Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-29
BURNED TO the GROUND,
The Enterprise Hotel at Ration Con-
sumed by Fire.
W0Rk or AN lNCeNDlARY.

The brick building on Cook avenue.
between First and Second streets,
known as the Enterprise hotel. was
discovered to be on fire Saturday night
at IL o'clock. and by 2 o'clock Sunday
morning II was in ruins, says the Ra-
ton Reporter.
Leo Reed. being on duty In his faith
er's restaurant, opposite the Enter.
prise hotel. discovered smoke Issuing
from the place and at ono turned in
an alarm. The fire company respond
ed promptly, and soon had three
streams playing On the building. but
the fire was so scattered that the best
the firemen could do was TO conine II
to that building. In this they were
favored by the absence of any wind,
except a very slight breeze from the
northwest. The heat from the burn.
ing building was intense. n for a
time IL was feared neighboring build
ings would also burn, but the only
other damage done was the breaking
OF all the windows In William Reeds
restaurant. and the starting of n blaze
on the roofs of the cottages immedi.
ately west and occupied by MIR. and
Mrs. McAbee and Charles Howell and
wife. This blaze was e~xtinguished
with but slight damage.
The building vas the property OF j.
A. Wigs and was built about thirteen
months ago at a cost of 81, 500. and on
which he carried 5000 insurance.
The lower part of the building was oc.
cupied by Oldham Bros livery stable
and X. Il. Evans Il Co.'S meat market.
The upper part of the building was
used as a hotel and was run by Mrs.
n. Musselwhite. the furniture, howev.
er. being the property of Mrs. Cheat
ham. Oldham Bros. succeeded In get
ting out all their horses, carriages and
harness and Office furniture in safety.
Their loss in hay, feed. one sleigh and
some miscellaneous articles amounts
to between 5000 and $500. which is a
total loss as they did not carry insur.
ance. Evans a. Co. saved all their
meats, but their fixtures. including a
boiler. engine and meat grinding ma
chine. were destroyed. Their value
was about 1900, on which they car.
ried 5000 insurance. Mrs. Cheatham,
who owned the furniture. also had
stored in one Of the rooms consider.
able merchandise. consisting of silks,
laces and ribbons. The furniture and
goods being valued at about $500,
on which she carried 1880 insurance.
The fire was unqu|estionably due to
incendiarism. as II vas quite evident
tnat fire was started In several rooms
In the north end OF the building at
about the same time. Smoke and
flames were first seen issuing from
the windows at the east end of the
north side. and an investigation a few
minutes later showed a mattress on
fire lying In the center of the floor OF
the west room on the north side.
Smoke was sec issuing from other
rooms on the north side, indicating
that there were separate fires started
in each m OF the rooms located on
that side OF the building. The smoke
also contained the odor OF kerosene
and some kind Of gas.
The same building was discovered
on fire twenty-five hours previous by
a dress becumlng ignitcd from the
heat of n stove. This blaze, however,
was put out by the roOmers in the
house before 1t had time to spread.