WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9:30AM-3:30PM Circle of Friends @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
12PM Is He Really Buried Here? @ Buffalo Bill Museum
12-1PM Lunch ‘n Learn: Meta Business Suite @ On Tap CU
1PM Wild West Short Tour
1:30PM Is He Really Buried Here? @ Buffalo Bill Museum
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
5-8PM Dine Back for Manning Middle School @ The Golden Mill
6-7:30PM Bingo Night @ American Legion Post 21
7:30PM ScriptProv @ Miners Alley Playhouse
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY MEETING
6-8:30PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board @ City Hall
The Board will review a preliminary outline of a Community EV Roadmap and discuss suggestions for topic areas for inclusion in a next version. They will refine a previous recommendation for the City to adopt an all-electric and net zero policy for municipal buildings before it is presented to City Council on September 12th. They will review information about regional infrastructure and programs to support waste diversion from construction projects. Finally, they will review potential projects and initiatives for 2024 and finalize a list with associated cost estimates before forwarding a recommendation to City Council.
LIVE MUSIC
6-9PM Keith Wren @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Derek Hall @ Miners Saloon
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
NARROW ESCAPE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Quick Action of Janitor Nolan Prevents Explosion
The November 30, 1905 Colorado Transcript described a near-catastrophe at the South School, which was prevented by the school’s janitor, Oscar Nolan.
On November 23rd, Mr. Nolan was leaving the school to run an errand. Glancing back, he noticed steam coming from the escape pipe of the school’s boiler. He ran back, entered the basement and found the boiler dry and very hot, with a big fire in the combustion chamber making it hotter still. He gave the alarm to get everyone out of the building.
He then began working to extinguish the fire, all the while expecting the boiler to explode and kill him. Amazingly, he succeeded in averting the explosion.
Nolan said that he had checked the boiler a short time before and it was half-full–well within the safety range. When he returned, the boiler was completely dry. He speculated that one of the students had drained the water–out of either curiosity or pure meanness.
The Transcript seized the opportunity to criticize the school for failure to practice regular fire drills. The article said that when the alarm sounded,
Most of them understood that the signal meant danger, but as there is no regular drill practiced, the pupils practically rolled over each other in the attempt to be first to get out of harm’s way. The stronger pushed back his weaker comrade, and it is remarkable that no one was seriously injured in the crush.
Colorado Transcript – November 30, 1905
The South School was built in 1873. The first floor housed elementary school children and the second floor was Golden High School students. It was located on Cheyenne Street, between 13th and 14th Streets, but was demolished in 1965. Today, that block is occupied by the CSM Power Plant and Coolbaugh Hall.
Learn more about the South School and the later incarnations of Golden High School by visiting Golden History Museum’s new exhibit, Old School: Golden High Turns 150.
There is a free opening reception this Thursday, August 24th, from 6-8pm at the Golden History Museum.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
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