Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-30
s,axrAyEOUs COMBUSTION. OR
TuE VENGEANCE OF GOD!

rhs star Hosting works burned
!. the Ground and che shaft stfll
Bnrning.
Underneath these remarkable headlines,
se Cherry Greek News OF the Goth inst.
says:
Abou. hali-past 2 O'Clock Thursday af-
tarpoop q dense smoke was observed issu-
ipg from Star Hill, and it was at once APP
parent that either the hosting works or
clearinghouse were in flames. Watch
man Harris, whe was in town at the time,
Immediately mounted a horse and rode in
great haste 10 Star Hill. A team was
bitched up by several citizens who also
wen, up. The great black cloud OF smoke
that rose from the burning works told
plainly that the fire was we'll under way
before being discovered. When Harris
and Al. Bsa reached the works they we're
crumbling into cinders, and any effort 20
save them was out OF the question, there
being no water in the vicinity, and ever II
there had been, the fire had got so great q
star. that nothing could be done.
The impression OF those who first
reached the fire Is that il must have
started in the watchman's cabin. as that
vs entirely consumed, and then CON-
m~unieated 70 the works, the wind blowing
IN inst the right direction TO make such =
result easy OF accomplishment. Mr..
Harris left the Hill about 10 o'clock in
the forenoon for town, and says he had no
ire in bis cabin that morning. He be-
lsya, however, as does every one else,
that the origin Of the confiagration wal
purely accidental.
B! great exertiou on the part OF those
Who wen. up, Parker's clearinghouse was
saved, but about 500 cords Of wood, piled
ADJACENT TO the works, were consumed.
- Tseihirds Of this belonged TO Ben Miller
Md The balance TO Ceratino and another
lAiln. The boilers and machinery in the
hosting works are thought not to be seri-
0usly damaged, but ell the woodwork was
reduced 70 sshes, and worse Of all the shaft
unSers are likely to burn down to the
ssisf level, which is q little below the 400
foot.
since writing the above. Messrs. Harris
ild Hss have returned from the Hill,
saefe they we're sent by Mr.. Crocker to do
Nj 10 iheir power TO save the shaft from
iaf'her destruction. They report that at
soe tunnel level (360-foot) the heat was
70 siea! they could not go within so
!sfas Of The shaft. Falling rocks and
oouiaefs' red.hot, are coming down the
suai' and burning timbers falling with
saem' since the fire the water has risen
sons ~ 'ees, caused doubtless by the de-
S'ls q ine caving shaft. The destruction
.uu ABOUT the 800, or tunnel-level will
Jug greatest, as there wal q great deal
l0s,y ahd expensive timber work there,
.s.au,us chntes, etc. The loss under
- J ~ ~ greater than on top, and II seems
'ue general opinion that the damage
=, 'Lo VOTES and mine cannot be replaced
'ess snan $4,000. Whether the works
~ ny Insured or not. no one here seems 10
nv nv put 1t is most likely they we're.
.s .e otar company, by the mean and
10y course they pursued, invited dis.
b r, y snis sind' BY taking no precaution
dovr sus u. When the mine closed
An IA, o. a. any time since. an outlay Of
m, !, "0alo nave bulk-headed the shaft and
war. Osyond danger, even II the works
ldollss.oye out they would not spend
erty. " sa'e'y OF their prop
en,,s, lseiing here In regard to the oc-
ss., suee Is that 1t Is a very unfortunate
ina ,.-not that we care a continental for
sv,0s uses sustained by that band OF
psoni" 'ers, who uublushingly robbed
esrnsS Oa' oi thousands OF dollars of hard.
rsprs, money but for the feeling OF
dsstr' every good citizen has at the wsnton
thst , mo Of property. And we claim
iaul, ~ Of this loss was directly the
thew sool ~ owners, for the reason that
They viii h uu precautions to prevent IL.
this A., -"'' however, gain one advantage bv
win ass: When they start up Again .bey
win 10y y. DO hsmpered in their onerations
hois ,,s'Ae'y old machinery ana q gonhar'
ali anal vi shaft. They will have 10 begin
90 mnoh And II new men take the rains