Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-03
DOUGLAS ESCAPES
 CONFEDERATION
OF FIRE DEPART.
 MENT DEMONSTRATED
Are Making Ice in Smelter City Now
 Modern Plant Of D. |. Company in
 Operation - Robinson Acquitted
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 Douglas, June 2-There might have been a pretty serious fire last night on Railroad avenue if it had not been discovered just when it was.
 Some one rolled up a big piece Of canvass oil, put it behind the little store next to the old Dispatch office and left it there. It is believed tha. a lighted cigar or cigarette came in contact with the roll catching i. on fire, the fire spreading from the cloth to the building, wuIcn star.- ec to burn at lively rate. At this point Mrs. w. Weinbrenner saw the blaze and called to her husband, who with the assistance oI Cnas. Lunne.i put the fire out by throwing several pails of water on it.
 The fire had not gained much head way when first discovered but in two minutes more there would have been a very serious fire for the department o fight. The wind at that time was blowing hard and a fire started in wooden buildings would have caused great loss of property. It was very lucky that the fire was extirguishea when it was.
 Last evening at about o'clock the siren whistle of the ice factory started to blow a fire alarm, before the sound O. the last whistle blast had died away tho fro dapo r-y,ant bod racr0p6ao to the alarm. To help the alarm along some one brought a six-shooter into action and fired several shots. Be tW cen the siren whistle and the gun quite crowd gathered to, see where the fire was.
 It was found to be a pile of rubbish burning near the Ord hotel. The de partment dragged their hose cart to the hydrant near the conf1agration and connected the hose and proceeded to enxtinguish the fire. They soon mad it out and took the cart back to it's house. While the fire did not damage, t gave the department little needed practice
 Some one telephoned over to the ice
 
 plant that there was fire and the en- ,ineer turned the big whistle loose. l. could be heard all over town. as as shown by the fact that nearly every one in the city came to the scene ,f the supposed fire.
 Last night the Douglas Improvement ompany started to freeze the water Q make the first batch of ice ever rozen in Douglas by artificial means. t will take a couple of days yet to ring the water to the freezing point the tanks. The big Corllss engine ,egan it's work without a hitch and .oon had the compressed gas circulat ..g through the pipes which freeze the gater.
 The Douglas made ice will soon be n the market and the Douglas ice .lant will be running every day: an J.aer legitimate enterprise added to he growing business of the young ity
 Ju 'ge Johnson gave his decision Eio A--pI mug III lHe NcSS dSaiHoL NNoD- .rson, the man who stabbed Gibbons 1 Sunday Robinson was turned loose az he acted in self defense when he an his knife into Gibbons. kopInson | lid not want to have any trouble with 1ibbons, b-t Gibbons kept at him un til Robinsoa was obliged to resort 70 the method he did to protect himself i rom being beaten by Gibbons, who vas much larger and stronger. The sympathy of the people was with Robinson and the decision of the Judge ill not holding him for the grand jury gas entirely satisfactory to the people.