Arizona weekly miner., 1877-02-02
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About three o'clock, yesterday, sunday morning the town was alarmed by the cry of fire, and ui,h that aIacrity and detsrmia- alton that has ever characterized tbs people oi Prescott uuds. similar circumstances, a goodiy per crntage of tho population were almost instantly oa the way to Hathaway s stable on Granite street, immediately in Ihc rear of thc MlNEu office. here the flames had already burt through the front of the building ani werc mounting towards the sky il.uminEting Jhe street and sending a li,Id glare out over tAe sleeping town from ihe reflection upon tHa clouds. Fear, and almost despair was pictured ou the faces 0f men who had their entire worldly possessions exposed and in close proximity i3 tac fire fead that was every instant increasing in strength aud appeared Co bs already beyond coaIrai The buIA uf tae ;.gc wa. Iusi above and u,tle tp tbe eit of ghr main catrance ou Granite street, where the weather b1aIo- ia- vas already burnt away and the danes hal reached che comb ot thr bui.diug.
 Charley Young. aal hA, charge nt the cs- .,it:shmea; was ae.urd from profound -Iumurr log uar.i-, uu tAe outside WAo kicked ga tu" window oi t'ie office where be
 .rp: Hi, first Thought was @ save the horses. and hr immediately turned tlem all loose in tbe street. Jim Graham. iu the mcau tune unwlua. t.e large hose and st i-,Aei it % ,a- force pump in ,hc yard, Jle brakes were suan m.nnel and stream nls playing uu .he .,r. The uct for ihe mastery seemed ta hc clHss. y contested for some minutes. nos tL- water seemed to be uairiaz on the haa,s and anon tAe fgc would take ncW courage aud eyIlce de termination Go reduce tae property C. au a-b heap; blt ,l. persistent etaii- oi iae men ai the pump. and the ~kli.iI. handling of ,h. uipt at length prevailed. tle flames
 aH,idci asd taa bul.aIaL and town we're saved The t.r ~a- .ir,t discovered and the alarm gwen ny parties who had stayed gp 6. watch th- old week uat and ti,c new one iu. and were returning Co their lodging, just a, t4c flames burst through the walls. They immediately gave the alarm iu the neigh AarAoeI. and soon " N Kelly and Johnay Stephens. who live ias, arro.s thc street, were nu, oui sen, jhr alarm over town.
 Subselucnt investigation showed that thc ire occurred ia can-e4urrcr of 9 crack in the lriek.'ue .o the office of the stable.
 The rar had been set upon a wooden foundation which he'd settled and where the stack passed through thr floor of ;hy second story t was bound fast hy tue floor timber and hr,d .harc while 9 section beneath the floor settled away and l-it e ack just at .hc floor large cuouEh tur thr fire to tnd its way through and communicate with the floor and wall i singular fact is that there was large amount ot hay in the upper sto- " and some uf it lay almost ln contact with :a. calmucy, round which thc blaze was raging. .RG yetnot a straw was even -cnrcAea; had the hay once tak.a fire nothing could have saved thi- cad uf t.e town at lca,t.
 When Hon G. Hathaway. about year a-a. .uu-chesed t,,o ..-.. f.rcc psmF- and hose at large expense, it looked and be even f..t. as # t Was aa oNt.ayagslt ouilGy of money. but the wisdom ot the investment is now proven. l The swing of fifteen or ur twenty thousand dollars worth of prop c-ty for himself. and many times as much for ojhcr- which, without the use of tho pump and hose would have as surely been destroyed as that the sun shines tg day.