Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-23
ALMOST 4 HOLOCAUST.
4 Midnight Blaze Which Makes Charred and 8ackened Ruins
 of the Johnson House.
Narrow Escape of the Guests, Many of Whom Barely Escaped With Their LNes.-Seyeral Ser
 iOusIy Injured.


 The Johnson House, on Marina
 street, owned by Miss Christine Johnson. was the scene of another ! fire this morning at l2:45 o'clock This makes the third fire that has
 occurred to the building within the
 past few years, but last nights
 proved more disastrous than any ol
 the previous ones.
 The fire apparently started in the
 kitchen as that part of the building
 Is completely burned.
 IL made rapid headway and before
 being discovered the whole interior
 of the rear portion or the building
 was in flames, making il dangerous
 to the guests to get out by the ordinary means of egress. None in the two upper stories had time to save anything and not even time to dress. Some of them grabbed up what clothes they could and made a rush for the outside clad only in their night robes, Early visitors to the scene found about eight or ten of the guests on the-street, arrang- ing their toilets by d0uuing such clothing as they secured in their haste To escape.
 Many thrilling stories are told by the guests of their escape from the flames. u. II. Dodge, who occupied room on the third floor was awakened by Annie Peterson, a chambermaid in the house, and started to go down stairs, without attempting to save anything. On reaching the second floor he found his escape cut of by the flames and rushed back to his room and at tempted to get out on the roof through a dormer window. Being unable to raise the window he again essayed to go down the stairway and during a temporary Hull in the fl mes succeeded in pushing his way through with four or five others. The only thing saved by him was his night robe.
 Miss Annie Peterson, the chamber maid, yrOved herself quite a heroine. She was among the first to discover the fire and she went from room to room on the third floor awakening the guests, and in doing so probably saved the life of more than one uf them. After having called all of them. the interior Oi the building. on the second floor was a roaring furnace of flame, and she was. un- able to escape by that way. Return ing to the third floor she succeeded in escaping to the roof from where she was rescued, with no other in- iuries, except a burned arm.
 Orick Jackson, foreman of the JoURNAL-MNER office, who occupied a room on the second floor, grabbed up some clothes and then stopped to arouse a neighboring roomer, and was compelled to jump from the railing of the second floor 10 the hall way beneath, the stairway being in flames. All he saved was a suit of clothes and overcoat. He found 3 pair of shoes which be had recent y discarded, and as good luck would nave 1t, the pair of ladIes' hose that he drew at the Zamloch entertain nent were in his oyercoat pocket. . ld he was thus enabled to complete lls entire toilet without becoming a temporary disciple of Jerry Simpson. Re says that -ZamlOch has earned . lis everlasting gratitude by giving i'm that pair of hose. Astonishing IS the fact may seem, that a printer should have so much money early Monday morning, he lad SIS co in silver in his room, and his morning 5 90 of it in the harred ruins.
 pr. D. P. kayner was very serious 7 burned about the heac, lace. back nd legs in getting out of the burn ng building and his attending phy- icians state that the burns may rove fatal. He was first taken 10 he corner drug store where Lis urns were dressed and then re- loved to the Mercy hospital where e now lies in @ precarious con- ition.
 Charley Perkins jumped from a scond story window anu struck a snce in his descent, sustaining very ainful injuries to his hip and spine. Le is also at the Mercy hospital. :. H. Garrett, Q stenographer in | . J. Wragovijch's office jumped .Om the thIrd story and was pretty adly shaken up, his spine being ( sO injured. He is being cared for ] the hospital
 Fireman Harry Campbell Eas told lat a drunken man was m a room sar which the flames were fercely ging. Realizing that no time n ,uld be lost to secure anvthi.- ' ith which 10 break the window. he . ruck It with bis fist and in doing ( cut bis right wrist to the bone r ths glass. The arteries and ten o IDS of the wrist were all severed z d but for prompt medical assist ce he would have bled to death.
 it was be lost a great amount of pod and Is so weak today that hs n scarcely raise his head. The ciors think he will recover. Re $ taken tO the residence of ". E. fl att last night and was removed ir his home today h, d. II. Dodge was provided with a a, { of clothes temporarily last rr -ht by Nathan Levy. On return to to his room this morning he md his gold watch and a very lily scorched s bill.
 Is stated. very few few of the ssts saved anything except what v had on, or such clothes as they tW id grab up in the hurry. Ba be origin of the fire is unknown. ue
 1t Is supposed Co nave been from so elective fue iu the kitchen. The mated loss to the building and liJure could not be ascertaiued. was insured for $500, but, it iS ain, the loss will greatly exceed
 amount. he tremen responded promptly !. he alarm and did excellent sel- Ph , saving the front part of the to ding from becoming a total loss. ad,
 greatest damage in the front of
 of the house was confined Co second and third foor,, the fur re on the first floor being but l @ damaged by the fire.