Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-13

brick wall on that side were the
second story windows. The flames at
tackled the casing and swept over the
roof. butw ere held at bay by fire ex-
tinguishers until the fire department
had cut them off below.
This second-story room is occupied
by the Spanish Alliance and
the Associated Lyceums and Libraries
as a lodge room. The furniture was
slightly blistered and the carpet on
the side of the room next the fire was
drenched The most wonderful thing
was the saving of Doris Bros. ware
room, less than twenty-five feet in the
rear of Walters store. 1t was filled
with and surrounded by the most in
f1ammable material, pine boxes, old
barrels and excelsior.
On the other side a funny thing hap
pened after the destruction of Coffee
AIS Place the flames stopped at a lit
tie, box-like structure occupied by r.
Silva AS shoe shop. The sides of it
were charred and holes were eaten
through. The only loss so far discov-
cred by the proprietor was a vest.
which he had left hanging against the
wall.
The next place was Sam N. Seip's
cigar store. During a residence of sew
eral years in the city the proprietor has
been in the habit of running to all fires
by day or by night, within a mile of his
place of business. He was at home
when this one broke out and seeing the
flames sat and calmly watched them,
calmly saying he had been fooled so
often he was beginning to be next to
himself on the subject of fires. When
he came down town half an hour later
he found his stock and fixtures piled
UP on First avenue. His first solicit
tude was regarding a bag containing
5000. which he had kept concealed
among the goods on the shelves. He
hurried to the store but everything had
been moved out. Then he began IN
curing who had been implicated in the
removal of his stock. George Kane
and Mark Long had carried out that
part in which the money had been con-
cealed, but neither had seen any. Mr..
Seip returned to his promiscuous stock
and found the bag in box along with
a lot of miscellaneous stuff, which the
rescuers had hurriedly raked up.
The fire had been confined within two
brick walls seventy-five feet apart. IL
it had broken out on the west and got
ten into Days furniture store nothing
could have prevented communication
with Kirchoff's wholesale liquor store
In that case the Monihon building
would have been doomed, for burning
whisky melts brick walls as. readily as
it undermines constitutions and morals.
The furniture store on the other side
would have been an admirable start
ing point for the ravaging of the other
end of the town. If there had thus
been two fires the department would
not have been big enough to fight them
both. Beside the fire would have at
tanned a heat intensity and height
which it could not gain in that frame
ramshackle where it started.
The losses are as follows: c. T.
Walters, $500, including stock and fix
lures; insurance in the Orient Insur-
ance company $500.
Fred Jocot, $500; no insurance.
Coffee AIS Place. loss $4,000; insur-
ance, $500 in the Northwestern.
Mr. johnson, shoes; about $780,
Sam Seips, loss principally to dam
age to goods by moving; was adjusted
by ]. A Kurtz for s64.75.
Doris Bros loss by water and
smoke is about $50. The damage to the
building, which is owned by Sol Lewis
of San Francisco, is from $75 to 500.
The burned structures were owned by
NJ. H. Sherman. Though they brought
Mr.. Sherman a monthly income of $50.
they weEe really worth less than moth
ing, and there was no insurance upon
them. When Mr.. Sherman was here
last, he said he had the money to re-
place them with a modern business
structure but had not quite made up
his mind to do it. The fire will aid
him in reaching a decision.
Two telephone boxes were burned up
and there was a tangled web of tele-
phone and electric light wires.