Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-07-19
|IiOn-DolIaT-L Loss in the COnfagra- ton of Saturday Night.
SIcKENINC SCENE OF DISASTER.
CltI Was Helpless Without Water is Combat Ae Fire King Who Rsignsd Supreme and Spread De- EastatiOn in His Track. List
 of HaaU Losers,

steam up in anticipation of the hrS reaching ghe depot. All the freight ana baggage In the depot was loaded in car and pulled out on the main track no-tf of town. The passenger coaches werS also pulled to place of safety acros: the bridge. while all the freight cars iI the yard were coupled into trains. with engines attach q. ready tN pull them out of the track cf the fire should its progress not b. stayed.
 IL has been impossible tc see all ths victims of the Ire. but the following estimates are given of the pSincipa losses:
 BashforSi- BurTnister Co. building auc stock. ss5e eece; sam Hih. building and stock. S75.eea. n. Levy & Co. stock. so es1: Hotel Burke. buildings. furniturt and stock seo.cco. Jake Marks. stock S35.e0e. R. Fl. BurTnister & sons Co stock. Sseeee. Ed Block. stock. ssaeoe, J. H. Wilson. stock sen. .eSo: C. A nake stock. S@o. Kelly & Stephens. build ing and stock 0eee: winSor hotel building and furnEure. Sis. ca. Journal Miner. machinery and stock. tis.eoe. F. q. Bre,-ht. buildings. etc xlseoo: Gol- den Eagle hot |. building. furniture and stock. siepee W. H. Smith. meat mar ket and cold st0rage plant. sla.eee, Pal ace saloon. stock and fixtures. sto. .eoe: Cabinet saloon, stock snd fixtures. tie.- oo9: Mrs Ley-i Ba=hford. buildings. $se. = eee: Coles A EashforNi. buildings. f4a.- eeo. Prescott House. building and fur nf;ure. sle.eoe. Mountain City Drug store. tSeHn. Mrs. l. L. Fisher. build ings. so co. Hugo Richards. buildings. sSaco. J. J. Hawkins. buildings. $500: Courier printing material. stock and machinerr. sssa. Herman voge. stock. S5eoo: Vienna eskess .sssEeo: BrinknBeysr hotel building and furniture. tseeo, -SEss -ssrs--ssc--f5 -sr1trss inEs. SSe.ees Livingst"ne estate ,SSn F'rsncisceD. buildings. s7eeeo; Corner drug store. ssee.
 Tin above includes only the heaviest losses among the business men. In ad- dition Co them there are twenty-five or thirty others. including saloons. restau- rants and smaller businesses in which the losses ranged from Sieso to S5eco. A very few of those not included in the above list were fortunate enough to save A large portion cf their stock. TheTe were fifty or sixty private reel deaces which with their contents. ranxed in value from sIooo to tSoca. Tn Srrns eases pianos and household goods wer,. taken un the streets. only for their owners to se,. them burned before their eyts It was after o'clock bcfore the Sp--C tators left the scene and great many never went to bed at all Some remained to watch what was Ieft of their earthly possessions. others to stand guard over the fire and see that tt did not break out again.
 Al daylight a svene of the greatest d Isolation was presented to view. and It need hardly h. added that feeling of gloom prevailed in the county. All that remained of the principal business Jsart cf th, town and part of the resi- d=nce portion were lettering walls, piles of charred and burning debris and a desoiats waste of ashes To add Co the prevailing gloom of Sunday wind amounting Co gale set in early in the. day. ending clouds of biindinE smoke mingled with dust. through the streets while hcre and there a burning .ru'par would he released and sent with threatening psc" in the direction of the unburnet portion 5f the town.
 \ great many messages of sympathy and offers Of aid were received during the day Many ot them were sent to individuals and others were public. Among the first received was the fol- lowing from Actiug-GcverRor =. Fl. Akers from Phenix;
 '-rh., Territory of Arizona extends Its sympathy to the people "f Pre-. colt be cause uf th ir dePsorshie loss bS are last night and I feel that Phenix. your -istsr city. if called upon. win extend not only sfrcere sympathy hu' substan- ttaI aid. Wire e summary of the effect sf the fire. that st pS may he taken locking to the relief of the citizens ot Pr, S,-rtt who u.ay b. in distress.
 ,Strned) 'C. n. AYERS.
 Acting Governor
 The following was receiv from Chi rsro frru, Governor \. o. Murphy. ad- ir,-Ssed to Mayor Doughsrty;
 '-Sincere sympathy with citizens ot Prescott. wire me if can do any teinE N- c. MtRfHi-
 Other mos ssE@z were es follows;
 ..Ph.nix. July Is.-The mayor of Pres ..,tt. Pherix tenders It's profound sym ,,athy for vru fn your great los>- Can ,,,s bs;p ,ot,- C. J. DYER.
 Acting Mayor"
 'FiaEstsn. July i5.-J. W. Dougher'y' Nfsvor ,,g F'rvss.,.tt: The people oC Flag stan extend earnest sympathy anu v..tiid l,. glad ta knew cf anything ~'' can do for The ralief of our dis'f''sse' netxhh1rs and citizens
 E. <. CoSNEY.
 Acting Mayor. n. I RRANNEN. President of Boara
 of Trade"