Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-06-20

partment, received a rap on the head
from a flying hose nozzle which nearly
fractured his skull. He had a headache
for the rest OF the day. Giptell did good
work, and the boys are trying TO induce
him 10 Join the local department now
that he is q resident Of this city.
Speaking about the Gre last evening.
y. j. Abel, the t0bacconist, said: II arose
about $50 o'clock yesterday morning, and
stepping out In the hall for a moment,
| found that | had done the funny trick
Of locking myself out OF my room, the
door being fastened BY a spring lock and
the key was In the pocket Of my vest In
the ROOM. telephOned for the Janitor
% come and open the door, and put in
the time until his arrival, close 10 y
hallway. There was no sign OF a Gre
then in any part Of the building nor wa
there the faintest smell Of smoke. The
fire was undoubtedly burning at this
time, but wal confined In some closed
room In the opera house part that
allowed no smoke 10 escape. A few
minutes later after reentering my room
I was aroused by the Ere alarm aud
coming out, met Chief Ruppe and other
bremen breaking In the door. The whole
building was now n dense mass OF smoke
and against their entreaties | returned
10 my room 10 at least save my clothes.
wouldn't do II again for the price OF the
building"
Some OF the friends OF the Catholic
sisters who gave the entertainment ON
Wednesday evening feared that they had
their four fine pianos still In the opera
house, and these costly instruments were
being destroyed. One Of the pianos il
valued at $1,000. L. A. McRae. who
was engaged fighting the Gre, stopped
long enough TO give the reporter the In.
formation that the sisters had removed
everything on Thursday and the audit0.
rum and stage was given a thorough
Overhanling and cleaning on Friday and
the theatre was closed for the ummer.
And this Is why Mr.. MeRae cannot un.
ierstand why the FIRE should break out In
a room from which all rubbish, such a.
paper, etc, had been removed. The only
piano In the building was the one in the
banquet hall, used by Mrs. Walton in her
dancing classes, and this was covered
with a tarpaulin, and IL received little or
no damage.
Some OF the saloons In the neighbor.
hood OF the fire did a land Office business
yesterday and the result was that several
drunken men put in m appearance and
became obnoxious, getting In the way
generally and running a risk OF getting
hurt. IL seemed as II every time Marshal
Fornoff came out OF the building for a
breathing spell, he encountered one OF
these fellows who refused TO leave, and
had TO be thumped once or twice before
being landed In the city bastile. And
this Is the way that Smiling Fred. took
his rest and enjoyed the Sabbath. There
we're plenty OF cases for Justice Crawford
10 try this morning.
One OF the least excited persons who
we're In danger OF q loss by the FIRE was
Mrs. Charles Heisch, OF the Chicago rOUm.
ing house, whose place was becoming
Oiled with smoke from the Ere. As soon
as II was discovered that the Ere wa In
the building adjoining the lodging house,
some OF the r00mere fastened 10 get their
belongings out, and In the rush the
rooms were left In disorder. When the
DIRE was over they returned and found
that the landlady was engaged In the
meantime in arranging things for their
comfort again.
A sight is presented at Ilfeld Bros
great dry goods emporium to-day that 10
deplorable The heaviest loss will be In
the general retail salesrOom, the dress
goods department, mems furnishing and
clothing quarters. The are consumed rr
scorched and thus made unstable thou
sands OF dollars worth OF goods here In q
few hours. The rich carpets In the
carpet Dol were damaged by both FIRE
and water. This was directly under the
door that fell In and hundreds OF rolls OF
carpets, lineolum and mating went up
In smoke.
The loss in the wholesale department
will DO almost entirely by water and here
also the greatest salvage will be oh
tained. Transfers and men are engaged
hauling the goods away from this dc.
partment to-day and considerable OF II
will be found 10 have suffered but a
slight damage, though any OF our lady
readers will readily aver that II takes
but the smell OF smoke In these finest Of
goods TO injure their sale at their real
value.
During the excitement, several arti-
cles OF value were removed from the mil
llnery store OF Mrs. Oaks, across the
street 10 the store OF Mrs. McCreight
Among the articles removed was q large.
handsome mirror, and this was badly
cracked across Its entire front. A num-
Der Of articles were also removed from
the art parlors Of Mrs. Albright in the
rear OF the opera house, and these were
more or less damaged by removal.
The Ere was not without its ludicrous
incidents. During It's height, when
every n was saving what he could from
the blaze, q man come rushing down the
steps with a cuspidore In one hand and a
waste basket In the other. Another
saved a coal scuttle and then succeeded
in saving himself. These are ''old
stories" but apropos TO the fire occasion
yesterday morning.
Two OF the cannon that we're resur-
reeted In old town some time ago, and
are relics OF great interest on that ac-
count, had their attractiyeness added
to by yesterdays occurrence. They
will now also be relics from AZ
buquerque's greatest fire. The cannon
we're kept In the room OF j.. M. Moore. the
real estate man.
A force OF men was left In guard over
the FIRE last night and this ~precauti0n
was wisely taken, as hidden embers
famed by the night winds caused the
ruins to break out frequently In small
blazes, and the presence Of watchmen
allowed these to be promptly extln-
guished.
New Location.
Having moved my barber shop from
205 south First street 10 112 Gold avenue
opposite the DAILY CITIZEN and around
the cOrne from the old stand, / hereby
request that all my old patrons will con.
tinue their patronage at the new place,
where | have newly painted and papered
large airy quarters. To possible new