Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-07-07
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DETERMINED MEN.

INDIVIDUAL EFFOR rs o
DETERMINED MEN.
Revised List OF Losses and Kn-
The morning after the fire, the
blocks which had been swept by
the flames presented discourag.
ing appearance to property owners
The fire had cut everything down
on the French Hotel block, except
Kitzmeyer's brick building and
Collins law Office. The walls Of
both were standing, but the inter
Tors were cleaned out. The trees
and shrubbery about Collins Of
fee were black and shriveled, and
some burned nearly to the ground.
The other block was swept nearly
as clean. Chedic's grocery store
being Of adobe, was still standing
and also few sheds in the rear of
the block. The rest Of the space,
like the block across the street
was literal stretch of ashes, with
here and there a chimney or a
water pipe to vary the monotony.
The streets in the rear were strewn
with household furniture OF all
descriptions, and in front were hun
dreds of feet of ruined hose, burned
with the fire and rent with the
water.
THE HARD-WORKED FIREMEN
Who had faced the flames nearly
all night, were in many instances,
still in the street, gathering up the
remnants of their hose and other
parapharanalia, but most Of them
worn out with the long struggle,
were getting a needed sleep. The
conduct of the 6remen all through
the fire, was in the highest degree
eomnendable.
When they realized that water
was not to be had, except in limited
quantities, they did not shirk from
their duty, and for three hours,
these wcaried men, with faces black
with smoke, clothes torn and sat
urated with water, aud hands stiff
fened with over-work, stood by
their hose, and made a fight, which
At times seemed fruitless. At first,
there was hardly enough water to
reach more than twenty feet beyond
the nozzel of the hose, but when
the water was finally turned on, the
rotten pipes could not carry the
70 ce, and burst every few mo-
ments. The firemen would quickly
uncouple the damaged length Of
hose, and have the stream on again
In few minutes, or wrap the
small breaks with cloth and cord.
and keep up the work. During the
entire fire, not single man was
seen to evade his duty On one oc-
caslon, the men of the Swift steam
er were compelled by the heat to
abandon it, but the instant the fire
slackened. they rescued the engine
and 500" had it working again.
INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS.
The cil,zens calamity seconded |
tie 6remen and every man worked
with determination. Governor
Adams took of his coat and worked !
like Trojan at the hand engine
for nearly an hour. H. NJ. Yerine-
ton sent the l +. James along the
freight track with 1000 feet of
hose, and along with D A. Bender
helped to man tue trucks and en-
&ines.
NJ. O'Hara procured a ladder and
when found that it was too short
threw q wire oyer q chimney and
scaled the roof of the bank, where
with squad Of men, whose names
ene APPEAL could not learn, he
worked Tor two hours drenching
the root with water furnished from
Oliver Roberts house over Keyser
& Elrod's. Judge G. N. Harris,
along with Johnny Morris and
George Stewart kept up the work
on the roof Of the State Printing
Office, and Judge Harris ext;n.
aaished the fire on the roof ~
Witherell's house, which caught
from the cinders from across the
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