Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1882-10-13

less, anil the town aul horit,es should
see that we are Immediately con
nected with more than one canal
and that arrangements be made that
when one canal is dry for cleaning
purposes the other will supply the
town. Properly and business is rap
idly becoming too valuable here for
the town 10 be Mt cry without the
means of helping itself in case of
fire. The town was lucky, not pro-
| vident, as it should lie. More Than
that it is fully time that fire com
pa0y should be organized and that
the Town authorities should make
some arrangements such that prop
erty thrown on the streets should
Il be subject to be pillagel by set
of thieves as it was yesterday. What
are the duties of our town Mar hal
and the hired watchmeu if it is not
ID lend their protection under such
circumstances And yet things were
carried off almost with impunity.
We have heard of considerable losses
in this way that a few men who
would make it their business could
prevent.
The iowa could VIII afford TO e1-
empt a fire company from all town
taxes and jury duties to equip them
with Il good hand ,ngine, Babcock
extinguishe~s lad iers, etc, when
there would be some chance in case
of the recurrence of yesterdays
experience. More than that such a
move should have tending to de-
crease the rates of insurance suffi-
cicn'y to pay for all appliance ne
cessary to Il fire company in short
time.
The origin of the fire is a mystery
No smoking is permitted in the cor
raj and no one allowed in the hay
lofts. The first blaze discovered
can only be accounted for on the
ground that some one must have
-o>sed the lighted stump of cigar
through one of the openings on the
wall. How the second occurred
cannot be so easily accounted for
Some one must have taken special
1aIns 10 throw a lighted cigar
through the narrow opening between
he wall and roof made by the raft
rs or matches must have been
'laced among the shingles to take
ire from the heat of the sun. The
business looks very incendiary, in
eed
INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE I
Last evening as Miss HIncNl lin, f
ldy friend and child were walking Il
ear one of the walls Of the corral !
hey nO,Ice,l 1t begin to tntter and [
bringing from the walk into the h
lreet we've followed by the falling
-all which covered them with dust b
nd flying particles. 1t Was a close g
all and the ladies are to be congra- -
hated on their fortunate escape. 4
The coral well was Ii orally burn n
1 up. The plank wall burned down t.
, the water and the well cave1 in. a
Numbers of men could be seen q
tniing about without Alternating +:
, raise finger in. assistance, and it
as with much effort that line of a
nckets from distant we'll in the h
,ar Of the buildings could be it
,rmed.
A number of buckets and other
aterial have been rec nvered from
&c Chinese quarters of the iowr. II
r. throck y Caitcn's tobacco and d
gaTettes suffered from deprada- y
ons of the pillagers.
Sinre writing the above We learn "
at Mr. Loosely, Of The Cabinet S + L
on, estimates his loss by injury to Ill
s fine furciture and carpets and sc
luors carried off. and awnings and IL
Irtilions torh 10 pieces at about M
900. N
The Post Office was in ru ming j;
der this morning through the L
ergelIc work of Mr.. Mow:cy. W