Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-03-30
HOUSE FIRE
Pretty Playhouse Goes
UP in Smoke,
Flames Lii Up Third Street
for Many Squares,
One Of Quickest ard Most Destruc-
tive Fires Seen in This City,
The LIST or INSURANCE.

The George X. Nehor opera house.
located On North Third street. be.
I tween Copper and Ti.ernH avenues.
was completely destroyed ny are last
Saturday night. and by the time The
/ titzou goes 90 press this afternoon
/ tho huge brick walls. that enclosed
/ To-" smoldcrinF ruins. will also be-
! l'yclicd with the ground. thus wiplnE
out us complete as possible build.
| ing which had been in constant liti.
/ CATION since its construction by Frank
| =. Mcclure, who appeared here sew.
/ orAl years ago az an opera house build.
or from Decatur. Illinois.
THE ALARM.
AZ 1880 O'Clock Saturday night
the people Of Albuquerque especially
those within square or two of Rail
road avenue. were startled by various
! pistol shots and the yclls 81 Fire,
! followed Immediately thereafter by
the hooking bird whistle
| There was n FIRE Ina progress. and
! by looking toward the opera house
building II was plain TO be- seen that
the pretty playhouse was doomed "a
destruction. great volumes of smoke
lit up by vivid streaks of flames. were
/
The fire department followed by
crowds OF excited citizens. hurried "a
the scene OF destruction and In q
very short space OF time Chief RuppC
had several streams OF water playing
ON the building. but u was too Gas
gone to be- saved for the fiery ele
ments were licking up everything
within the walls, and inside OF halt
an hour all that was left of the struc
ture, handsomely and conveniently
arranged on the inside. was In heap
Of smouldoring debris.
Attention was then directed To saw
ing the adjoining store building oc
| cupiud by Toti a Gradi aud the big
! Red Barn" OF w l., Trimble n Co
nearby AZ both places the fire do
| partmcnt also did good work and pre-
vented the flames from gaining a foot
/ hold, although the outhousca Ia the
rear Of Toll a Gradis store were
| burned. cntailing loss of several
| hundred dollars to the firm, upon
which there is no insurance.
ORIGIN A MYSTERY.
Since the IRE many theories as 10
| the origin have been advanced. and
they all point 90 the fact that the
burning OF the opera house was the
direct result Of the work OF an inccu.
! diary. Mr.. Grad. whose store Is ad
! Joining on the south. states that az
1880 o'clock last Saturday night he
| heard an explosion which shook his
] building, aud on going outside To learn
he causc he discovered the opera
house on are; IN fact. the whole roof
/ seemed TO be- Ia mass OF flames
] 4 IFf .If D. ri luN Fst
| that they heard the explosion, and a
few minutes later the opera house
was noticed on Are.
Last SATURDAY afternoon Mrs. Wal
! ton held her dancing class In the hall
of the opera house. and she states
THAT the hall WAS Tor "A short time fun
% smoke She inquired az 10 tho
cause. and was informed that the
! property mon. Burt Jackson and as.
| siHtant We're az work cleaning out the
| furnace. However when Mrs. Walton
and her pupils left the building the
| smoke had disappeared. and there
/ was mo- occasion for alarm
/ lu the evening. al Z 80 O'Clock. tho
| republicans OF the Fourth ward held
| their primary at the building and
when they lcft everything. apparent.
! 49, was an right
n is learned that Jackson and as.
sistant short time before the Are.
! called az the white ELEPHANT 20 get
their weekly wages from Mr. Nohcr
and were there when tho alarm was
| turned in Jackson. so II rs stated by
! Chict Ruppc, rushed out OF the White
| Elephant and on reaching the opera
house bottled inside aud secured his
! bicycle Jackson states that. at that
! time there was no FIRE ON the stage
among the scenery, but that toe rlg
gings above were an on Are
Some, however In looking around
J and investigating for theories state
that certain people In the ncighbor.
hood, who have no particular respect
] Tor Mr. Ncher for the interest he has
taken In having them removed, may
have poen responsible for the FIRE
! while others. more charitable In their
! deductions, say that defective cleo.
! trio light wire might have caused the
blaze.
THE INSURANCE.
ON the opera house building. the
/ furniture and fixtures there Is an In,
suranCe % f2l260, divided up az FOL.
| lows.
with !. NJ. Moorc-In the American
L
/ che building Ia the Northern Aasur.
anCo company Of London, IS. 200 on
/ the building. and g. 500 on the furni.
/ ture and fixtures.
With y. 4. McCanna-Ih the Fire
Assurance company OF Philadelphia,
$1,000 on the building
with w. y. Metcalf-ln tho Fire
mans Fund company $3.50 on the
chairs
The above insurance was taken out
/ boy Mr.. Ncher some time ago part OF
which was recently renewed by that
gentleman.
The report that Giuseppe Badarac.
Co had some insurance on the building
is false Attorney Johnston, who rep.
rcHents Mr. BadaraCCo In his lawsuit
against Mr.. Noher, states that when
the territorial supreme court recent.
" rendered its decision favorable 90
Mr. BadaracCO be applied for insur.
ancc on the building, at the request Of
Mr. hadnracCo. but was told by agents
that sufficient insurance on the build.
INK was being carried by Mr.. Neher.
and he, therefore could get no insur-
ance FOR Mr. Badaracco.
SYMPATHY AT VARIANCE.
Owing 20 the fact that the opera
house litigation has become paus.
eating 90 re public there are
some IN the city who have openly OK.
pressed their gladncHs that the struc.
ture was destroyed by Gre, but. thanks
20 generous public. these gladstone
people are greatly In the minority and
today Mr.. Nchor is receiving the SPIN.
patty that any public spirited man IN
entitled to who invests his money.
Mr Noner called at Tho Citizen uf-
fee this afternoon and stated that he
was thinking seriously Of rebuilding
the opera house II not on the old
site, which has been the root Of so
much eyil thought and annoyance.
then IN some ether section OF the city.
The Thieves Arrested
julius LoHacr's residence Rt Win.