Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1882-10-13
Phoenix Fired!
An Exciting con7agration
and Complete Destruc-
ton of a Corral and
Livery Business.

, eSteTCay dDOuL q CIOCN l. ~ w
town WIS thrown into an intense ex.
i, citement, ~ the discovery of flame
in the extreme southwest corner Of
the Mon hon Corral, now occupied
by the feed, livery and sales bushes:
of Messrs- DemarbLiX 81 Sanders
The facts that th.rc was no water in
the bitches. that every thing WAS as
u dry rs finder, The sun beating down
hot, the wind in tie RICH direction
: and tie fire at the right point t.
sweep off the principal business Dor
ton of the town, made the position
one of the most desperate, and every
one instantly understood it the mo-
ment the location of the fire was
known.
The fire started in the hay loft of
the extreme south wcstern corner of
the corral and in such position
that it was impossible to get at 1t
readily with IL hose or anything 81.
being Immediately under the roo.
1t was Instantly discovered by Mr..
San GERS, who was about the corral
ami who turned on the water at oIce,
but within a minute it was beyond
| control and rapidly running north in
the west shed and hay loft, and east
terly through the harness shop, Office
etc, on the south side of the corral.
Within five minutes the hay lofts,
sheds, Office, granarirs, elc., around
the four sides of the corral, some 200
feet front by 1877 back were sea of
Kissing hungry flames, which seemed
to vie with each other as to which
could most and first devour
The moment the fire was discover
ed, Mr. Sanders ordered the stock
loosed and led out of The corral |
which was accomplished without
much difficulty, as it happened that
hour that much of 1T was out in use !
AMI that the stage c. mp my had just
sent out the most of lis stock with
the noon stages. Help was instantly
at hand in abundance and the
crache-, wagons, and Carriages were
rolled out to a point of safety, and
considerable harness Was also saved.
StranG ely enough, every one seemed
to forget the office till it was too late
and lis contents were completely de
stroy d, including the entire set of
LOoks ard al rrcnrds OF the business
togei her with about $3.50 in paper
money. Two hours before The fire
appeared in the hay lofi, an incip
jeut Blaze was dIscov rcd Ivy the men
about The corral in a stall on the
front and west Of the entrance, per-
haps twel ty or thirty feet from
the corner waeHe the fire. started.
This w. at ont e extinguished and
the vicini y completely saturated
with water, so that, though watch, d,
not the least sis oil fire appeared in
that spot.
The rapid advance OF tue flames
towards The east side Of the corral
anrl The amount of tonbusti5le mat.
ter along that side together with the
large n NE Der of frame buildings i'm
meda'ely in that locality, with hui
a small low adobe between the cor d.
raj and Them, and pumtcr of sheds q,
and other out buildings ranged close p,
along the outside Of the corral wall
toward the rear, were a source of !
great alarm lest the fire should leap
The wall when there wAs imminent
danger that much of the business
portion Of the town would 60
The outbui ldings and sheds wer;
At once torn down and a wide open
space made in the rear OF the row of |
which fronied Ga the
street, so that the brunt of the fight
was co fined TO the southeastern
corner of the corral and the low
adobe building outside the wall at
hat point. The wooden roofs were
covered with blankets which were i
wet down, and the adobe a
-oof and walls were deluged by all t
he water that could be found in the
After a struggle of half
In hour, it became apparent that the
1Imes could be kept within the
walls of the corral and the property
holders along the street began to
breathe more freely. t
The occupants of tire buildings, c
however, suffered The losses attend \
INT upon the stampede which en- u
sued and the rapid removal Of their
fleets from the buildings.
The rostoflice, Rothrock & Cat q
on's photograph gallery, book, sta 5
ionery and variety store, The express d
'iice, r ,ghctti's restaurant, Olson Ii
L Coleman's shoe shop, and the Cab
net saloon, were all hastily vacated,
he greatest loss accruing 10 Messrs. G
iothrock & Cation, on account of =
lelicate nature of their goods and =
he ease with which they could be =,
:arifed away. :.
The wooden awnings along the .
treet to the corner of Center s. :
Washington streets, were torn down
md also that of Goldman 81 Co. on
he northeast corner of the same G
treetS. TO assist in preventing the o
ire from leaping Center street, -"
hould t reach that point, which it Il
eriGul ~ threatened to do for some C
inc. a
The losses are very considerable, f
he business of Messrs. Demarbaix & a
sanders suffering to the extent of
lbout $4,000. All their feed, which