The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
DISASTROUS FIRE
VISITS JEROME
Three Hundred Build
ings Destroyed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

JEROME, Ariz., May 19-The third dis
astrous fire to visit Jerome within the
past eighteen months swept a large part
of the business portion of this town at
10 o'clock to-day. The fire had its ORR
gin in the Office of the Leland Hotel,
which was a twenty-room, two-story
frame building. 1t spread rapidly until
three hundred buildings had been de-
stroyed
From the Leland Hotel the fire spread
over two squares, destroying the Ryan
Hotel, Scott & Moores livery stable and
ten dwellings, stopping within ten feet
Of the Reporter office. West of the Le-
land is a business section where a uarge
number of hotels, restaurants and sa-
looms were located The St. Elmo, Elite,
Arizona, Miners Exchange, Fritz's
Place, Fashion, Annex, Red Light, Sen
ate, Connor's, Neef & Mattox, all saloons,
were destroyed within space of
twenty-five minutes.
The estimated value of the destroyed
buildings is $45 900. Twelve Chinese res
taurants and at least seventy-five small
buildings in what is known as the MeXi-
can and Chinese quarters We're consumed.
The fire alarm was given by the big
whistles at the United Verde Copper
Companys smelter, and 500 men were sent
down the hill by this company to fight
the flames. The new four-story brick
building belonging to the T. +. Miller
Company was saved with slight damage.
The Hotel Connor, a two-story brick
completed within the fortnight, was com
pletely gutted; the cost of the building
was $37 900, insurance $14,5
Dr. E. T. Cody, whose office was in the
Leland was the first to hear the cry OF
a child in the Office of the hotel, and has
tened there and found a fire started on
a bed. He attempted to smother the
flames with bed clothing, and was pam
fully burned about the head ana lace,
but no serious results are expected. Ih1s
iG the OnlV serious accident known at
this time.
Larkin's large clothing store was badly
damaged; insurance light. Hoover q COR
diner, proprietors of the Fashion saloon,
lost their property at the September hre
and were replacing it with what was con-
sidered to be a fireproot building at
cost of SIT 900. The walls of this build
ing were badly cracked and its contents
destroyed; no insurance.
The owner of the Leland, Mrs. M.
Smith, is of the opinion that the tlre was
of incendiary origin, and arrests Will be
made of suspected persons.
The individual losers so far as known
the Kuchler brick block, made almost
total loss from smoke and water, the
losses being estimated at $4,000; Tovrea
& Clay, small loss; Lyons & .Kooblock,
nominal; Scott bowling alley, $500; G. NJ.
Clark & Son, notions $2SOO; Parke q
Lewis, BARRIERS, $500; Neff & Maddox,
$500; Hoover & Cordiner, $4,000 on furni-
ture. and new building, $4,000 on saloon;
David Connor, $4,000; j. c. Lanham, Elite
saloon, stock and fixtures. $4,000: Dora E.
MeFarland, st. Elmo saloon, building,
stock and fixtures, $4,000; Jose. Tam
saloon, E. Carroll, $500; Mcintyre & Co,
$500; Fritz Williams, $500; Allen Johnson,
RaTes $780, go fanb5m fGbb52ao b4dng bS4HG E
$1,000; Fannie Ewing, furniture, $500; Jap
anese Charley, house and furniture,
ture $250O John Grace, saloon, $500; B.
Beck &, Son. $1,000; B. Boyd, furniture and
stock $1,000; J. D. Shea, building, $500; J.
Noriega. building and furniture, $500;
Charley Hong. $1,000; Charles Matthews.
barber, $1,000; George Winston, 500.