Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-11-20
Wednesdays Edition.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Three Fires Within Four Hours Entailing Loss of Thousands
 of Dollars to Prescott.

Prescott scored fire record last night, in which she ta kes no srecial pride, the department being called out no less than three times within four hours, the aggregate loss amounting to about $S,O00. The first alarm was sounded just after 6 o'clock, for an in ncipient blaze in the rear of the Palace saloon. Parties who visited the place say it had been saturated with coal oil, and the fire started we'll under the feor. It was discovered before it had made much hesdway, and was extiBguished with out loss.
 Within three-quarters of an hour after this another alarm was sounded for fire in D. Levy $ Co.'s barn, in the rear of their store, and within q hundred feet of the first fire. T trough the efforts of the fire department it was also subdued, with loss not exceeding $50.
 The third time the department was called out, was just after the town clock had struck ten, and the consequences were more disastrous, resulting it did in the destruction of Sloan's Plaza livery stable. and of the beautiful litsle- opera house adjoining. both buildings being owned by Hon. Levi Bashford. The fire started in the livery stable, in which was large quantity of hay. and when discovered had broken out throughthe rsof, and the flames soon communica- ted with the frame addition in the rear of the opera house. The fremen, un- der the wise direction of their chief W. c. Bashford, did excellent service and succeeded in confning the flames to the rear of both buildings, the brick portion of the opera house, and the front of the stable being saved.
 In the burning stable were fifteen or sixteen head of horses. ni.e of which were burned to death, and another, a fine big sorrel, being SC badly burned that hs was shot this morning, to put him out of his misery. In addition to those lost by Mir. Sloan, were horse, and a mule belonging to W.J. Mul- venom, one h rse belonging to Harry Hilbcrs, of Tip Top. one belonging to the Ore Bella mining company, and fine $2O0 sorrel horse belonging to wm. Wolf. MT. Sloan lost all his horses ex- cept seven, among the number saved being the we'll known buckskin dale horse. He succeeded in saving all his buggies, harness, saddles and bridles but three or four tons of hay were lost He estimates his loss at about $2 900; no insurance. MT. Bashferd's loss will reach very close to S7.O0o, with no in urance. Ed. Burke, who lived with his family on the ground floor of the opera house, lost about $lOO.
 The origin of all the fires isa mys- tery, and the only tn. ory advanced is that of incend iarism.
 Geo. s. Porter. who lost his residen ce, store and nearly all the contents of hoth in the fire of July lst, 1888, had small stock of goeds ia tho front part I of the lower floor of the opera hsnss. and sustained small loss Al. Ait ken had also lZ0 barrels of apples stored in the same room, but saved them without loss.
 Ar. Bashford has generously offered ground rent free to Mir. Sloan for one year for the rebuilding of his livery @ able. The opera house will not be rebuilt at present.
 Mir. Bashford desires the JOURNAL MINER te convey h. sincere than to the Prescott fire department and citi- zens who worked so heroically to save his property.
 The o. K. hose company claims to have won the record at the first fire, the Dudes claim the second, and the third is claimed by both Dudes and 
 Evidence of an attempt to start another fire was also discovered to-day, leaving no doubt waatever of the in-