Arizona republican., 1906-02-19

l CartIedge, who was standing in front
 of Lukin's cigar store. heard the |! cracking of glass across the street, and
 walking over that way smeIled smoke, but could see no fire. He at once fired ! his revolver several times and ran to i the fire alarm, but was unable to op- crate the bell His shots. though, aroused a number of people and the alarm was finally sounded. not before, however, the hose cart was out, man. ned by a few who had reached the spot first. Garfield Goodwin, who was one of the first awakened, promptly ] phoned MT. Sigala in east Tempe, and
 he fired his revolver, bringing out enough of the residents of that place to get the east Tempe hose cart out. It was brought down town. but by the time it reached the corner of Laird & Dimes drug store the other hose
 had been attached to the Casa Loma hydrant and there was no need of a second one.
 As soon as the place of the fire was ! located an effort was made to get in
 the front door of the building and get action on the blaze, which at that time had not been located, with the water. The smoke, however, was so dense that it was impossible for those ] in charge of the hose to make any headway, and they hastened to the
 rear of the building, where the back door was broken in. 4 small blaze
 was seen to the right of the door and the water was directed on it. By that ', time the front doors had been raised,
 and, with the aid of a lantern, the electric lights were found and the ! light turned on. The firemen then had a, better cnance to see what they were
 doing, and the fire was soon placed
 under control. In working his way to ! the rear of the store in the smoke to i light one of the lights, Garfield Good
 win stepped on a weakened board that | had been partly burned through and,
 the board breaking, he was precipitat-
 ed into the cellar below. which by that l time was half full of water. He was not hurt. however. and considers him self fortunate.
 It is thought that the fire started 1 in box of matches. It is presumed | that mouse, or perhaps one of the
 cats that were kept in the store, over
 turned one of the boxes. thus igniting the matches. The shelving where the
 matches were kept was entirely burn ed away, as was one of the tables
 standing near, and the floor there abOuts was considerably damaged.
 Aside from that, little damage was done to the store. Just how much harm the goods and fixtures suffered could not be told at the time of writ l ing yesterday, as the proprietors had
 not made a thorough investigation. From all appearances, however, every thing in the store was badly. damaged if not burned, seriously scOrched and blistered. The wrappings of all the canned goods were ruined and several
 boxes of apples in the front part of the building, quite a distance from the seat of the fire, were as thoroughly cooked as if they had been placed in an oven. There was a large stock of shoes on the south side of the building and the extreme neat undoubtedly ruined many of them. It seems almost incredible that the interior of the room could have become so hot considering the amount of fire, but the building was almost air tight and every parti- cle of heat stayed in the room, and it finally became great enough to break
 the glass in the front of the store, which called the nightwatchman's at tention to the confIagration.
 It would seem that the fire had been smouldering for some hours, for there are those who now recollect smelling smoke about midnight, but the lack of air in the building prevented the fire from making any great advance. The minute the glass was broken, though, | it started anew and was burning again when the water first reached it. |
 Everything in the store was black ened with the smoke and the three cats were suffocated before the fire men effected an entrance into the building.
 Those who operated the hose are de- 1 serving of a great deal of credit for the careful and judicious manner in which they used the water. There was an opportunity to do as much damage with it as good by careless handling 1 of the hose, but what water was used 1 was put on the fire alone and praeti- calley no harm was done the stock.
 While the damage will be consider | able. it is understood that the stock 1 and fixtures of the store were fairly | well insured and the firm will not | suffer a great deal in a financial way | They will commence cleaning and re- pairing the interior of the building at |