Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-02-16
WHOLE BLOCK
IN DANGER
Early Morning Blaze in
Hayward's Market Does
$1,000 Damage
NEED OF SIREN WHISTLE
Fire Chief Owen Says Water
Company VIII Run 1t If
City Buys 1t.

Fire. which for a time threatened
an entire business block on San Fran
cisco street. caused $1,000 damage
to the rear OF Haywards Meat Market
on the north side of San Francisco
street at 2 o'clock this morning. The
loss is covered by insurance. Three
tons of yellow wrapping paper fed the
flames which are supposed to have
caught either from spark from the
stove or from the chimney in the rear
of the building. Only the good for
tune of having a breeze from the
southwest instead of from the north is
thought to have prevented great
conhagration which might have eaten
out the heart of the business district
west of the Claire hotel.
The work of the volunteer firemen
was subject of much praise today
and their efforts, under trying clrcum-
stances checked the flames and pre-
vented great loss. The intense cold
quickly froze the water that dropped
on their clothes and many of the fire
fighters resembled walking icicles.
George w. Hayward, proprietor OF
the damaged market, said today: ut
is a source of great satisfaction that
the loss was not greater and that the
fire did not spread. While it is true
that favorable winds helped confine
it to the rear of the store the heroic
work of the firemen called out at such
an early hour merits the greatest
praise
Fire Chief Owen said: "The boys
did splendidly and we are all proud of
them for the way they handled the
fire. We had two streams on the
blaze, tapping the plug in front of the
New Mexican office and the other in
front OF Salmon's dry goods store. We
were not short Of hose although it is
true that at first not enough hose
was pulled from the wagon to fight
the flames from the San Francisco
street side
The fire was discovered by Charles
A. Rising, of the firm of Williams &
Rising, who have livery on San
Francisco street. "It was just about
2 a. m.," said Mr.. Rising this morn
ing, "that was on my way home and
I smelt smoke. | thought it was COM
mig from the store into which Mr.. Hay
ward had just recently moved and
hurriedly dispatched one of our men
whom We call Pablo to sound the fire
gong"
One of the first to respond to the
alarm was Clement Hightower, dep
uty supervisor of the census. Mr..
Hightower found two Or three men
fighting the flames when he got there
and together they did efficient service
until the fire brigade arrived
"At 10 o'clock last night when [ was
about to retire" said Mr.. Hightower,
81 saw sparks coming from a chin
ney in the direction of where the fire
later broke out"
Jerome Delgado, an employe of the
New Mexican, was one of the first
to reach the fire and did excellent
work with an axe he welded like the
proverbial woodman. He forced an
entrance to the rear and with the as
sistance of Mr.. Hightower and 9th.
ers, he prepared the way for the hose
company which soon had a stream
playing on the huge pile of wrapping
paper which was a seething mass OF
flames
Two theories have been advanced
by eye witnesses of the fire as to its
origin. One is that the stove in the
rear of the meat market or in the
room where the fire broke out caused
the fire by shooting out sparks and
another is that in some way sparks
fell from the chimney and started the
blaze 1t is said, however, that
traces could be found of how the fire
eat it's way from the stove to the
wood work and then to the tons of pa,
per several feet away.
The loss is estimated as $500 on ma
chinery, including a sausage making
machine, and the sum of $500 on pa
per bags, cases, spices, sausage Gov
ers and wrapping paper.
The value of the entire stock and
fixtures of the Hayward concern has
been estimated at $4,000 and at the
time of the outbreak of the fire there
were 25 tons of ice in his large re
frigerator and large quantities Of
meat. Just how many tons of ice
melted during the heat of the fire has
not been estimated. The meat that
was not in the refrigerator is said to
have been admirably smoked and
cured and there were many jokers
today who asked Mr.. Hayward the
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