Arizona republican., 1902-06-27
BISBEE's CLOSE CALL
4 S12,O0O Fire at tue Works of the
 Copper Queen.

The Copper Queen Consolidated Min ing company had the most disastrous fire in it's history shortly after noon Tuesday rear the Car shaft. The total loss is about $12, COG and the prop erty destroyed includes the miners change room and contents, rope houses and contents. about 200 feet Of car track and several hundred feet of mine timbers. says the Review.
 How the fire started is unknown, and several theories are advanced. The alarm was first given by q Mexican working ia the rock quarry above the burned buildings. He saw the smoke coming from the rope hoist. Charles Moore heard the cries of the Mexican and rushed out of the room in which tinbers are sawed for the mine.
 Moore end Billy Hankins reached the fire about the same time and the for mer saw the floor in flames. and Han kins followed him with small fire extinguisher. which checked the flames. but could not put them cut. The fire gained rapid hea5way and soon the interior cf the rope house was all ablaze.
 The alarm was turned in and the chemical engine responded. IL was un- able 60 make any heaGWay against the flames. Water was brought in long hose from the reserve tanks main tained by the company but the pres sure was nos 2 eat enough to reach the top Of the bui ding.
 An order W::. given to make connec- tions with th lray tank and q tele- phone order at there to pump direct Iy into the nks. This is all that saved a laf amount of the company's property Q $ son say possibly the city of Bi pee. As scOn as the water began to come progI -ss was made against tie fs res.
 By the explc ion of so-eral cans of pine tar Ut the west end of the rope house, b.:rning tar was thrown over the end of the building. The intense heat cav 5ed the change room, q few feet aWIy, to il mediately take fire. Then began in earnest the fight against le approach to the Car hoist of the f .le~.
 [ The II n esponded with unusual bravery. - Of them entering the change rr with the water hose. while the -her end Was in flames. As Superin ent Clawson stated after the fire that prevented a more seri- ous fir vas the west end of the change 5cm, which was made Of cor ruSated iron.
 In the meantime the fiames had spread to the car track, " hic!i runs by the side Of the rope house. and is used to carry waste mnt"rial to the dump. Water was played on ;hc high trcstlo, hut the fire could net ba put out until after about 2oG feet of track had been destroyed. At the same time several hundred feet of heavy mine tir2bcrs were destroyed.
 From this time on it was simply matter cf keeping tie fire confined to q certain area, which was successfully done by those handling the hose.
 By o'clock the fire had spent it's fury, leaving behind it q trail of twist ed iron and charred timbers. The de- struction wrought was complete, and little or nothing will be saved by the company. WorI- will begin at once to repair the damage. and erect new buildings in the place of the two that were destroyed. As soon as possible the work will be completed.
 More than q hundred miners lusc hetriIy with the company. 1'hnso on riiift in tilo Car shaft had rlicir street clothes III the change hngso. and those off dUt% had their wor'zir-- clothes there. The los r. tEe miners is ee- timatcd at :G Gi0. Tho los.; to the ecIn- pany l. about $t3.rUn.