Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-07-22
WEDNESDAYS BLAZE.
A Fierce Battle With the Fiames.-A Young Man Seriously Burned.-Hur- rab for Huachuca Water.

At ten minutes past eleven Wednes-
 day night the whistle of the Vizina
 hoist;ng works puffed forth the dire
 alarm of fire. Instantly all excited
 crowd of people assembled at the
 scene of the conflagration on the corn
 CT of Fourth and Toughnut streets. AL
 ready the desolating flames were waving
 hither and thither engulphing everything
 that touched them in their fierce embrace
 The fire started in bedroom attached to
 the New Orleans restaurant, kept by Mrs.
 Jones. The building being constructed of
 light lumber, and parched with drought
 accepted the flames with the same readi-
 ness as loose cotton. The adioininc
 building, the truck house of the Rescue
 hook and ladder company was soon en-
 velOped by the desClating element, and for
 while it seemed as if the dreadful scenes of destruction and ruin that were witnessed less than two months ago were about to be repeated. On Fourth street scene of wild confusion prevailed. Women with bare feet and scanty clothing were darting from the burning building excited men iostled each otler hither and thither; furniture was strewn on the street; law books were sent flying through the ar; costly tableware was trampled under foot, and everything chaos and hopelessness. The headway made ty the flames was an assurance that destruction must ensue The fierce, proud, destructive monster of flame, under the impl lse ofa slight breeze, jumped fifty feet high, bending sideways in the descent and ashing the adioin- ing buildings. Sewn minutes after the first alarm Of fire the Engine company had stream on the burning buildings. The excited crowd awaited in silent agitaton the effect of stream from the new water works. A glance taught them that the water was poss, and a shout of joy and thanks and praise rent the air The Engine Company never performed better service. With good water power tbey showed what mettle they were made of. Two streams were turned on, one from Toughnut and the other from Fourth. A few dashes of water extinguished the flames, and needing not the torturing smore, the gallant fire boys entered the building, extinguishine the flames as they went, until they reached the rear of the building, the point from which the flames weref ueing fed. They were now in the centre of the partially demolished structures. IA few gushes of the powerful watei against the ceiling bored hole through the roof, thus allowing the stream to pass through and fall in graceful ease on the igniting top of the building. Twenty minutes after the first alarm the fire was ex,inguished, and it was as well performed i piece of work as could be done by the crfck fire depart- ment of the United States. Dr. McSwegan was the first to give the alarm, and he is | loud in praise of the engineer of the Vizina | on account of his promptness in sounding he general alarm. The origin of the fire | is unknown, but is supposed to be either accident or carelessness.
 The most serious matter connected with | t is the serious, perhaps htal burning of Billy Fee. This well known young man lad his trunk and clothes in a room in the burning building, and recElessly rushed in 10 try and save hls property. Before he could do so he was completely enveloped n the flames, and all avenues of escape ut of. A friend of his who accompanied llm, deserted hm in his peril, and escaped unhurt and Fee, with enaclty and pluck, that cannot be too llgh.y commended, struggled and fought md pushed and climbed, surrounded by he burning flames that were eating into his flesh, and the sufOcating smoke scare y worse, until he reglined the highway. de was borne to the Supnyside lodging iouse and Dr. Blackwood summoned t0 ender medical assistance. He was fear ully burned, the flesh being bllstered md the skin torn off almost completely rom his body. His hair was almost burned off and his face scorched horribly.
 The doctor attended to hls wants as We'll as possible, but at midnight could 'nt say whether the patient could re- over.
 The principal losers are Mrs. Jones he restaurant keeper, who was not nsured, and Webster Street, the we'll ,nown lawyer, whose furniture and li- rary were much damaged by the hasty The building is ownad by Jor. an Peters. who was fully insured. The oss at this time It IS almost impossible to etermiDe, but it will certainly be not less han S5,0O0. The truck bouse of the Hook nd Ladder Company was also demolished, nd clothes and other articles belonging to Ome of the members destroyed. There re also number of individual losses of lothing and valuables, almost impossible compute at the present time.