Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-05-09

an order, lunch being served at the
 time. She saw flames up the wall and
 believes they came from outside the
 building, apparently from the Chicago
 Cafe adjoining. She gave the alarm
 and rushed from the kitchen to the
 office, crying "Firew At the time she
 went, other occupants of the kitchen
 had not noticed the fire.
 | The Portland was a frame and Q
 veneered brick kitchen occupied the
 central rear portion. The building
 was the property of T J. Moynsnan,
 who valued 1t at s6O,OOO, but carried
 only s2,000 insurance. It was leased to
 Peter Fades and sub leased to Ben
 Brewer, of Denver. The matter has
 been in litigation. The sub lease sx-
 pirsd May l. The furniture was valued
 originally s10,000 and insured for S7, eco
 A bout twenty arrests have been
 made for theft and other causes, but the police feel confident they will
 be able to prevent any further depreda-
 tions by vandals. Stolen liquor was plentiful. Many saloons were footed.
 Prices for the service of wagon rang- ed from nothing to Sl00 cash load,
 according to the exIgencies of the case
 Insurance loses will be fully three
 times those of Saturday. One agent laS m Qf nd every agency 10 town is loaded with
 risks. The heart of the business section went up today and fully double the area is burned over. Also in today's
 district were crowds of refugees from
 the previous fire and with them most
 of the goods that had been sayed. One million dollars seem6 a large amount to ascribe to loss in hurriedly and cheaply built mining camp, but there
 can be DO question but that tOday's loss will more than reach the figures.
 The insurance loss of Sl56.0O0 on Sat-
 urdsy will be fully S450,OO0 today.
 Every insurance office ID town is
 burned and figures cannot be obtained. The sdjusters of the companies that suffered in the previous fire are all in camp snd had practically settled alf former claims.
 The most serious accident of the day was the one ID which Geo. Griffith, miner lost his life, and number of others were badly injured. When it waa seen that the fire could not be confined to the Portland block it was decided to blow up buildings in the vicinity. Tgo charges were placed in C6srder's grocery and tbe alarm gwen. All the crowd had got away when a new crowd came up within a block with 8 lide of hose. They were warned by the people, but either did not heer or failed to appreciate, for they turned the water on the building. Scarcely had the water touched the place be- fore the first charge exploded. Bricks and mortar and timber snd glass were hurled about in all directions and when the smoke cleared away the streets were covered with men unable to rise. Others rushed to their assist ance and before the upfortunates could be dragged tack, the second charge went of and half dozen of the men were added to the list The crowd surged forward and all were taken away a. the flames began to consume the building. George Griffitb's head was blown nearly off and be died in 6 half hour. The others, while seriously hurt, may all recover.
 Those riured are: G Youngstrou, bead cut; A K Hinkley, foot cut; George Layden, Georgetown. hands broken; E E Bradley, Nebraska City, hands cut; c Ragstedt, Washing top, Ind, skull fractured and broken leg; H B Ordway, Col, may dIe; O McCanp, actor, skull fractured; ) w CreiRer, Aspen, head cut; T W Geur- Der, Kansas City, head cut; W Lynch, Lovelasd, Col, arm blown of; Glad Staten, Aspen, bruised; J E Rose, drug ,ist, arm broken; Larry Mahoney, sliaht- y injured;T H Smith, superintendent Fater works, fatally injured; Walhs, w slker. mining engineer, seriously in urs6 Dickinson Carpenter, slightly in ured; Lew Cochrsne, arm broken; John. Evans, cat head; Chris Coffmsn, fire nan. seriously injured; Capt Tom Sew III, Denver, leg fractured.
 Floyd Thomp pson did an act of ius- ice commended by every one. He saw , man deliberately setting fire to a mass of debris. 1hOmp pson pulled A gun md shet the man. He wss taken to the but could not be identified.
 Several arrests were made of partres vho have been heard to make threats gaInst the remaInIDR portions of the ity. John Mahoney was rushed out of own shortly after the fire started to ave him from mob violence. When he lire started he was ssked by & by- lander where 1t was and snswered- Why, the Portland. thought every ody knew that was going to burn"
 Saturday night, after the first eonfia- ration, it was discovered aeout I2 clock that miscreants had put a pile [ shavings between the building occu- jed by the Portland hotel and the Chi ago restaurant It was but few feet rom this point that the fire or gina cd.