The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-06-13
MANY BUILDINGS ENDANGERED
DURING PROGRESS OF FIRE

The firemen are as one man in speak
| ing of the escape of the town from
being destroyed by the flames and in
voicing the general comment that 1t
| was a narrow and fortunate escape,
| for the blazing, raging flames arising
from the furnace of heat carried live
finders and sparks as far as the rifle
range beyond Elnler Middleton's home
and started a fire on McCannon street
back of the Mountain View hotel. The
danger from the falling irebrands to
greater. The Hodges-Cook barn on
Meadow Valley street was kindled by
falling sparks but the blaze was ex-
tinguished before it gained headway:
with difficulty were the horses taken
from the building. When AL limerick
was asked why he did not put his coat
over the horses heads and thus lead
them out blindfolded with more ease,
he advanced the good reason that these
happy thoughts came too late, and, be-
sides, he was wearing no coat.
Frank Thompson's house, occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sherman, caught
fire in the roof and burned some min
utes before being ,extinguished AS
late as I o'clock with sudden shifting
of the wind it looked as If this house
was doomed, the heat being 50 intense
that it forced the tiremen in this local
5 ity to change shifts frequently and also
e protect their faces from the flames,
n Mrs. T. J. Osborne's home across the
seemed trom doomed hs time eor after tme bu
: was kept from burning by the fremen
t One ceiling was burned and the pain
! most damage resulted from the moyin,
e of the furniture, in which a yalue'
e mahogany dresser was ruined an
e other furniture damaged. MattreSse
It and clothes were spoiled by talllni
emberS.
n The Culverwell barn. on La Cou
m street, was reported to be on hre an
each holding an ear of one or IN
lie heavy extinguishers, galioped to tn
lie scene and quickly put. that incipien
lie tinguishers and these Were loaded int
a truck in readiness to reach quickl
er any other fire. Falling sparks starte
er a smoke back of the Nesbitt buildin
en- in straw and paper but Dan Sulliva
lie and Charley, the restaurant ma
dampened It with tn BUCKET one haze Ga ~ats Wit
e. a hatful of water; The shop Of Hen,
ty Bowling, while almost directly in. II
IS. path of the fames was saved and n
til residence likewise ESCAPED: "a "A "A gar9i ga
er heated boards and all blazeS were e:
p tinguished before they had time
er gather headway.
of of Angelo Clark's building. causing 7
ill rubberoid to, sizzle, but George DOT
Ire thy was right there with wafer al
,er stopped this fire before 1t started.
lat The big livery barn being tax
ity down by DR.. w. w. Stockham caug
Ia fire in several places ana u. u, sue
ill ham was kept busy and worried I
1at the entire afternoon.
for Paper and rubbish next to the ltaii
The restaurant caught fire and was exit
guished by Wing, who conducts I
Icompetitive establishment.
w. j. Hurkett, the Minneapolis ma ma
&c ufacturer, did effective work ana W. W.
ter Pincus, visiting capitanSt IT.
az Philadelphia, worked hard during
tbe fire. Mr. Pincus was untortuni
nto enough to be injured, spraining
bV ankle in the rush and confusion,
pi though not seriously. The VISIT,
aa worked hard with the citizens OF ,
nos town and to all these men the Vlcti
tSs Of the confagration express Tn
,as heartfelt thanks.
lra lei CITY SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
BY DILIGENCE OF WATCHE
rom
the Each roof had it's watchman ana
the this fact the town owes lts "oitu
red escape from destruction. one OF
the Iiighfer features of the excitement
to he falling of sparks on a coucn
was front of a lodging house ana the sta
rch. ing Of considerable smoke rom
but burning cloth ana paaulns. ~. det Or
the man and John Kelly instantly uetee te
the the happening and not wishing 70
uto a cite the landlady they entered on
rded Laen iump, but quickly came 70 All