Weekly journal-miner., 1910-05-25

s,ed Hotel Adams in Phoenix, which ~m destroyed by Ire on Tuesds,
 morning, have been accounted for ~as the information brought to Pres ro,t yesterday by H. c. Adams brother of !. c. Adams, owner of
 be hotel, who sustained . loss of approximately >2oS,ooo, with insur. ,n~ which will reach possibly >ss,. boo.
 l, had been feared that some of
 h guests had perished ss they could pot be found immeolatcly. It was learned that this was duo to the fac. tha, they had scattered over FhoeniI.
 The hotel register was destroyed bot through cheek book that was fortunately saved, every one was fnally located.
 lt was rumored in Prescott last bight that a bell boy who had been bl st the hotel and who was carried Do safety and then sent to . hospital, had died from the excitement and ,hoek of the fire.
 Nr. Adams states that the bell boys al the hotel, as we'll as the clerk vho was on duty, acted like real heroes, and remained in the blazing building until all the guests had been directed to the exits.
 Later, to make certain that all the gp,sts had been aroused, Fire Chief eulhvan, known prominently h base. ball circles throughout Arizona, en. Frsd ;he smoke filled hotel and ac. Tompanied by four bell boys, visited f''y room in the big structure. Dive minutes after they had com. pl''ed their perilous trip, a mass of fsme swept up the center of the building, reaching to the roof.
 Reports from Phoenix yesterday, in Fonneetion with the Hotel Adams fire fonvey the important information 'ha, through the heroic efforts. com. hIhed with the presence of mind of w. II. Colby, tho route agent of Wells Fargo ( O., two human lives were saved by that gentleman.
 The apparently doomed people, two women guests, were rescued under the most thrilling act of bravery, and ai the imminent sacrifice of the life of the man who performed the ser. vice at an opportnue time. The wom. en were panic stricken, and one of 'hem fell in . faint, and was carried In the arms of Mr. Colby to the fire escape and carried to safety by an. other man. Ar. Colby then returned and brought the other woman to the same exit, personally carrying her down the ladder and jumping to the ground, a distance of several feet
 He sustained serious internal injur. les and that evening left for Los Angeles, where he will receive medi' cal treatment, and where also his wife resides. MT. Colby has his mead quarters at Ash Fork, and is ire quent visitor to this city in connec' lion "ith his duties in the express busincss.
 olasping his hands over his heart and uttering low moan, Floyd Pur' 's, young man who has been spend Ing ihe winter here for his health, 'hH morning about Q o'clock, drop ped in the alleyway between Dono' mos confectionery and Hulett's drug store, on East Washington, and when bystanders reached his side ne was dead, says the Phoenix Demo erat. tnrys, whose former home was In Draper, s. D., camc to Phoenix five or six months ago for his health, be' Ing afflicted with tuberculosis.
 He had been talking in the alley way with John T. Creech of Talbot q Hubbard's, and at the conclusion !" the conversation Creecn turned away to walk back to the store, when he heard Purvis groan, and turned just in time to see him drop 10 the ground. Furvis was about 23 years old at tue time of his death, and evidently intended leaving Phoenix for his nome tonight, as he had n ticket rom Phoenix to Draper over the santa Fe in his pocket when nis 'o'hes were searched by the cor oncr 1T is known that the young mans '"'Acr resides in Draper, and tele' gram was sent 10 him this morning "y the coroner, notifying him of the sudden death of his son.
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