Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-08-31
A BIG BLAZE.
The old Tiger Stables Burned to the
 Ground.

Ground.
 At ten minutes past two o'clock this morning a fire alarm was sound ed by ringing of bells and pistol shots, for the Tiger stables, on south Montezuma street, the prop erty belonging to John Duke. Be fore the hose teams arrived at the scene the building was ablaze in every part, and outside of the aid of the department to keeping stream turned on adjacent buildings, no human help could be extended in either rescuing animals or saving property. The building was an old one and veritabie shell, and the 1 immense volume os flames as they shot upward from 1t presented d scs-s as weird as i gas suhIne. i So high d;d the fa.aes reach De-ore 1 bseaEing, it w,s almost impoS. .Sie ' ta .aake count :inns m the pi-~ { n -1r bY. and 2Jt until Gflc- to g { second atte.np; was water turde d on. It was the hardest fire for the boys to handle that has ever taken place here, and they soon realized ! it, by abanoning the building to ! it's fate. As to the origin of the fire l there are many versions, and from what we can learn, it must have ! been the work of an incendiary. | From several who were sleeping in | the building it was learned that the fire started in three distinct places; at least they say that when first aroused by the sounds of the fire in the loft, they could plainly distin- guish the fires in three different places. One of the fires was extin- auished, but the others had gained such headway, further efforts were useless, and the men commenced to rescue the few animals that escaped. Several who preceded the hose i teams, give a pitiable account of the scene which met their gaze as one by one the faithful little bur ros fell dead in the corral as the flames would reach them. Sixteen of these animals perished, along with ten horses in the main build ing. The burros belonged to Mar | tine Alonzo, Mexican packer, who arrived las night, intending to load up this morning and start for the ! Peck. Other losers were P. A. Craigue, a blackboard wagon and two fine mules; T. Placo, the Verde mail carrier. three horses and 1 blackboard, and other property; T. J. Dnnkle, horse, saddle and blankets. Several other horses were also lost, the owners of which we could not le rn. The usual amount of personal property was stored in the building, which likewise went up in the flames. Frank Coffee and Martin Alonzo, the former son of Geo. Coffee, we'll known miner for many years in the Bradshaws, who were sleeping in adjoining building, escaped in their bare feet and had close call, the flames reaching so high as to make the heat almost unbearable. The Tiger was one of the old stables erected here in the days when mining was generally prosperous to the south of Pres colt, and being located on thor oughfare over which much travel passed, had gained quite reputa- tion for it's accommodations and as center where mining patronage was always extended to it. The building was partly covered by in surauce. but the loss ln hay and grais Giii run up into he hunreds of dollars as the buiidiEg was well pco iCed with tnoas articles of I od. Tic record q le depafi ne ptire 1 ae tousis. Ea- a- Ln@ gfut,l1.
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