Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-22
ANOTHER BIG BLAZE.
Burning Of the Croekery House Or n. ]. Brown. IRs1red for sS.O0O- Probable Loss Much Greater.

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 Brown. Ins1red for sS.OOO- Probable
 Loss Much Greater.
 The fire department since its reOrgan- ization had for the first time an oppor- tunity to distinguish itself last night, at the burning of the crockery house of
 H. J. Brown. on Main street They
 were after the sounding Of the alarm bell, promptly ou hand and by liberal
 use of water succeeded in coninIng the ! flames to that particular building. For
 time it looked as though the whole l block must go and despite the exertious | of the firemen, such would undoubtedly have been the case but tie close prox- mitv of an abundance of water, which ! luckily was in the recently laid mains ] of the Tucson Company.
 The origin of the fire IS not definitely known but 1t Is supposed to have been
 from the bursting of lamp which 1t has been customary to burn the night through. In the rear of the building IS tue corral winch was ID joint use of Messrs. Brown and Chen, the latter
 having the most extensive and saddlery and harness house in Tucson, and which joius the burnt building. The corral
 was full of hay and straw, such as used
 for the packing of crOckery etc.
 Whatever may be the beginning of the fire Il soon communicated itself to the debris m the corral and so settled the fate of the store. Nothing was saved, 1t being impossible toienter the building from either side.
 As precautionary measure the goods were removed to the street from Mir. Cueu's store and also from the grocery and commission house of M. G. Roca ID the same block and adjoining the burnt store on the south, but fortunate ly she fire was not permitted to extend either way, so the only loss sustalned by them l. through damage by water or breskage, when handling the goods.
 The loss sustained by NIT. Brown IS not definitely known, out It IS gener- ally believed to be several thousand dollars In excess of his insurance, which on stock and fixtures amounts all told to SS,O0G. The companies by which the policies are held, are, with the cIcep- ton of S2,JOO in the Home Mutual of California, aI English and hold the policies about as follows: Imperial, Northern and Queen, S2,OOO; London, LancastershiTe and Manchester, S2,OOO; Commercial Union, of London, Sl,5 ,5OO. Wm. 4. Scott Jr. Is the resident agent.
 The san. companies also carry the insurance on the White House stock, which by water, was in silks and sBtins, a a A.. .H ET As it had an intermediate building be- tween It and the fire II suffered but lit tie from the effects of heat, the princi- pal loss being the glass in the front doors, which was broken ID order to ef- feet an entrance.
 MT. Cuen was insured for S3,O00 in the Phoenix company of London, of winch F. NJ. Wilkin is agent. The probable loss to the company will be about Sj0O.
 Nj. G. Roca loses through breakage and water about Sl0l No insurance. His loss and also that of Mir. Cuen would have been much heavier but for the pre- measures of Marshal Buttner who posted a cordon of deputies around the goods and prevented their being carried away. Several thefts were de- tected and the goods taken from the thieves who received instead a dose of boot leather before they were allowed to pass ou. The buildings are the prop erty of Leopoldo Carrillo and are unin- sured, the loss falling on himself
 Mr. II. J. Brown is at the present time in California, tO which place he went about eight days since for the purpose of purchasing an additional supply of goods
 Mir. W. C. Davis opened his store and furnished all the extra buckets needed by the willing workers who formed in lme and passed the buckets from hand to hand between the hydrant and the fire.
 The White House and with it the store Of Mir. Davis probably owe their safety to the stream Of water which the pipe men continually played on the roofs and side facing the fire. The fremen did well but without the aid ofthe Santa Cruz water theIr efforts would have been uuavaIunE.