Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-27
CLIFTON HAS BIG FIRE
coloRED WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO LIGHT FIRE WITH GASOLINE,
 CAUSING, EXPLOSION.

Yesterday afternoon at I1:30 a col. ored woman attempted to kindle a | fire by pouring gasoline on some wood in the stove, and she succeeded so we'll 1 that in a few moments half dozen cottages were in flames, says the Cliff ton Era.
 As soon as the whistle blew George Fraser, smelter foreman, started TOT the scene with a part of his trained fire fighters from the works, and three hundred eet of hose. He wi% soon on the ground. and after making connec- tion with the fire plug in front of the A. c. Chase creek store, got his men strung out with the hose, and in a very short time had a stream of water play ing on the flames. and no doubt was the means of saving a large number of buildings in that section of town from total destruction.
 Shortly afterwards other men arriv- ed from the works with more hose, and finally succeeded in making another connection, but the water was slow in coming, hence but little effective work was done but it was not the fault of the men, who worked with a will.
 Owing to the almost total lack of fire plugs in that section, it was for time thought that the fire could not be checked, but fortunately the wind was not blowing al the time, other wise the loss would have been much heavier.
 In all there were nine cottages de stroyed, together with nearly all Of their contents. The cottages were owned as follows:
 J. Backstein. 3; Manuel Barron. l; Mrs. Massey, l; Mrs. George McCor- mack. ?; Joe Dial, l; Wm. Hagan, l.
 Adolph Schwartz, who was occupy ing one of the Backstein cottages, was a heavy loser, but with the assistance of many willing hands he managed to save the piano and the silverware. He carried $400 in insurance, which prov ed to be a good investment
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Hoff were occu- pying one of the Mccormack residenc- es, and lost all of their household ef- fleets and clothing.
 L. Garcia, occupying the Massey cottage, sustained a total loss.
 O. J. Cotey and family also sus- tained total loss of their household effects and clothing.
 Pat Barnett, occupying one of the Backstein cottages, lost everything.
 The residence of Manuel Barron, to- gether with it's contents. was entirely destroyed
 The buildings were so dry and they burned in such a few minutes that it was impossible to save anything. It was all that some of the people could do to save themselves and their Chil- dren.
 It was with the greatest difficulty that the two Massey cottages and the hall of he A. H. A were saved. They were several times on fire, bat by he roic work the flames were subdued.
 Several cottages on the other side of the street were also on fire, but by heroic work of the smelter firemen and others. were saved. Had they burned it would have been almost i'm possible to save anything in that part of town.
 AS it terminated the people of that section of Clifton have much to be thankful for. It is an additional warn ing to the people of Chase creek, as we'll as to the entire town. More ade- quate fire protection must be had, and that at once.
 MT. and Mrs. Hoff have been heavy sufferers from floods, and only few months ago moved up onto the hall, hoping to get away from disasters, but, as usual, they were hard hit
 Joe Dial had 5000 insurance on his house, in a company represented by Smith Brothers. The Hagan cottage was also insured by the same parties for 5000.
 Many of those who aided in fight ing the flames were badly scorched, but MT. McCallum, one of the A. c. employees. was the only one who sus- tained injuries. He was in one of the houses when the fire broke through the wall. In order to clear himself 1t was necessary for him to make a quick exit over one of the partitions, and in so doing was badly burned on the arms. His hair caught fire and he had a warm time generally.