Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-09-26
A BLAZE.
The Handsome White House is Burned to
 Ihe Ground.

ihe Ground.
 About one o'c' ook yesterday afternoon the quietuds of the b.1ght Sabbath day was broken hy ihe sudden alarm of the fire bells, and fhe people rushed from their houees to discover iLe location Of the fire. X huge column Of smoke rising hieh in the air ns6r the corner of Main and Congress streets directed everyone 10 the scene CT the conflagra- tion, and as each one cane in view of the burning building expressions of ex- treme dismay and sorrow were invoiun- tarily spoken that such handsome store WAS to be destroyed by fire.
 he hose company was promptly on the ground and although there was not shadow of possibility of saving any thing n the building. they gave their attention largely to saving adjacent property, and n tLIs they did excellent service. coniining the flames to the White House structure.
 The origin of the fire is a mystery. MT. Marcus, the resident member of the firm of ;. c. Meyer * Co, was in she store but five or ten minutes urey!oHs to the alarm, aud there was 10 sicn of fire when he left. Those who first discoy- cred the fire say that puff of smoke WAS forced out the front through the crevlces, followed almost iustant.as sous- ly by slight explosion, when the great volumes Ot smoke rushed Uus from both | front and rear, and . little later it went mp straight through ths skyiigh a2er- ture. Not a tbIHg conla hs saved, and m fact the building could b. approached with only the greatest difficulty.
 The stock oi goods consisted of dry | and feucy goods, H-d Was valued al about Sl4OUO, on which there vas insu- rance at follows: London and Laucas. ter insurance company. S2O0O: Man. | chester, S2,ON: imperiai Group, S20U0, l Commercial Union. S20OO-in all s. GOO | Mir. Marcus had another policy of S2gH I cancelled on Saturday, nas wishing tu | carry quite so much, as portion of Lis stock had not yet arrived. The iHsu- rance Is all held 5y VA. Scott's agency, | and k ID sound companies. The loss oi | ;. c. Meyer x Co. above the insurance. ls somewhere about SJ,OCO or SG.OO0. The building belOueed tO the minor children of LeoVOidO Carriilo, and wns valued at about SS,C00. upon which | there was 20 insUrance.
 The store and stock of hardware, | crockery, etc, of Stevens .S Hughes, suffered to the extent oi about $500 | The solder was melted from tue tin roof by the intense heat and upon one or | two occasions the flames broke out along | the roof boards, but two men, each with a hose, kept stream Of water playing from the inside, while ,he hose com | pRny kept the rogf Vet. Their store was so dense with the smoke ttst cue could almost carve it.
 Washington M. Jacobs, who occupied the building on the soUth with his Essay office and residence. suffered greatly from water, and the UnCaramUnious Te uovai of his goods. Wirs tHe best o Intentions, fine men rushed n ana knocked bedsteads and other articles sl 10 pieces in their zeal to save something and actually did almost es much -m age ss a fire cauid tuvc done. Som, over-zeai.us workers Teluv-i B. f-v of the most valgarlo articles SO fs away from danger uat ,ucy have uC vet returned.
 The buildings On thc east ~iae oi mari street, belonging tO Lenro-dH tarrillC suffered from burnt a@aIL-s and tai destruction of large E!8-s vIEd'ws.
 Fortunately thcrc vas up wind blow ing at the tune, else tEe E-, vCu.d hay. covered a wider field ol destrucilyu.