Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-07-19

F. nos disastrous ccnfiaEration in
 ttcry cf the territory occurred on
 ay night in Prescott. The most
 Fative estimate 50 far heard oi
 fs places it at not less than Si.-
 snd estimates run as high ss ~. Fl firs started in a room over J. 6, rd's eottiing works on South
 1uuEt street. where man is said
 e been lying in bead reading a
 In some manner the paper on
 RIi took lire and instead oe the atsmpsing 10 extinguish it he ran @d gave an alarm If fire. A man H entered the room with a bucket er and flashing it cn the flames
 ly extiDguished them. He start .Her another bucket of water hni
 eSsure was so light and the wa-
 $ sc long in filling the pail that
 time he returned the fire w-as be- *fs control When the firemen ar
 nd water was turned oE. the fire
 D; gained such hzadway but it
 have be- n possible to have stay # progress. had there been any wa
 he water barely run out of the
 of the hose under the slight pres md the firemen threw down the
 disgust. Tn the meantime. ow-
 she highly infiaInmeble condition # building. the flames made rapid
 SS and within f-w minutes had
 through the roof and spread very
 y. Al this time the alarming con E which prevailed tn the town pre-
 themselves and she mos, heroic
 res were immediately rsSorted to
 vent a confisKrztion. Powder #nt for and a number of buildings Sicw up in the hopes of saving the
 icent Scccei block. bat alt ef-
 proved unsvaiiing. The flames
 us <as- eatt -..A1 tsts sss...r,y-. send
 eir frey forks high in the air. as shing st the futile efforts 10 stay progress The heat was iuteus-s Bindings on the alley were son a 5 ot nsmSS and the Sccpel stone
 E became ruaring furnace.
 the street Co the building ef Mrs.
 Fisher and to those in the block pf ii they lssped. and from this en their progress along the hlock
 Uninterrupted. although a number
 ldtnss were blown. One after an-
 succumbed to the flames every ng in the block 10 Granite street
 burned.
 as hoped that the fire could b.
 ed at Hotel Burke. but it speedily
 across the street to the Kelly S |%ens eiOck-G Getting in advance cf
 mes there the meat market of Joe
 IS was blown up In th- hopcS that @Ns'ant space between it and the
 meyer hotel might save the ls-ter nE. AsSin were all calculations
 ed ou, and the BrinkTneyer was <cen In flames. and the fire made
 cross the street Co the Bashford- lzser ware house across the alley Il the Journal Miner effSce. IL then pe apparent ,hat the entire block e north side of ihe plaza was
 a. and it seemed impossible that AF,es could b. stayed in their pro-
 Entii the northern limits Of the Sers reached. All the residents " section had their household ef- packed up ready to move out at a knts nOtice. The bedding ana #n If the furniture cf the Con house and Johnson hous. were Fl cut and in many iRstsnCeS the 7k of private famHies were also Fl away to places of safety.
 ,Ile hundreds of men were engaged 'hting The Hatnsx and in removing to places cf safety. the balance of 'cssulstion. including women and fen watched the appalling work of 'ecticn. which wac going on and a |ff rsii v-o; tn from thouSa iS rcsts when ii became apparpnt he fire had been gotten under con fre started at 70. C. o'clock p. rn.. E ~as S;is a. m. bv fore it was un- <pntroi The burned district cctn- r She n-'hern part or the block in # the SrhueTman house is located AonteEuna street to Granite ; all of the block on the N st side Il Piazs between Goodwin and Cur 'Ereet. all fl the block bounded by Fs. Granite. Montezuma and Wiilis 4sl sf of the block bound d by Es. Auntszums. CorteE and Willis As one "r twn '-asuaities reported. man working m th- rcuf of an pc on the -ast sil "f CprtrE street 'c the ground and remained unC -n- Fs Tor tueBty-four hpurr- | fire had his arms pretty hsdly burned another man is reported to have eis ieg broken hy fiyi1E q hris from 'iidfng which vas being blown up.
 scene during he firp was beyond Pe~eT ot description. Wagons and 'ieS> mrn un hors~b.ck. m-n women
 chiidr-n sfrot were srurrying fr and thither. the human Tart cf tinE more or less sNrited-
 orsy scene was pres nted st the de- ENeTy engine in the yards had