Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
GLOBE IN RUINS. ACCuWulatiOnS of Years Swept
 Away in a FGa Hours.
 Forty Buildings Burned. Loss Estimated at $8o,0O0.
Loss Estimated at $so,OOo.
insurance About s25,OOO.

Globe, which last night was all se- renity, is to-day a scene of desolation. Blackened walls and smopldering em- bers mark the sites of busy marts of trade and happy homes. Two.thirds of the business part of town is in ashes and the losses will approximate ESQ.,, 000. At o'clock this morning, people were startled by 8 succession of shots, followed by the ringing of the church bell. Immediately after the first alarm a column of fire was seen to shoot up from the center of the business part of town, lighting up the heavens with Q lurid glare and sharply outlining every building in silhouette.
 The fire was discovered in the rear of Rolling & Rogers saloon and is supposed to have started from Chi nese chop house, attached thereto. In au incredibly short space of.time, the whole building w,.s mass of fames which quickly spread to the houses on either side, and continued their mad course with marvellous rapidity. Two hundred men congregated at the scene an began the work of salvage but their efforS5 appeared futile t5 chsa k the progress of the fierce flames. North and south they spread untl the whole block was ablaze.
 Atariy attempt was made to stop the fire at the alley known as Push street., separating the burning block from che one on the south, but the frame shell on the corner of the McNclly property occupied by Thos, Blrton, tlilor was soon ignted by the intense heat, and the whole half of the block fronting on Broad street was doomed, Goods and fixtures or every description were carried out of stores and saloons and piled in a disordsreI mass In the street where they c1pght fire and in. creased tho dang5r and confusion.
 Tee flames spread northeast consum. ing every strue5ara on the east side Of the street including tho handsome Klein store and Masonic building, and the bridge spanning Pinal creek. The heat was inten5a and Taylor5 news depot and saloon and the J. Myers building, frame and adobe structures on the opposite side of the street, caught fire and were gattod, together with two small buildings in Southlee's corral. By almost super human efforts, the Rslman property, Jas. Pascoe's rastanrant and adobe buildings on the sousa to the alley were saved,
 Kellner's handsome store building was supposed to be fire proof, and af ter lowering the iron awning in front as a further protection, attention was diverted to other places where the danger appeared greater It was a grieyous surprise, therefore, when fumes were seen issuing from behind the cornice on the roof of the Kelner store. Owing to the height of the building, and intense heat, it was ina possible to get water ou the flames, and the attempt to save the structure was abandoned. Some of the goods were carried out and the old ware house adjoining, which contained small stock. escaped the insatiatc flames.
 Mrs Cornelia AEdersou's two story frame building and the Heineman & Gm residence and storehouse were soon in flames. Ghelatter building was partially torn down with the hope of' saving Mrs. Moore's and Mrs. Ander- son's houses on the hill, but it wag use less; they were soon ablaze and atten- ton was then turned to the residences ol tho southeast and by hard work the fire was checked at that point.
 Acro3s Broad street MeNelly's val uable property, saltln's store the buildings owned by L. J. Webster end Sam Ke9s were consumed. Some of the hardest and most effective work was done in the rear of these build. ings, and T. A. Pascoe's corral and Vim. zimmermann's property were saved, owing largely to the abundance of water furnished from Pascoe's big tank. The corral sheds caught fire in several places, but the flames were ex- ! tinguished, and by half-past four o'clock the fire was under control.
 About eighty thousand dollars is a conservative estimate Of the loss. The principal losers are E. F. Kellner S1 O., S35, ,OoO one half insured; W. T. McNelly, g 600, uninsured; Julius Sul- tan 5000 to 56oo0, insured fer S4500; l, F. Solomon assignee of S. Klein & Go, S5Ooo, uninsured; Sam Kee, s5ooO, no insurance; c. E. Taylor, 555OO, in sured for s2Ooo; John Kennedy estate, [. R. Robinson, Mrs, M J. Moore, Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, ]. Meyers estate, l., ,. Webster, John and Simon Billing, Rolling & Rogers, and others. Many citizens are entitled to credit for the effective work done.
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 Regular meetings of White Noun tain Lodge No. 8, r. & 4, M, for the year 1894;
 January 25th, July 10th,