The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-16
Business Part q Town Destroyed
and the Loss Is Over
s. ,(s0C ,0C'U.
FIVE BLOCKS WERE BURNED.
Banks. Hotels and Newspapers
Were Lost. hui Post Office and
Territory Census Records
Were Saved.

| Prescott. t~iz lily IA scene - The
/ greatest desa.a-iUn and q feeling o.: deep
/ Is. gloom provides -a!s town To-day. All
Z i.gt remains % the principal business r0'-
I lion a. rhe t1Ur i lettering walls an. piles
/ u -.s--ad ana tur-lHs a-u--..
-. Sc. which STARTED a. 20 - o'clock
! !as- night vs. MOI Eu-er eIr---l Urli :
] o'clock ms morning. when the ire fighters
Z y nj d considerable @lstaLce H. s1vluce -
! To flames and blew ~ ta- buildings On
! the som. side q Goodwin street. prevent
I Ing ther. from e-osyicE ths: street. The
INST conservative estimates a.. ne total
Io4sss aye from q 90 m 70 ;la91eo
The burned district embraces i've books.
- vhl-h are heated the pr-n:.raI r.ercau-
tile houses. bC-h banks. both telephone Of
ices. .re threv newspapers, <Jgr hotels
every saloon and every restaurant except
one l- the Town. besides s-o-as o. T-iva5 -
residences. = ada 70 TIE prevailing gloom
q h!Ea wind Has prevailed al la'. sending
snake. Gust and burning euS--s iU every
direction EaE requiring great vigilance %
prevent another oltt:e2k % IL da-n's-
owing % the chaotic condition e1.@t;TC 30
day Il = IMPOSSIBLE 70 Obtain 81 sc-u-lt=
acccuE. . The loss q trafvi1La! Insurance
rom Interviews with insurance agents M
9.
The heaviest losers are rs f1-l0v.- Bash
ford. Burrnls-on Csmpauy s-ln.hlf. sam
Hail 50 bJc- Hotel EIrEe. 80 tit- 7. Levy
a Co.. S4..Ulp. Jake Marks. s1s9t-. z. =.
HurUiste- q Son Company. &lfr. - A.
Drake. 81 ~. Il Block. Sc =. ". VII
su-. So 90. Kelley & stephens. & 30. Jau--
..al-AIire-. S-20rJ. Bank q Arlz1,a. 81 go
Prescott National Bank. SO 90 E'ras-o--
House s. 80. ". r Smith. S"1rl the g-u-
~ier. 3. |tJ; Golden Esgie Hotel. s. 90. So
Pc Block S.5e-'. = g Hech-. Nt.9tt, W.
.ls1T El-si. Zg.;,-. 1lC.--g-1 CRY c-.i-
store. s. co. E.-irkG-yer H1I=l. 3. 90. Cab
;ue- saloon. SlGei1. Palace saloon. Sl8$5J;
Prescott Electric L.Eht .G-T-Jla-y- e. .srt l.
addition - tn- above there were fourteen
saloons Win losses -l-E.lC trC-- So -
S.t@l. Five rsscHGra8-s, rive barber shops.
tv0 Meat markets and sixty residences we've
destroyed. II many cases the above losses
DO rC- include 5U.i.il-s-
A. daylight tins morning teams were a.
7urE hauling lumber 70 ne pubic plaza
a-i1 cUV--e1 Z with rents and Temporary
frame tGidiuEs- The occupants u.l he
ready for business tomorrow. Both banks
have hsd temporary quarters located ana
VII p open tomorrow.
Honorable W =. Clark @: the United Verde
Copper Company, who was visiting The
works at Jerome. wired draft Tor 500 Al
M Sufferers from the ire are PROVIDED with
;ood. shelter and clothing and i = nor
t1nucht any outside assistance WI oe -
CURED
! ne Only business houses - naming Il rhe
town aye three CRY goods stores. TWO gro
Cs-y STORES anc tv-o drug stores. re ex-
press and post Offices wee both uut = -ne
Dr- limits. sGt the latte ha1 q close call.
AL TIE -nal and Effects Wer. ready 10 move
a. z rrrDrne-t notice
The ofi3ce Of the Supervisor q Census fs-
.h= Territory was lBca I'D II the Prescott
National EarE building and contained q a. tn.
Office statistics Of Ire census q IN. Terri
Hoy, but they were removed 20 Z place 3:
safety.
tn Western Union opened It's o13ce -kis
morning - a grocery store End The Postal
has opened ar uttlC. at the Railroad de-1I.
7 n electric Ichr poles and wires Wer. de-
strCysd - me burned district an. the town
vii u IN darkness -uIU they can Dc r.
placed The company also owns -ae tai--
ThOn. systems ana loses more Than half o:
its instruments