The border vidette., 1904-06-18
noGALES FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Minutes of the Meeting Held Monday
 Evening. June I3. 1904
Headquarters Nogales Fire De partment- L.W. Mix, Chief.

Department at :: 50 D. Tn Chief L.
 w. Mix in the chair, stated the ob-
 ject of the meeting to be for the pur-
 pose of considering the recent con
 fagration which was the largest in the
 history of Nogales
 Chief Mix stated that he was out
 of the city at the time, but since re-
 turning he had made a careful survey
 of the fire district and effects, and he
 congratulated the department and the exempt members of the department as
 well as many outsiders upon their achievement in extinguishing the fires started on both sides of the railway
 properties, and thereby saved large part of the towns best buildings.
 The numerous burned doors, win dows and cornices standing are com plete evidence that the fre-fighters had their hands full in stopping the nfagration at those points, while the burned faces and hands of many of the members of the department and citizens were additional proof that they were close when the fire was hottest
 The cause of the fire had not, as subject which, perhaps. will never Le settled The evidence of those who first saw the commencement of the fire, is conclusive that there was no help for the two-story frame depot building from the very time 1t was discovered.
 The department responded very promptly and from all evidence ob- taina ble, there was a good water pressure at all times, with perhaps a period of fifteen minutes at the start
 The cars burning at the side of the depot on the house track was a very serious obstacle against the fighters who were trying to save the building occupied by Wells-Fargo Express Company.
 Taking it all in all, the citizens of Nogaies are to be congratulated upon the fact that they have a department, which although small Tn numbers and | without enough apparatus it should | have for fire fighting, has sufficient | members to form a nucleus to hadle | the volunteers and make the most of whatever apparatus they have at hand for that purpose.
 It IS noted that there is short one of the heavy ladders. It may have been burned or 1t may yet be returned. It is one-half of an extension ladder with hooks on one end and bikes on the other. They were being used to tear up the platform between the de- pot building and the Wells Fargo building, when a sudden rush of fire and heat made the workers fly for their lives and leave every thing These axes have axe on the side and pike on the other and anyone seeing the third axe will please have 1t re turned to the department.
 Two lengths of those have been put out of commission. one length being burned when the burning cars passed and the other bursted in being run over.
 Several small articles were lost, spanners, lanterns, etc.
 The meeting passed resolution for the chief to immediately order two more nozzles and spanners, wrenches, etc, and request the town council not to delay this year, but to order the annual amount of 200 feet of hose at once. Besides this the department is to order, as soon as possible, an addi- tional hose cart to be used in the place of the old push cart, as with the water pressure in the water mains, hose carts are to be used, leaving the engine Tn the house. excepting only when there is some locality having no bydrants
 This department Is volunteer or ganization and its revenues barely keep up the uniform (belt and cap) fund, and although there are sufficient funds now on hand with which to pro- vide the small articles, the department will be obliged to call upon all of the property holders interested, to raise the funds for the purchase of a new hose cart before they ran pay for the same.