Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-07-24
LIGHTNING RACES
on COMSTOCK
DURING STORM
HEAVIEST STORM IN SEVERAL
YEARS BREAKS OVER THE
coMsTock.

Virginia City was visited by a ser
les of lightning and rain storms last
evening, that broke with intense
force about o'clock and continued
intermittently throughout the even
ing till late into the night II was
one of the most severe experiences
with lightning and rain on the Com
stock for great many years.
The first storm appeared first on
the summit of the Como range. and
by freak current of air was swept
across the Dayton valley. up Gold
Canyon, and over Mt Davidson to
the Washoe valley. A second storm
appeared to the north and when the
two came together, there was some
thing doing over Virginia city. and
to the north all along the course Of
the Geiger grade. Strange as it may
seem not a drop of rain fell in Six
mile canyon below the Buffers plan
But the downpour in this city was
enough to make up for the deficien
cy elsewhere in the vicinity
Around Dayton, the flood was eS
treme. and the roads were badl.
washed.
Up Gold canyon. and at Silver Cit.
the highway was a veritable river
and the roads were very rough tC
day, with the top dressing reposin
4 in the Carson river
1t was over this city that the storr
spent its fury. lightning Dol
soon after Z O'Clock struck fus
block on the electric power line nea
E the county hospital and simultan'
ously all the lights in town were OF
in a flash The electric fluid wer
into the power house and blew OF
M fore the trouble was entirely straigh
a ened out at that point. The pumI
IL at the G. & c. shaft were out fC
IN short time, but were soon place
re in commission again. The ligh
an were switched on about town Sc
he eral times, but came on to stay abo
to 10 o'clock.
rs. Charlie Livingston reports a clou
burst, or its twin brother. in Il
canyon where the Pioneer laundry
situated, and a veritable bank
~ water came down from the hill
Frank Sullivan and Dan Heffer
~ were driving along the Double
III when the storm was at its heigl
oy They had an exciting experience
uu controlling their team
an The Ophir cyanide plant was sh
ne down for Is hours, but resumed
~ erations, no difficulty being expe
''e' enced in starting the wheels movil
Sp The V. & T. railway telegraph Ii
'ou was out of commission up to IL:
ers a. m.-Virginia City Chronicle.
zen The second edition of the ser
Of rain and lightning storms stru
the Comstock late yesterday aft
y noon, it's pathway this time GOV
ing the Six and Eeven-mile canA
am route
,ris The crest of the storm yester'
rod appeared to center over point
,lis the canyon on the Geiger gr
ar. where the Pioneer laundry is loca
and the clouds let loose their bur
OF moisture near the head of
rayine. The result was wall
llity water that swept everything be
mere it, huge boulders. tons of earth
the debris, which completely wreC
hing the laundry building and its
oils. tents. Charles Livingston, prt
good etor of the laundry, estimates
days loss at $4,000 with very little
ying wage possible.
the Southwest of the laundry ther
turn narrow rayine leading down
!, of flat ground up in the mountain,
the wall of water, fully twenty
sixty high came down, carrying everyt
way before it and striking with r
I'd TO ful force against the laundry B
ing, which was twisted and