Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-09-08
TINE FIRE.
The Eureka House and WIN.
Ruby's Residence ScOrchcd.
THk ORlUiY ~ rHR Fl.Ants.

| NJ "Si' "Nhel SUI "cunlrti 10y mr., ana
Mrs. William Ruhy. and the Eureka
house, two story brick. No. 623. owned
by Mr.. Ruby and occupied by Miss lie.
ona Fletcher, as a boarding aud loig.
ing house
When the trs, fire company appeared
on the scene-the No. = hoee company
flames werr fas, devouring the frame
building. and the rear portion II the two
story brick. being on fire, placed tina,
building In jeopardy.
Th" No. , bos- company, however. laid
line u hos., and Tough, the hrr from
the r-sr The No. 3 hose company. CON.
ing On ths scene, was sent into
the frunt ~ the frame building
with . line ~ hn-e aud played
a str-am ~ water In that direction. and
With the c"nhin-d lnw-r ~ ,h--c two
hose companies the flames we're gotten
under control ami al . ~ O'Clock, amer
sighting heruicAlly for more than an hour,
tho bre vas completely -stinguish~l.
The No ! hose company was On the
ground, ready Ia b- called into service.
but their valuable skd, - we'll. known,
was not n~cicd Tue Ferguson Hook
and Ladder company Was present In
full fnrrs AMI did gnnd service IN raising
their ladders and removing household
Eocsis Ia places 81 safety
oRIGfs ~ rHK piss.
Mr.. Ruby, who Was sleeping 10 the
room next Ia the kitchen In the frame
building, states that she was aroused
from her ulumberr by noise occAsion-d 10y
the falling and breaking II dishes. and on
getting up found the kitchen Of the brick
building adjoining one mass u flames.
She aroused her husband, who, with sev.
.ral loigers in the rooms above, one Of
whom was Tom German, gave the alarm,
and before the Rremen arrived they
fought the lire with buckets Ia proven, II
from spreading aud leAping out
of the kitchen window onto IN.
adjoining frame building Their la
bors were Of no consequence. for the
lire had assumed grea, proportions W hen
discovered, and rapidly spread and
leaped from the window. catching the
rear 81 the frame building
Miss Fletcher, who occupied the Eu
reka house. states that the first intima.
ton she had that the building was on lire
was when the range went through the
,.... Al
lowed by the breaking and cracking Of
dishes. She hurriediy notified her lodg.
ers, and the removal Of furniture com.
menced in good earnest, Her story Is
verified by half dozen Of her loig-rs.
who were also awakened by the falling
Of the range aud dishes In the burning
kitchen.
Miss Mary Lynch. one Of the wait
rcssess, and who slept ne., to the kichen,
states that In the early par, II the even
ing on smelling smoke she got ou, Of her
bed and looked into the dining room, bu,
~ she did not discover anything wrong
returned 10 bed.
Henry Clark, colored, cooked for Miss
Fletcher. He left everything about the
range, a. he Thought, all RICH, after sup.
PER !s.t night. and did not know any
thing about the dre until he lef, his lodg-
ing quarters at Q Mrs, Halls this morn
ing and Was on his way to prepare break
fast, when informed that the fire was at
Mrs. Fletcher's.
II seems, therefore. from all ar-
counts that the fr. had its
origin In the kitchen II the Eureka
house, near the range, and WAS smoul.
dcring . number u hours before being
discovered.
The two buildings belong TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Ruby. There 10 an insurance Of
about 1850 on the frame building and
furniture. The two story brick, or rath.
or the Eureka house, coat In the neigh.
borhood u $4,000, upon which there ID an
insurance Of 5000. Il In sAfs 10 say.
taking erything into consideration, the
damage from breAkAg-, water aud fire,
that Mr.. and Av. Buby are thu losers
by several hundred dollars besides the
Insurance.. Miss Fletcher carried an In.
sur~nce Of 1850 on her furniture She
10 fully insured. but the cruel hames have
wrecked her business. which she had
worked hard 10 build up IN profit. The
insurance 10 carried In companies repre-.
seuted by BorrodAile 4 Mcclellan, Calvin
whiting and J.sse n. Wheelnck.