Arizona silver belt., 1885-04-04
HURID BLAZEs  GLOBE Visited fOr tA8 First TiInG by 8 Destructive Fll8. A Scene of 2 uin and
 Disrnay.
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"A Scene of Ruin and
Six Buildiugs Gutted Heavy
Losses Only one Building
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 ! Ats o'clock on Thursday morning the people of Globe were startled from their slumber by the ringing of the church bell and cries of fire and in . few minutes after the first alarm was sounded the whole community was astir and the widest excitement pre-. vailed. Flames we're seen burst ing from the roof of the Pascoc House, leaping high into tho air aud running with lightning rapidity over the dry shingles, carrying destruction to the adjoining buildings. It was a scene to appal the stoutest heart, but strong arms and clear heads were not wanting to begin the work of sal wage and endeavor to cheek the pro. gress of the flames,
 The fire made such headway that in five minutes after 1t had sroken through the roof of the Paseoe House, the building in which wera the Post Office, ARIZONA suvKR BELr composing and press rooms, and che large build ing on the corner of Broad and Cedar streets, occupied by the SILVER BELT as editorial rooms and sleeping apart ments, were one mass of flames. Em- ployees of the BELT were early on the ground and worked hard to save the presses and maternal of the office, but they were only partially successful, the fire enteloping the building so quickly that one of their number, Adolph ArEra, who taTried for a few minutes in the composing room en- deavoriug t3'yuYe as much as possible, was cut of t.9m egress " way of tho stairs and ls.uped hy jumping from the window sTwo forms, q few cases of type, a joI press and few odd ar ticles were q. that could be saved. It was only by Be herculean efforts of seven men ( t the press was gotten out, and tiSa it was considerably damaged, Nothing was saved from the Post on 70 cxcept few stamps; the inmates of the Pascoe House were glad to escape with their lives, and many of them, terror stricken, ran into tile street without sufficient cloth- ing to protect them from the sharp night air.
 On the north the fire was commu- nicatcd to the office of District Attor. ney, J. D. McCabe, and Alex Loves saloon, which were completely con stunned. Then the flames encoan- tered the adobe building owned by r. W, Westmeyer and occupied by him as a store When erecting the build. ing, the owners intent vas to make it as near fire,proof as possible and tho fact that this building proved an eff fectiye barrsler to the further spread of of the fire shows Mir. Westmeyers wisdom. I4 walls of the building, as before st4 Ted, arc thick adobe, and two roofs lowered 1t; one Of dirt, topped by a a1heathing of iron. The fire took ho4 of the corniee and was communicated to the wooden rafters supporting the iron roof, and thus hemmed in t burned furionsly for a time, but by tic work of few ener- getic men tic flames were here gotten under control and prevented from spreading to the storeroom under heath. The stock of goods, however, was removed and considerably dam aged.
 The next building 10 the north of Westmeyer belonged to c. Bosche, and for fear that t might ignite it was thought best to tear t down, and the work of demolition was quickly accomplished, nothing teing left in tact but ths bare walls, And nght here oecur&5d the only casualty Of the night Bol. Robbins, who was work ing to say the building, stood on tho roof W n itcollapssd. When the fall of the toof was momentarily ex- pected sey.ral parties below called to Robbins to some down, but being deaf, he failed to hear the warning, and be- fore he could De made aware of his danger the roof gave way and he was precipitated to tae ground The un- fortunate man strach on bis head and it was aImosta miracle that he was not killed outright. As is was the shock caused concussion of the brain, and Robbins was picked ID un- conscious, conveyed 70 the hospital and Doctor Cook summoned
 The remaining stoves in the hioek were occupied by Chas, Holban < Co., John Rob3ins and Alonzo Bailey, and tle rFopryetor believing thc iestrne-