The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-04-01
Thr @ Miner.
Local Intelligence.
PREsCorT. April l, 1871. FIRE. FIRE!

Such was the dreaded cry that broke from the lins of several citizens of Prescott, Sun day night last, upon discovering that one end os our beautiful wooden town was in flames There was no scare, and but little excite ,nent. Men dressed themselves hastily, start cd for the sceuce of the confagration, and upon arriving there, set to work to save what .hev could, and prevent t~e fire from spread inc, al, ot which they accomplished well and noby. by much hard work and exposure.
 I, was about two o'clock in the morning, uhen flames were seen shooting upwards fu,n the block Of frame buildings corner Gran;te snd Guriey streets, consisting of W. II. Hardy's old store, the Quartz Rock SA- ac,n, and the Pioneer Stable. The portion of xhe bulsing in which fire was first noticed, was occupied by A. L. Mceller and otherS, who, VIC learn, were fast asleep when the fire broke out, and, upon awaking, bad barely time to snatch up few articles oi clothing, and retreat to the street. Frank AyFes, keeper oG the livery stable, and his hired ,nan. succeeded in untying fifteen head of an. ,mal,-all there were in the stable. Then, aStcs seeing said animals beyond the reach of danger, they. with others, set to work carry tnc the grain from the carriage house, ad- joining the stable,
 We are ioath 10 confess that the roofs and ~cather.boarding of the buildings were d. tsost consumed when VIC Arr'ved upon the scsnr. but the stanehions, framework and Io,. of the houses, together with the heavy v;cke,s of the corrals, were burning herocly, and presented terrible spectacle, which was heightened by~ibe iurid glare that shot up xar,is Eom over loo gallons of oasl oil. a seore os more barrels of whisky, and otber csDsnbnstible stuh.
 Although there was scarcely breath Of wind. it was with considerable difficulty tha, ths fire was kept from communicating with .he wooden buildings in rear of Campbell < Bufsum-s brick stores, on the east, and with she stores of Richard < Co. and F. l. Cook os the north. Although scores os men work ed very hard, and used great judgment iH Aghtiug the fire heBd, the remark was and Is general that Dr. Geo. D. Kendall accomplish e,R more towards that end than any i've rDeT On the ground. He was everywhere, work ing. and directing others
 so,ae of our citizens think the building were fired by aa inccndiAry, but there IS D' posaiEs proof ot this, and we prefer to be Eere that caralessness was the cause. Whei Mr Moeller retired To sleep-aeout mid night--theye was DO fire in the cook-stose, O anywhere else, about the premises, so far a hs was able to perceive, and be is very conn dsui that he extinguished the light
 Toe sa,ire loss, by the fire, will not fall Ia short sf siS,O0o, eight thousand of whic falls ca Mr. Moelier, who owned the stor' saloon baiIelsngs, and the goods slowed ava in them. The stable and corral belonged | 4. II. Peoples, of wickenburg. Frank Ayre sost upwards of $500 worth of hay, gran etc, besides being without place of bus ness, for the present, at least. Bat, hs dos aot regret these losses half so much as docs that Of cat and two dogs which foo khly ran into the fire, and Perished.
 This is the second destructive conasgTatio ttss has visited this tovn since 1t was foun' ea in 1884. The first ttrs occurred on the nigl of May 2d, 1867, .ad destroyed Littig & M Ginley's Theatre and HOlladay's drinking s loon.
 Let us nope, too, that it win be the ia' But, we have no good reason for hoping $ so long as 1t is nobody's business to look ter the safety of the town, and so long
 there is no active fire organization.