Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-02
B|SEEE AIDS HE SUPERB R5
 FROM FIRE
Without Reservation and With out Condition Ample Help Is
 Placed in the 0utStretched
 Hands of Borrowing People.

As a direct result of the disastrous fire which wiped out of existence a portion of the city on Saturday morn ing within three short hours, and might have swept the entire town, a sight unprecedented in the history of Bisbee was when those who lost every thing they had applied at the head quarters of the Salvation Army for help. There have been isolated cases of persons being thrown on the com mnnity, but never was there anything like that which has taken place, since nearly 100 persons have applied for help in three days. That this is not looked upon as charity. but as the duty of those who did not suffer to- wards their more unfortunate fellow citizens, is evident from the fact that fund of considerable proportions has already been provided. and more | is expected.
 | Yesterday morning committee of | prominent business men took the matter in hand and went through the 1 business houses, almost in every in- stance receiving a generous donation. ! This money was placed in the bank and Captain Carpenter of the local I l to dra won the fund to defTay what ever expense attached to the caring | for those who needed assistance.
 On Saturday, Sunday and yesterday more than 300 had applied for aid to the relief committee, and in every in stance necessaries were given them.
 On Saturday it could not be realized 1 how many people had suffered heavy I tfnCSRC rd in hnr l,n, savings of years had been wiped out, or entire belongings swept away in the flames. It is only during the past forty-eight hours that the whole story has come out, and it is found that in the vast majority of cases the people | who lost were either those who had nothing but a few personal effects. or had been in barely comfortable cir. cumstances.
 Further investigation as to the mum.
 Der of houses burned and the total loss confirmed the statement on these points made in the Review on Sunday
 morning, when a list of the principal
 losers was published. Inquiry at the
 insurance offices established the fact
 that much less than 50 per cent of the loss of s200.000 YVES covered by in
 surance.
 A large number of people who lived
 in the burned district are now the
 guests of friends in other portions oi
 the city.
 One fact which has been noticeable
 since the calamity was the almos
 unanimous praise and commendatior
 given the members of the local volun
 teer fire department by the people O
 the city, the only reward ever re
 ceived by these valuable members O
 the community. Tn spite of the fact
 however, that almost everyone of tn.
 men who belong to the departmen
 had turned out to fight the fire, riskfn.
 their lives and health, running cloth
 Ing, and undergoing hardships, in or der to save the property of others, fo
 which they do not receive the slight
 est monetary compensation-ther
 have been seyers' cases reported O
 persons criticising these men. Il
 every instance 1t was found that tn criticism was inspired by the loss o
 some small possessions, which tn
 critic seemed to feel the entire de pertinent and citizens should hay
 turned their attention to saving, evel : at the cost of letting the entire cit burn. That such criticism is UT . worthy of any man is evident. Thes volunteer firemen gave a display 0 good citizenship and rare judgmen ' that could not have been excelled b ? a paid fire department, no matter ho, long experienced the latter migh > have.
 1 One point which the fire did brin - out Is, that the fire department is t most important factor in the life C the community, and that the request g which have been made of the nun cipal government by this departmen e have been most reasonable. Tn F necessity for more and better apps T ratus was evident, and will no douh be the means of Impressing upo e everyone that Bisbee needs better fir !. protection than any city of its sig F in the country, owing to the manne [ in which it Is laid out, affording a easy prey to big conflagration.