The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-16
lR[SCOTT'S GREAT FIRE.
.ruxrss PORTION OF THE CITY
ENTIRELY WIPED OUT.
rercantiie Houses hanks Newspn-
,~r OFFICES, Business Blocks and
a.stdence- Destroyed. with n
Less Estimnted mt Si,oooooO.

vprccOTT. Ariz. July ia scene OF
-. greatest desolation and a feeling Of
s.e,sst gloom pervades this town. today.
~ ia, remains Of the principal business
se,t,on Of the town is lettering walls and
- of charrod and burning debris.
v5he Gre which started at 1913 o'clock
-, night. was not under control until
s,rsack this morning. when the hre-fght-
vent a considerable distance in adj
..nee n the flames and blew UP the
,.s,dlues on the south side Of Goodwin
s,reei. preventing them from crossing
,h.t street The most conservative esti-
mate Of the total losses are from 100000
10 N.sn'@a
,,ork,. In which were located the prin-
,snaI mercantile houses. both banks both
,s,e9raph Offces. the three newspaper Of
s,ss. four hotels and every saloon and
1ysrv restaurant except on IN the town
l<sgdes scores Of private residences. To
a,d 70 the prevailing gloom, a high wind
wind has prevailed all day. sending
,r,oke. dust and burning embers In every
siyection, requiring the greatest vigilance
q preyent another outbreak Of the flames.
owing 10 the chaotic condition existing
,shav. Il f. impossible 10 obtain an accu-
rate account Of the loss or individual in
rfrance. From interviews with instr
anee agents the total insurance does not
exceed s2s1.00o. The heaviest are as fol-
lows:
List Heavier Losers.
Bashford Burmister Company. $3.50. 900:
Levy & Co... 5000; Jake Marks. SCI, 200;
H II Burmister e. Sons Company. $780,
W: q a Dake. $50 900; Ed Block, s25 600;
ssao: JournaI-Mine t2,too; Bank Of
Arizona, $1,000; Prescstt National bank.
iiaM: Prescott, house. 5000; W. II.
f fsss so sg , Se seops & e''sn
Mountain city drug store. s., 900: Brick.
meyer hotel, $500. 4 voFe. 300; Lee
"a bakery, 1900; Cabinet saloon. 10000:
place saloon. $1,000: Prescott Electric
Company 5000.
IN addition 10 the above were fourteen
from 81 30 to 81 600.
five restaurants nve barber shops. two
meat markets and nifty or sixty residences
we're destroyed In many cases the above
insses do not include buildings.
Building Temporary Quarters.
At daylight this morning teams were at
work hauling lumber 10 the public plaza,
and this evening 1t II covered with tents
snd temporary frame buildings The oc-
egpanis will be ready for business to-
morrow Both banks have secured tenn
porafy quarters and will be open tomor-
row.
Hashford Burmister Company will be
npau for business tomorrow In their
warehouse. two blocks from the plaza.
W A. CLARK. az the United states Verde
Copper Company, who was visiting the
works NJ Jerome. wired a draft for $500
All the sufferers from the fire are pro-
wdsf with food. shelter and clothing and
- not thought any outside assistance
sil be required.
ms only business houses remaining IN
ne town are Goidwatcr BrOthers, A.
Mrmoors and Mrs, II, r. Blaine, dry
J. Gardner, aroeers, and w. W. Ross
ana W, II, C0viilaud drug store. The
sxpress office and postofice were both
e'r 81 the fire ilmita, bat the latter had
. csese call. All the mail and effects
we're ready 10 move at n moments notice.
The ONCE % tho supervisor of census
for tho territory was located in the Pres
colt National Bank building and contain
n all the official statistics OF the census
q the territory. but they were removed
y place OF safety.
Tho weatern Union opened it's Office this
mnfaing In "A grocery store and the Postal
has upened an office AZ the railroad de-
pot, Tive electric light poles and wires
Nsrr In the burned district and the town
wi he In darkness until they can he
replaced The company also owns tue
telephone system and loses more than half
~ rs Instruments,
Many People Homeless.
Many citizens who Yesterday were com
fottably ns0d are today homeless and
pshbhoHs, number losing botn their bnsi-
nea places and their residences An
army Of carpenters has been busy all day
pultirR w temporary structures, many ~
whifh have been completed and will open
foF business tomorrow.
~ the three printing orrees In town all
that was saved was about thirty cases OF
upe by thu Courier. The destruction Of
ID others was complete, J, c. Martin
PROPRIETOR Of tho Journal Miner, saved
aalY his hoaks Included IN hl@ loss was a
Asfxsnt haier linotype Installed in the Of
rcs only three months ago The two
above papers have already made arrange