Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-08-13
The Fire.

The most serious loss by fire that NOgales has ever experienced occurred Friday morning at about i've o'clock.
 The citizens were still sleeping, many of them, when the Yard Engineer, Tom Cleveland, began blowing the whistle and the M5Jhodist church bel was ruUg to give the fire alaIm. Everybody rush.
 ed out and to the scene of the contis-
 grafton, the International Hotel, which
 by the time the crowd gathered, was
 well enyelOped ID smoke and flame. The
 fire quickly spread from room to room,
 each way from the center where the
 kitchen was located and where the fire
 was supposed to have originated, al
 though it being so early in the morning,
 nothing certain is known regarding the
 starting of the fire. Some three or
 four hundred men went to work with
 will to suppress the fire and to save
 what furniture they could. The tire
 reaching the roof, 1t was a very easy
 matter to ignite the adjoining roofs on
 the north and south. The adjoining
 building on the south was the large furniture and hardware store of Geo.
 B. Marsh. This building was owned by Frank NJ. Main and George B. Marsh, and they also owned the adjoining building that was considerably injured, occupied as China store. Main and
 Marsh's loss IS about S3000 and without insurance. Marsh owned the personal property in the store which with his tin shop in the rear that was also burned, makes his personal property loss about $500, he having saved a part of the goods. On the goods he holds an in- surance of 5000.
 The Chiaaman's damage and break age of goods amounts to about 5000. On the north and adjoining the hotel were four small frame buildings owned by Mir. J. T. Brickwood. The first was occupied by Fl. Gardner as barber shop. His personal loss IS about S100. The second was the postoffice. Mir. Chatham says that all the government property was saved, but be personally sustained loss of about S200. The next was occupied as China store, which was partially destroyed by fire, the balance torn down as was also the next one occupied by pr. Cummings, to stay the progress of the flames, which 1t did. Mir. Brickwood lived in the rear of these buildings and his residence property was somewhat damaged, some of his fruit trees and vines were partially if not wholly ruined. Nr. BrickwoOd's loss is above S2,C00 without insurance. since be nas lived in Nogales he has paid insurance enough to nearly have paid for the buildings; but not long ago let the policies expire the rates on frame buildings being so excessive. Mir. Jones' loss on the hotel and furnish ing will foOt up at least S30,000 with only S9,O0G insurance. The building was an adobe one and about 90 feet frontage by about 150 feet deep. The morning was clear and calm, otherwise there IS no telling what a fearful loss Nogales would have sustained.
 Everybody worked hard, everybody did sll they could and it would be inn possible for us to select out those who shOuld receive the greatest honor for efficient and faithful work performed. " nile the individual loss of our friends is grsst, yet thsre Is one consolation to -he general public, and that is, it might have been more serious, by far. It will