Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-12-02
SERIOUS LOSS
BY DR.. WALLS
His Handsome Resi-
dence Burned.
A Messenger Sent to Notify Him
Found Him Weak and Suffer-
ing From Wound.

A cloud of smoke was discovered
issuing from doors, windows and roof
of DR.. j. r. Walls handsome resi-
dence on Mt. Vernon street a few min
utes before five O'Clock on Wednesday
afternoon and fire alarm was speed
lily sounded. The department re-
sponded with its usual promptness,
and on their arrival there, while the
building was filed with smoke from
basement to roof, it was extremely
difficult to locate the place from which
it came. 1t took several minutes to
locate the blaze which was speedily
extinguished, but not before the en-
tire building had been flooded with
water and the contents practically de-
stroyed by water and fire. The piano
and portion of the furniture and
lot of books we're taken out by the by
ISLANDERS but in many instances they
we're so roughly handled, that much
of it was badly damaged. Costly
chairs we're brought out of the build
ing and thrown from the porch, and
broken beyond repair while, others
carried curtains out very carefully
and laid them on the ground. One
of the msot noticeable instances of
recklessness, or absent mindedness
was by a man, who brought hand
some leather upholstered rocking
chair, worth anywhere from -s45 to
$50, to the edge of the porch and in
stead of handing it to one of the num-
erous parties who could have carried
it to place of safety, he pitched it
over the head of three or four men,
and clear over the fence outside of the
yard, smashing it into a hundred
pieces. Another young man brought
Mrs. Walls, secretary, handsome, but
frail piece of furniture, out also to
the edge of the porch, and had il
drawn back ready to pitch it to de-
struction in the yard when some one
called to him to carry it out instead,
which he did and saved it from being
made into kindling wood. These are
only few of several samples, of how
some people seem to lose their senses
at fire.
The origin of the fire is not definite
ly known. DR.. Walls had been in !
town during the day and had been in |
the house and it is said had burned |
up lot of papers, and it is thought |
that the fire may have resulted from
this after he had left.
1t is stated that the house was in
sured but the amount of insurance
carried was not learned.
The doctor and his family have been
out at Juniper for the benefit |
of his health, and as stated he left
Prescott about three o'clock in the
afternoon for that place. About eight
in the evening Frank Foster left in
his automobile to overake him and in
form him of his loss. 1t seems the
doctor had temporary camp near
Simmons at which he stopped while
en- route to and from Prescott. In a
tent at this place he was found by
Mr.. Foster, weak from loss of blood
and unable almost to move While
cutting wood to make a camp fire the
AK glanced cutting a severe cash in his
foot and severing an artery. He was
alone but had maraged by the use of
a couple of silk handkerchiefs to ar
rest the flow of blood, but not until
be had lost a large amount of the life
giving fluid. He was so weak that
t was thought best not to attempt
% bring him to town and Mr.. Foster
in taking him to Juniper
where he can be nursed by his wife,