Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
FIRE!
Leo Goldschmidt's Magnificent Furniture Is ta5lishmsnt h Ashes-Q1ick Work Of the FlameE Losses and Iasuranee.

Leo. Goldschmidt's Magnificent Furniture Is-
 taSlshmsnt h Ashes-o ozick Work Of the
 FlamsE-The Losses and Insurance.
 Shortly after 12 o'clock Wednesday the
 fire bell sounded an alarm of fire. Irs
 direction was apparent from the rushing
 crowd to the sOuthward, and it soon be-
 came known that the magnificent es-
 tablishment of Leo. Goldschmidt on
 Meyer and Jackson streets was in
 flames. Scarcely five minutes had
 elapsed before the whole interior of the
 building was a sheet of fire and one
 could not approach the vicinity of the
 building. The crowd of people at once
 rushed for the store to remove as much
 of the valuable furniture as possible,
 and for a few minutes after the
 large plate glass windows were broken,
 there was lively stream of workers car
 rying forth such articles Of furniture as
 could be rescued from the rapidly ad-
 vancing flames. Only small amount
 of such articles as were near the front ot
 the store were removed, the dense smoke
 and intense heat driviving everyone from
 the store, In less than one hour the
 whole building, with its valuable con ! tents, was mass of ruins.
 The origin of the fire is a mystery. It
 vas first en by Mir. A. NJ Danrortb,
 who was then at his rooms in Welisch
 block on Jackson St, opposite the store. | The fire first appeared in the rear of the store, where there was an accumulation
 of dry rubbish such as usually exists
 about a furniture and upholstering es-
 tablishment. Most likely it was the re-
 suit of spontaneous combustion. result
 ing from the discarded cloths saturated
 with oil and varnish, lying in the sun shine.
 All the employees of the firm were at lunch when the fired occurred, except ing Mir. Moses Lulley, the bookkeeper, who was reading a newspaper in the front part of the store. His first inti- nation sf the fire came from Col. J. H. T"ole, who hastily entered the store and gave m alarm. NIT. Lulley at once run tO the back part of the building and found the work room in the rear all ablaze. He closed the doors connecting with the front room, closed the safe and carried the books out of the building. The strong wind from the west drove the fire with wonderful rapid ity through the doorway and within two or three minutes the front room was fill- l with heavyblack smoke. Two minutes lat CT the flames came out of the ventIlator | in the roof and drove every person from | the building. The fire department responded prompt 1 ly to the alarm, but their best efforts | were powerless to check the flames. | Water could not be had and the few wells | in that vicinity were soon exhausted. The | water carts afterwards came upon the scene and their supply was effectively | used n keeping the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings. The door and l window castings and frames in that part | of Welisch's block bordering on | Jackson street were burned: the win | dows broken and the doors consumed. 1 damaging the property probably to the of S200; no insurance It also extended across Meyer street and burn, d the awning and doors of the buildings on the northeast corner of Meyer and Jackson streets, occupied as restaurant and a Chinese wash-house. The con tents ot these buildings were removed and considerably damaged. The res taurant Of Trabucco & Gerigheno was damaged about $500, with no insurance. The furniture store of Mir Goidschmidt ! was filled with magnificent stock of and elegant furniture, valued at between thlrty-fiye and forty thou-aui dollars, upon which there was an insurance of twenty-five thousand including the building, which amount will hardly cover one-half the loss. Two car leads of elegant fur niture were placed in the store yester- lay and are now but ashes. The tools )f all the wOrkmen were a.sO destroyed.
 Alr. Leo Goldschmidt IS now absent rom the city. having left last Sunday or New York, on a visit of business and pleasure. He will probably return upon eceipt of telegram informing him of he disaster to his busin' ss. It is proba- ,le that he will reopen with the large re- erve stock now ID the warehouse at the lepot, either in the Goodman store or 'Ir. Fish's building, opposite L. Zecken- lori 6 Co.'S store. The exertions of the fremen saved the buildings occupied by Trabucco's res aurant, Menager's store and Warren's mit store and all the buildings to tue oith towards the Palace hotel 4 large mount of powder was stored in Mena- CTS store, contrary to ordinance, which -as removed during the fire. A war ant was afterwards sworn ont for his rrest on this charge. This calamity painfully demonstrates he necessity of proper water supply nd fire engine. The loss sustained by his fire alone would have purchased very necessary facility for extinguish- . lg fires and added several thousand ollars towards providing a plentiful .ater supply.