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Title: July 31, 1974 Collection Type: Newspapers Collection Name: Nevada County Nugget Published: July 31, 1974 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Physical Format: Newspaper # of Pages: 8 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Doris Foley Library Location: 211 North Pine Street, Nevada City, CA 95959

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sesh egstio te ISR AORTINE “ PEP AEN LEP LEE agg go 7h RE I saat ie > . NEVADA COUNTY Ser: 1g the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ed Dog. Town Tulk. Glenbrook. Little York. Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Siceetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Jian, North Bloomfteld, Humbug, Relie Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit. City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas _H ill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, EKowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat. Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. : ~VOLUME 49 _. Wednesday, July 31,1974 10 Cents A Copy Nevada City’s fires === — ae eat : —_ ‘Red Fire Demon’ failed . deeedses=:. Lifesavers threatened the existence of bystanders curious as to what Nevada City in its formative was g to happen. Within years..failed miserably in the seconds it was all too obvious face of a determined comthat everyone munity. a shuck out The evening of August 11, pronto! 1913..just 6] years ago next month..was a different time for AS for the horses..their reins this place; and, what fire Were taut and firmly wrapped couldn’t do an explosive mixturearound the handbrake or else and an iron pipe almost did! have run up the street scattering It was shortly after six that the exploding debris with evening when Tony Buelena catastrophic results, the finished loading 61 cases of giant . Magnitude and tragedy of which powder on his six-horse freight could only be guessed at. pen pew "el rook’ Park: out near enbroo ark. Phil Fodrini of Pike City, then gratitude to the firemen who drove iiito Nevada City to the Showed no fear of the danger store on lower Main that faced them E i : 5 z @ 2 & bottom of the wagon was some Among others, who li iron pipe that was not tied down. too pris lives in their en Then he stopped the rig in front were John W. Darke, E. V. of the old “Downing Block” and ‘ Conroy, Mayor Chapman, John took on a small box..which he Grigse]..to name but a few who ' later said was handed tohim by immediately rushed to the a clerk from the Alpha store. wagon and cut loose five of the At that point Buelena Was jorses attached to what was by where he intended to stay sixth horse had fallen in the overnight on his run to the traces and was put out of his Alaska Mine in Pike City, terrible misery by a well-placed In that little box was an item hot fired by Gus Knab. destined to put the . idgee. _ unadulterated “fear of God” in. The big fire truck remained on Buelena’s heart when he the scene for some time, then discovered ‘its contents! It went further down the street on contained a 12% pound bottle of reports that a large quantity of . sulphuric _acid..but he didn’t stored gasoline was in great know it was acid and just tossed danger of exploding. The fire the box on top of the powder truck driver, Ralph Gaylord, drum near the seat. was advised by Will Carter that He reported, that he felt there wasa drum of gas on the something burning his left hand, wagon also..and no sooner had ‘ and the clerk then broke the the words left his lips when that news that it was no doubt the 50 gallons blew sky high. Had acid leaking from its container! the gas been exploded before ” What he didn’t know, when he most of the giant powder burned ED AND MAXINE ABRAHAM of Grass Valley demonstrate Cardiopulmo returned the leaking container itself out, the results could have Resuscitation (CPR) life saving techniques on this mannequin. Maxine has to the store, was that some of the been downright horrible..but as: trained Grass Valley and Ophir Hill Firemen while the demonstration above was acid had run down the back of it did blow up the lid of the drum for the Grass Valley Jaycees. : the seat among the high exwas tossed almost out of sight in plosives in boxes under him and the air and then it landed on. ‘ ; box among those MainStreet within six feet of the ore : that another box among tote fire tuck, Had it struck one of been the result without a doubt. debris burn itself out. after been”. sel. in, quite a number 66 4 “ ” is , eon hen the Y to be on the of well! Certainly ‘‘an the many “innocent” bystan It was a pretty shaken bunch several hours and when ' were found t verge ofpas Ba situation”! © ders, instant death would have f people who watched the reaction to “what might have hysterics! = =» > ; VO OLNERYEOVS WOTLOAS STVSTCOTVSd ‘2UVBAIT BLVLS °1¥9 vIsse $2-91-S + e