Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-29
FInE AND DISTRESS.
Family Burnt oat Of House end
Home = NeighborIy Assistance -
HeartfeIt Thanks.

Last Monday morning, shortly be-
fore O'Clock, the fire alarm sounded
IN response to a dense smoke and
flames that issued from somewhere
above Jerry Ahearn's corral in the
south end OF town. II proved TO be
the stockade and frame building
owned and occupied as residence by
Joseph Kopp, a teamster, and his
family, hard working, respectable peo-
pie. MIR. Kopp was absent on his way
home from TEN Pahute. The family
were still in bed, Miss Mary, the oldest
daughter, a young girl Of Is years,
awoke shortly before 8 O'Clock and
was surprised at the intense heat in
the bedroom. She arose and opened
the door Of the kitchen, which was
all in a blaze. She quickly reused her
mother and got her younger sister and
brothers out Of the house. The two
older girls then returned and got their
mother, who was in a perfect frenzy
OF excitement, out of the burning
building. Here the mother and Miss
Mary, both with hair singed by the
devouring element, fell fainting in
front OF the house, and in that condi-
tion, all in their nightclothes, they
were found by Felix Schmitt, brewer
in the employ of Charley Lauten-
schlager. Mr.. Schmitt resides with
his little family across the way from
the scene OF the fire, in a cozy little
house that is surrounded with all the
comforts that are usually enjoyed by
people OF the middle class, and to
this he escorted the distressed family,
and giving them in charge of his wife
to the fire to fight the
flames. Several persons
had assembled to help to save the
and furniture, but without
avail. II was some time before any
water could be had, and then only
after procuring additional hose it was
attached TO that at Lautenschlager's
brewery, but too late to do any good.
House, furniture and clothing were
totally destroyed. Poor old Mrs.
Dolan, who resides in cabin only a
lew steps away, and lives by keeping
1 couple OF COWS and selling milk, was
by George Bliss, and fright
sned almost out of her wits. She saved |
her stable and homely residence by |
irawing water out OF well and |
them. She also assisted |
ler distressed neighbors in all that
she could until she was almost COM
Dletely worn out. She was in fact a |
bit OF heroine, and rejoiced that no |
ives we're lost and that her shanty |
vas saved. How the fire broke out |
,annot even be surmised. There had |
been no fire in the cooking stove since |
sunday afternoon at o'clock. When |
Miss Kopp opened the kitchen door,
he flames appeard to have started |
rom near the table on the side Of the |
-oom opposite from where the stove |
Itood. Mrs. Ed. Leventhal, the
natron at the hospital, and her oldest |
did all that they could in
he way OF neighborly kindness, and
rs soon as the distress was know in
own a collection was taken up by |
Messrs. Sadler, HUI, Joannes and
Ford which was generally responded
o. Several ladies sent assistance in
he shape OF clothing. etc.
Mr.. Schmitt, we regret 10 say,
trained his back severely while get
ing trunk out of the house, which
contained nothing but
ome PICTURES and other trifles.
Mrs. Kopp desires to return her
heartfelt thanks to the citizen who so |
lfolnptly and kindly assisted her and
Ter children in the hour Of their |
lisfress.