Arizona republican., 1902-03-28
MESA

The fire demon paid Mesa another visit yesterday. and in the neighbo.- hood of $60.0 900 worth Of property went up in smoke in q very short time The entire south side of Main street be- tween Wilbur & Mullen's hardware store and the Mesa city bank is entirely wiped out, nothing left but the black walls and the smoking embers. Tde fire, as near as could be determined. originated in the Peoples store and was probably started from a cigar stump dropped bE some of the people who as sembled there after the caucus in the city hall, to talk over the result At any rate they never left the Peoples store until nearly l q. nl.. and d little over a half an hour later the alarm of l fire rang out. Dr. Bailey was the fIst one to discover the fire. and soon after Herman Spragg. who was at BriZzee's saloon. fired d pisto. in rapid success sion. Other guns were fired and soon !he people came pouring in from every : direction. Charley Ashley Was sent bz- | Phil. Nets 10 get the fire engine out. and although il usually requires from four to six men to handle the engine.
 by the time ne was joined by Mr. Me- and others he had the engine in the ! street and started toward the fira. ! When they arrived at the fire ther- was no one who understood the engine ! and the first thing that was known tha contents were discharged on the ground ! through the waste valve. The crowd then turned it's attention to the iire.
 hoping to hold it in the Peoples stor.
 but current of wind from the south
 SWOopcI through the building and a stream of fire rushed out from the . front and divided eaCa way. catching { the lumber porch-s an, sweeping into the stores on each side. forcing the pao- pie out LeBar6n Bros. 6c co. store was soon in flames. and the fire 10 the west
 was beyond control. and all that could
 be done was To tear the lumber porch
 es down and move the goods that could be handled. To the east. \. Hum saker's large dry goods store which
 Was being rapidly emptied by a large
 crowd of men. was soon in flames and
 they Were forced to desist after carry
 ing out about S40Q worth of goods. Thc
 Forches were torn away and the ii-1
 was fought step by step until the bank
 building was relcNed. where the fire
 Was checked aftc. g hard fight. Eve
 l.. body was e:s ita5. :2I some gool
 work was done, but t--- Toe was d-S-
 pcrate and made hard fight to wipe
 out the south sic O. Main stres5
 The losses wei s-s follow A Hun
 SaSeI. $11.G44 or stock and fixtures.
 S2.oc0 insurance: Peoples Store stock valued at $I.00". insurance S5.Gg1: L.
 Baron Bros X Co. stock S. ,. bull !ing
 S2.5C0. insurance $6.000; Fr@rcelle F
 Robson. loss O. building. S1.5Oy fnsur-
 orce SLIGO. C !e X Salter. building: : @+.Goo. insuranc, S2 500: Dr. Bailey. drug
 store S2.306 . store Si Loco. saved |
 S5oo. no insUr&,: %: W. E. Long, stock
 and building. ..Gan. $2Cu saved. and
 %3cp insurance: Dar~ q Hunsaker.
 butcher shop. s so. no insurance: E. Ii. < L. E. .; s.son. loss S3G0. no in , sulance; Mesa - bank. loss $l0o. full
 Iy- covered: Al!s- Ann Klainman. build : ing SLIGO. no fn= .rancc: Fell Teiephone
 company, loss 800 fully insured: Flee tric Light cen. my. loss S2G0, fully in
 suTed Long and L-Baron Bros will
 build at one. out IL. other lose-s hava
 not fully d. ideG what they will do
 Vet most of them are of the opinion
 that they will go into business again
 as soon as they can recover from tho
 loss to m kc another start. The fire is a terrible blow to Mesa but her encr- gatjc citizens will rally and meet the
 conditions as men meet any difficult. tn life and will soon force her from UT de'- the fire cloud that now ershrouds the cit".
 aii. Angus Johnson returned from 2 trip |" Mexico and southern Arizona
 Monday. where he has heen on a t),ii ' of inspection. While in Douglas Ii.
 inadr ;tlrdngenents to make brick fol
 ., company which is being form ! About eisil; million brick are want ."i a5 Cos. about Il miles south Of Doug