly on
the scene, and never did they, or any
other tiremen, ever work harder or more
nobly. They etrove to confine the fire to
the buildings named. This they accom-
plished by keeping wet down the buildings
on both Sides. The Sam Harp wash house
and another small building in its rear
caught on fire from the heat a number of
times. Between these and Vanderlieth's
the firemen manfully stood their ground,
the heat being so great as to almost broil
the skin. Though protected somewhat by
wet blankets thrown round them, the
heat they had to endure must have been
extreme. Their heroic labors were re-
warded with success. They gradually
subdued the fire and quenched the flames
on the north building, and kept Abadie's
building on the south from catching afire.
At one time it was feared that a small
house opposite McElroy's, on the west side
of Main street, would break out in flames,
but it was wet down several times and
saved from burning. Had it eau ,ht the
fire would have ragged on both sides of the
street, aud there is no telling where it
would have stopped.
All the iremen did splendid work, as
well as a number of citizens who are not
members of the Department. Too much
cannot be said in praise of these gentlemen
for their noble and disinterested labors.
Mr.. Vanderlieth's losses are estimated at
50, 900, partly covered by insurance in the
following companies: Watertown, $500;
La Confiance, 500; Teutonia, $500; New
Orleans Association, $500; st. Paul, 800;
making a total of $500. His net loss is
SIS, 200.
Mr.. McElroy's losses are put down at
$12, 600, insured as follows: On building,
La Confiance, 81 200; Fireman's Fund,
| 81, 200; London and Lancashire, $500;
Watertown, 81, 900. and City of London,
50, 900; on furniture, ETC., 50, 600 in the
Lyon of London, making altogether IS, 900;
net loss, 81, 900.
INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE.
Mrs. O'Brien barely escaped from the
Bureau Hotel with her life. She had
hardly come dow the stairs to the ground
floor when they fell down in flames. She
and the other members of the. family got
out in their night clothes, and lost every
thing. They we're in bed and knew moth
ing of the fire until the building was
wrapped in flames.
Miss Nellie O'Brien lost jewelry worth
from $500 to $500.
Ed. Vanderlieth ran over from W. w.
Bishops house, where he was sleeping,
and went into his room taking with him
a pair of pants that had two bits in the
pocket instead of the pair he went after,
| which contained 500 in coin. He could
not go back after he discovered the mis-
take and his money was lost.
He and young Ladd lost a fine library
which they had together.
Jacob Vanderlieth went to the ruins
after the flames had subsidized and, at last
| accounts, was successful in recovering
| $3.50 in coin that had been much defaced
and melted out Of shspe, but still good
metal.
Chas. Z. Allen rushed out with a trunk,
but the fire got after him SO briskly that
he had to drop it. He stood of in the
cool and saw it consumed.
Mrs. Thos. McGoyern, the bride OF only
a few days, lost her entire trousseau.
McGovern II Gormsn had most OF their
horses run out of tho livery stable and
tied to everything that oama handy on
| Atlas Hill. The rest were turned loose
and left to shift for themselves.
Ben. Saunders, Esq, barely escaped be-
ing burnt up alive. He said he could not
get his cork leg on. Being asked why he
did not get out on the other leg. he said he
supposed he must have been excited, as he
never thought of that.
Jackson says he thought another confla-
grafton had come upon the Irish, and he
moved much of his chattels behind the
1 SouTtuousc. ."-
A pile of cedar wood was ignited By
sparks from the fire In VIM. Arrington's
back yard. which kept him in exercise to
suhdne.
Some empty sacks piled up in the rear
of Mau's brewery caught fire in the same
way, but were put out with buckets OF
water.
Tom Short stood in like a Major, being
among the first at the fire, and he got both
hands burned.
Judge Rives worked all the breath out
of himself, and is wearing an oil plaster
on his neck and face.
The Cinnamon in Sam Hops laundry
are in despair. They took all their dirty
linen up to the " Lichmon'" works and
now they can't tell what to do with the
same when washed and ironed out, as they
know not to whom the clothes belong.
j. D. Page of White Pine, awaked by
the fire alarm, went to take a dose of med
ieine, but got hold of the wrong bottle
and took a strong pull of liniment. He
did not go the fire.
A MISREPRESENTATION.
Acting upon a request from a gentleman
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