The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
THE PASSING OF THE FIRE.
The Last Body Found and the Debris
 Being Cleared Away.

! Being CIeaceu ANd9o
 As we went to press last week a large force of men were engaged in searching for the body of James Tapia The body was not found until Sunday afternoon. The Indians were not working Sunday, and in conversation an Indian told some one that in his opinion the body would be found near the southwest corner where several of the other bodies were found, and gave as his reason for thinking so that a large number of flies were accumulated at certain spot there. City Marshal Wilder hearing of the Indians ob- servations immediately put force to work and but few minutes elapsed before the remains were upturned. . Decomposition had set in and the funeral was held as soon as possible.
 It was feared that the body had been entirely consumed and it was burned to greater extent than were the others. In the hurry and excitement of the occasion the body was skinned over it being deeper under the ruins. Thus was the unfortunate end of one of Yuma's promising young men.
 Shortly after the disaster occurred the following telegram was received by Treasurer DeVane from several Yuma gentlemen and business men who were in Los Angeles:
 "Expend $50 for funeral expenses for fire victims.
 "J. W. DORRINGToN,
 "J. GANDOLFO,
 "W. T. HEFFERNAN,
 "H. B. GLEASON"
 The telegram speaks for itself and illustrates how readily Yuma's citizens came to the rescue.
 The ruined merchandise was wheel ed out of the basement and dumped in the street and for awhile life was made unbearable in that neighborhood by the stench arising therefrom. Dr. Cotter, chairman of the board of health called a special meeting of the board on Monday and passed the following resolution, there being present citizen members Isaac Polhamus and c. l.. Brown:
 Whereas the present ofensiveness and unsanitary condition of the mass of debris resulting from the ruins of the Sanguinetti store is such as to endanger the health and lives of the people of Yuma,
 Be it resolved, that we advice and urge the mayor and common council to cause the responsible parties to immediately remove the debris and put the premises in a proper sanitary condition.
 P. G. CoTTER, Chairman. c. L. BROWN, Secretary.
 Teams were put to work in the early part of the week and the wreck and ruin are being removed with all pos sible dispatch, and the stench has somewhath subsided,
 E. P. Farnsworth, the insurance ad- juster was down from San Francisco the fore part of the week and settled with MT. Gandolfo and Mr.Sanguinetti for the insurance carried by each gentleman. The sum Of $11 ,000 was paid MT. Gandolfo and he will inn mediately commence the construction of new building on the site of the destroyed building, which will be oc- cupied by Sanguinetti with new stock of general merchandise. The settlement with MT. Sanguinetti in cluded the payment of $64,725 insur- ance. A force of men have been busy this week fixing up and putting in 8 new stock of goods in the store room on the corner of First and Main streets in the Gandolfo block and will be oc- cupied by MT. Sanguinetti until the building is finished on the site of the fire.
 So now the great fire is thing of the past and will be remembered as one of the most disastrous catras- trophers that ever occurred in the territory of Arizona.