Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-07-15

of it and slid down to the main roof,
where hs feirted, bit was afterwards
rescued, terribly burned.
Two of his fellow-iremen attempted
to follow him, but before they were half
way down the hose gave way and they
dropped into a seething mass of fire
and were lost. Another man started
down a portion of the rope hanging
from the tower, but he fell and was
instantly killed. There now remai9ed
by the c'vunt of various spectators from
twenty-five TO thirty men on the tower.
BEYOND HUMAN HELP.
Finally they found a rope and hastily
fastened it to the railing around the
balcony and threw it to the roof. A man
started to slide down. but he wss swal-
lowed IN the awful volcano. Another
tried 1t and met the sam fate. Five of
the men then jump from the balcony
to the roof. LII any survived the awful
leap they we're burned to death after
wards.
The rope burned off about half way
down, but Captain Fitzpatrick, seeing
the men Jumping to their doom, Sc Zad
strand and started down. He dropped
from the end of the rope and caught on
ladder, which Was raised to within
twenty feet OF it. Fire Marshal Muir
ply, who was on the roof, sprang for
ward and soon reached FItzpa:rick,
carrying him to the roof. Fitzpatrick
Is not expected to survive through the
night
Scarcely twenty-five minutes had
elapsed after the fire was discovered,
but so rapid had been its progress that
the entire tower burned away and fell
with an awful crash, carrying with it
the unfortunates who were left on the
balcony aud several firemen who were
playing on the flames with the hose
from the roof. 1t is doubtful il any of
the bodies will ever be recovered, so
furious and terrific was the heat. A
complete and accurate list of the dead
is difficult to obtain. and not even the
officers of the department will know
who are lost until after the roll call to-
night.
LIVES SNgFFED OUT.
Strong men wept and women tainted
as one after another life was snuffed out
within full view of the multitude, but
hey ond the reach of human aid.
The fire was not generally observed
until about 1:15 p. M, and within
thirty minutes great loss of life bad oc-
Cured. All the first signal the tireme
rushed up the high shaft surrounding
the smoke stack, and when at the sum-
NIT began preparations to light the
flames, which tirss appeared at this
point. Before the hose could be coupled
cry of rror went up from the crowd
below, which eau ed the firemen to look
down, for the whole place below was en-
circled with flames. The men stood
stolidly for moment in full realization
of their danger. Then one grssped q
rope which had been lowered for the
purpose OF raising the hose, and half
sliding, half falling. reached the roof
ninety feet below in a bruised and
burned condition, but still alive.
This crown below became wild with
excitement, and weeping women and
frenzied men rushed around wringing
their hands and moaning in anguish
over the inability to render aid.
Suddenly every eye was turned up
ward by the preparations of a fireman to
Jump. He gave a quick, spasmodIc
lap and turned over and over half
dozen times before he struck the roof.
ninety feet below. When the body
struck the root there was frightful
crash, and it bounded far up again into
the air.
FROM this time on bodies rained from
the steeple. AS after the first wild leap
one man after another jumped In quick
succession as the flames osed in below
and the heat became more and mere in
tense.
TIE very horror of death riveted
every eye to the scene and while men
and women shouted hys erically the
guards were almost poWerless to keep
the crowd back and away from danger.
The spectacle became more horrible as
the minutes passed. The last man on the
cupola received the m 1st dreadful fate
of al. AftoI LIS Companions leapeu
to apparent death and as he hesitsted
the whole shaft began to tremble and
vibrate. The lone fireman understood
the cminous warning and gave wild
leap but too late. At the very instant
he sprang the Whole structure collapsed
aud this human being, quivering with
frenzy and despair, was, seen to drol
into the labyrinth of flame and fire, and
disal pear into the roaring furnace be-
low.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Judge Jenkins in
United States circuit court today decid-
Ell against Wapramaker ard Brown in
their suit 10 restrain Sunday opening of
the World, fair. He held complain
ants, as stockholders, had elected the
directors and could not now question
the directors discretion.
CADDo, /. T.. July 11.-In regard to
the shooting If nine condemned Choc-
taws on behalf of whom the federal
interviewed, Governor Jones
says they will be shot or he will call out
every member of his militia to that end
RoBY, Ind, July 11.-Champion Cor
bett announced tonight that ne would |
fight Peter jackson at any time, anG |
asked Par5on Davies to name the time.
Both men posted forfeit OF 81, 900 to |
fight in November.
LONDON, July 11.--In response TO in
1uiries 10 the house of commons todsy |
j. E. Russell, parliamentary secretary |
II the Indian Office, stated that the OBJ
ect of the recent silver legislation in
India was not to fix the value of the ru
zee at sixteen pence or any other
mount, but to prevent future fall in
,rice. He added that they had not yet
ixed ratio OF value between the rupee
nd sovereign.
WASHINGTON, July 11.--But one re-
ponss has been made to the counter
made to the silver brokers
and that was limited to an
fer OF 100000 ounces of silver at