The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-02-22

The Residence of william Lloyi: de-
strOysd by Fire.

ed by the dread cry of 'fire" which rang
ont on the chill mid .night air. 1t was
discovered that the house occupied by
VIM. Lloyd and family and the stable be-
longing to James Price located on Cot.
ton avenue, were a seething mass of
flames. The families occupying the
house belonging to VIM. Lloyd escaped
with barely the clothing which they had
on, checks, money and household goods
being consumed by the fiery elements.
The stable, horses and ck-board, the
property of James Price, were also con-
sumed before anything could be done.
The first alarm was given by Master
Gene Goodrich. who being sick. was up
during the night. Although the wind
was blowing at terrific rate and was
very cold he ran down the street with
blanket wrapped around him, to give the
alarm, which was promptly responded to
by the brave laddes of the Fire Depart
ment. After arriving at the place of con-
fagration they were considerably delayed
by having to dig the fire plug out of the
snow, besides being handicapped by the
Inconvenience of the location of the water
supply. by the time the hose were in
working order the flames had complete
possession of the house and stable, but
by heroic labor the boys succeeded in con-
filming it to those buildings and thereby
preventing its spreading, although the
wind was blowing it up against and bad
ly searching other buildings in the imme.
date neighborhood
The boys deserve great credit for their
good work and gallant conduct and
should receive more encouragement from
the business men of Phoebe in their laud.
able enterprise to furnish protection to
the city against the ravages of fire. But
for their timely efforts the town would
in all probability be mass Of charred
and smoking ruins.
This is the first fire Of any consequence
which has occurred in the past eight or
nine years, and it was very fortunate
that it proved no worse.
Rumors are rife as to the cause of the
fire. Some being of the opinion that it
"sas in cendiary while Others think it &C.
idental. An examination of the burnt
premises however, and the adjoining
building, shows pretty clearly that the
fire resulted from the careless habit of
dumping ashes in corner of the fence
but few feet distant from the rear part
OF the house. This was the custom as
shown by the large pile of ashes accum-
ulated there.
Mr.. Lloyd had purchased the property
only few weeks previous from Mr.. Ed
win Price. The loss is about 81 900 and
no insurance. This falls quite heavily on
the owner A subscription was taken
up on Monday and about 500 raised
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The party given by the Quadrille Band
in Browns Hall on Valentines night was
well attended and every body seemed to
enjoyH themselves. The distribution of
the Valentines at / o'clock caused much
merriment. Miss Maggie O'Connor re.
cieved the prettiest lot of Valentines and
was awarded the ladies prize,
"A handsome pin) and Mr. Fred Davis
carried off the gentlemens prize with the
arge number of G2 comics.
The COMMENTATORS at the Reduction
Works started up Tuesday afternoon and
are running along smoothly. They are
running on Half Moon ore and the con.
centrates are of high grade. There is
enough ore on hand to keep the concen-
''a'ors running steadily until the Com
pahy commences hauling ore again from
the Half Moon.
The Supreme Court of Nevada has
oraered that the fifteen days" time,
"'''''n which petitions for rehearng shall
DC presented, shall commence to run
r""''oaCioh OF the opinions and de-
e'Slohs In the Territorial Enterprise,
"a'iy newspaper published in Virginia
City, Nevada"
controller Hallock's report for 1889
SHOWS That in net amounts paid into the
osa'e treasury by the several counties
"ashoe heads the list with $43, 1888 90,
while Eiko comes second with $4O,S7S
o. The smallest amount, s3, 1874 %, is
PAID by Lincoln county.
Notice of application for patents to
Tue Appleton, Harrison and Centennial
Lodes, situated in Pahranagat Lake min
ing district appears in this issue under
New To day,
sunday night the wind was 40 high