Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-01-13
AN EARLY BLAZE.
A Fire in the Johnson House. This Morn-
 ing--Narrow Escapes of Lodgers.

At half past one o'clock this
 morning, fusilade of pistol shots
 in different portions of the town
 could have been heard, the occasion
 being a fire in the rear portion of
 the Johnson House. The pistol
 shots was the only alarm given, as
 the person, whoever it is. whose
 duty 1t is to ring the court house
 bell on such occasions, was proba-
 bly not awakened from his slumbers.
 At any rate the bell did not ring.
 In consequence of it, many firemen
 failed tp hear the alarm, the O. K.
 hose company in particular failing to
 put in an appearance at the fire.
 The Dudes were the first to get
 stream on the burning building, and
 were soon followed by the Toughs,
 the Hook and Ladder company also
 appearing and rendered valuable
 assistance in subduing the flames.
 As soon as the stream of water first struck the building
 THE FLAMES SEEMED TO BE sURDUED,
 And it was thought to be an easy task to entirely extinguish them. But Tn few minutes they burst out again and the operation was re- peated several times before the fire was finally subdued. To use the expression of an old fireman, ''it was the most stubborn fire We have had for long time," and it was after two o'clock before they had it out 
 The fire started in closet ad- joining the kitchen, immediately | under the stairs leading to the lodg- 1 ing rooms over the dining-room and 1 kitchen. In these rooms Miss John son, proprietress of the hotel and l owner of the building, Geo. c. Wad dell, Orick Jackson and a man named Haynes were sleeping. The latter is just recovering from a spell )f sickness and does not sleep very 'oundly. He was awakened by the l 'mell of smoke, and immediately Iroused Orick Jackson, who in turn vent to Waddell's room and thence G Miss Johnson's and awakened hem, the fire in the meantime
 'LAzINa AND cRAcKLISG IN THE CLOSET Underneath the stairway, which was heir only means of egress. By the ime they reached the stairs they Fere becoming uncomfortsbly warm, nd a sudocating cloud of smoke 'ss pouring up from the closet un- erneath. They all succeeded, how yer, in getting safely down into the ining-room, clad in very scanty ttire, their wardrobe being left be- ind. The origin of the fire was at first onsidered mysterious, and by some bought to have been incendiary. ut visit to the place this morning lowed very conclusively to the lind of the JoURNAL-MISER man { nat 1t had its origin in the carless- I ess of the Chinese employees in aving burning candle on shelf the closet, as the tell-tale empty : 'ndlestick still remained there. = ne of the lodgers states that a few d ghts.ago he found
 CANDLE BURNING THERE i fter the help had all gone away, c Id that he extinguished it. Miss c lhnson's loss will be from $l,OOO N 200, which is fully covered by | surance. Mrs. Dewitt, who had O le dining room leased, will lose d % or $500. c At half past six o'clock this morn- I g another volley of pistol shots b gre fired and Miss Johnson sent t ord down town that the building h IS again on fire. H. D. Aitken, ti reman of the Dudes, and Johnny Ii pyle, of the Toukhs hose company, a mt up and succeeded in putting F t the flames, which were strug- t' ing with the wet shingles of the O