Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-07-21
PRESCOTT FIRE.
Details Of the Destruction Of the
Prosperous City,
ONLY ONE FATALITY REPORTED.

A correspondent Of the Phoenix Re
publican gives the following interesting
account OF the great IRE al Prescott
Arizona
Prescott to-day presents scene II
desoiation fearful ~ behold. -Four aud
"a half blocks. 600 by 800 feet. are COM
pletely wiped 0u. Not a bwldine H.
left standing In the hrc-swept district,
The nre started hist before n y M.
aud was not under control until $50 a.
M. II was caused by lighted candle
coming In contact with loose wall pa
per Ia Burcharis store, "a two story
frame building on soe b MOnteguma
street The nre quickly sprrad TO the
Scopel building, a four-atory stone ana
brick adjoining. and then 90 the nu-
merous frame shacks ia fis rear and
running back to Granite street These
were quickly licked up 10y the flames
and q b. evident now that had dyna-
mite been used before the IRE reached
Granite street "a would have been con-
fired to small nrea and burned Itself
out. bat this was not done Property
owners hcsitated to adopt what In the
beginning appeared to- boz a rash pre-
ventativc and the result u that more
than three if,hs ~ a valuation ofthree
millions ~ a total iuss
SPREAD FROM GRANITE STREET
From Gmnie street the Ere kept
north and spread east To Moniezuma
anC the famous Whisky Row. There
Was absolutely no water pressure ana
dynamite had To- b. rcaortci Co. Many
buildinEs were blown out before ths
flames reached the Burke hotel on the
| corner OF MonteEumn ana Gurlcy
streets, but without avail Hundreds
who W re watching or lighting the
flames hoped that the fire would b. con
hned to the big hotel Hut this was
not 60 bee. The night which was a per
feet one with not breath OF air sur-
rims when the Ore started. had by this
time completely changed ana a perfect
galo was blowing from the south. Gran
gts ana Montszuma sirccts were burned
clear through To- 0uricy. The station
ery house of Kelley a stevens stood on
thu corner opposite the Hotel Burke.
when 10 was seen that the flames
would keep ON north, the Kelley a.
stevens establishment was dynamtci,
but the fire was only scattered it
Kept .ts northerly course until there
Nas absolutely nothing left 10 burn.
and had also crossed Montezuma street
aud attacked the Journal Miner Office
and Joe Wilson's gents furnishing
STORE. on the corner OF Gurloy
BUSINESS STREET GOES
This str.ct was the principal bus. %
mess street uf the town and the nast
costly buildings and largest stocks
were confined 10 g. The wind shifted
agaln and drove the flames with rcck
less fury into the very business heart
OF PRESCOTT along this street. Nothing
could check the hre AMI The aN"-~'ruck
pcpulace could only gaze helplessiy on.
Tho liquor house 90 Jake Marks and
ih, Windsor hotel were quickly en-
wrapped Next came the great BASIN
ford Burmister company's mercantile
..sta oishment. with It's quarter million
stock This building was supposed To-
| b. fre proof and Was built OF stone.
brick and ir0n. with a sdnded roof.
While the nne was IN progress sheets
of iron had been nailed over all the
exposed surface az an additional pro
lection. bus AL To NO purpuse. The mr.
| had gained such Roadway that moth
Ing would check a. This three story
structure melted before % ana % march
81 steadily up the hill toward Eas,
| Prescott.
ln a very short time not a building
| N,ts hft on GurIyy street between Mon
| lgzuma and Cort,z. and a half million
htd been dideG 90 the loss.
STOPPED AT CoRTE2
on the enst side 81 CJrtez Stree, is
th. Bellevue house and q bong line of
other frame buildings known as OUiiice
| Row. This row extends nearly Seq tus
| depot. offices and yards OF The SAINTS
| Pc, Prescott a Phoenix Railway com.
| pauy There ay-med 60 he NO way OF
| saving all this property. but % wa,
| saved and also probably ten books o
residences IA the northeast p0i7iun lr
| "a peculiar manner Two boys. who's,
names could not b. .arnel, hat g. limbo
90 the top OF tho Bellevue house. wtti
pals ~ water ami as fast as the Ham
leuped across the roofs Of Office How
IN, brave lads checked them with ,hcu
scanty supply. ~ while the building
On that side Of Cortez street wer
blsckeued anu hlistcred my wer'
saved ANA the IRE was confined 60 lh'
west side
The powder men had by this time b.
san using larger charges and who'll
block Vas blown away on lower Cuitri
street The wind died down ami "a
this way the flames were vifectuall!
checked when Wlthin Two blocks of IA
railway yards The railway company
which had been moving property q
| places 81 safety for several hours ".
meet with no loss.
THE LOSSES.
out OF fourteen hotels, only two ar
left. AMI Of twenty two x, neral mergan
tile houses. twenty are gone. Gardue
and Daughcrty being thc f0rtunat
. ones. There b. not "a restaurant %
butcher Shop left Ia the town, AMI bu
} two dry goods and clothing houses N
7 GoliWatrr a Bro. AMI Blumberg'
Both banks, the Prescott National an
the Bank 80 Arizona are gone. Thei
vaults, however VIII AFFORD ample pro
lection 90 the funds ON hand Both wi
open Tor business Tomorrow in tempo
: rary buildings Practically al of IA
q property owners viii rebuild az one
and brick and stone viii predominant
: Thr fire. while the greatest Disaster q
Il Its kind which has occurred in Arlzon
. will result la a new ana reiuvenaie
! Prescott The street grading winch ha
just been completed, Will aid material
r ~ in directing the growth OF M, mel
a town.
I THE CASUALTIES
Thouaands OF pounds OF dyBamil