Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
TWO STORES ARE
 DESTROYED UTTERLY
White House and Herz- berg's Total Losses; New Dennis Lodging House Gutted and Phoenix Hard ware and New York Store Heavy Losers

I1CdVy hOSC10 \ fire that was discovered by Harry Gaskin of the merchants patrol about 1:15 o'clock this morning, in the White House clothing store, has de- stroyed that store, the Herzberg store adjoining on the west and the next building. the new Dennis block, mak- ing a clean sweep to Second street. From the point of discovery to the east the fire made little headWay, OW- ing to the higher walls of the New York store and the hard work of the firemen to keep the blaze from as sailing that big structure which once in flames meant a terrible loss and fire that possibly could not be stopped until Third street was reached. The New York store will suffer a loss of a quantity of new goods not yet un- packed, stored in the sheds in the rear. and there will also be consider able loss by water but though the fire is still burning it is under control on the east.
 The White House and the Herzberg stores were one story buildings of the shack order with veneered fronts and burned rapidly The New York store is tall two story building with solid brick wall facing the fire, which is all that saved it. The New Dennis block on the corner of Second and Washington is. or was also a two story brick building but the second story windows and a little rear porch on the side next the fire were fatal to it and could not resist the fiery breakers that loaned up against the. woodwork. Across the alley to the north a garage in the Hageman block caught fire but was extinguished and the electric poles in tn alley blazed for a season.
 At 1:45 the flames had broken into the New Dennis rooming house. where for some time the woodwork had been smoking The fire did not seem to make headway in the other direction, partly due to the fact that streams of water were kept on the fire wall all the time, since the first alarm.
 Creeping through the rooms in the Dennis, the fire at ? o'clock appeared through the windows facing on Sec ond street. More and more water was being applied The wagons wove to and from among the crowds stringing
  the blaze.
 It was impossible to check the flames, in their sweep of the New Dennis rooms. From the balcony on Second street men played water into the windows with absolutely no eff feet. The lower story of the corner building appeared to resist the ad- vancing blaze At first it seemed the AhIuuist garage across the alley would 20 up. Fire broke out in the sheds in the rear. and it's sight started a lively scattering of spectators for the shout of Hook out gasoline" was full of meaning. Two streams of water help ed keep the blaze there in check un- til others arrived to put the quietus on the danger of an explosion.
 The wires in the rear of the New York store snapped together and burn ed across, falling into the pools of wa ter to make the fighting of flames more perilous Electricians arrived al about 2 o'clock, and after they had worked on the feeds the whole block was thrown in darkness. Owing tc the peculiar nature of the fire in the New Dennis, smouldering lightles' sort. 1t was extremely difficult to get at the trouble on account of the inn possibility of locating the smoking parts.
 The New Dennis block property was bought by Mir. Lufty several years age after the building had been practically ruined by a fire in which the BostoT store that then occupied the ground floor was all but wiped out, the loss at that time being approximatelA s15O000 Lufty remodeled and re- paired the building. The block was originally built by John T. Dennis and the second floor was devoted tt the purposes of a lodging house known as The Dennis After it wa remodeled the same line of business was continued and the name changed to The New Denis. The lower floo is at this time utilized as a brancl establishment for another PhOeni, store and whether it's stock will b injured cannot be predicted at thi hour As the second floor of tn building is being flooded with wate it IS presumed the merchandise beloN will be badly injured by water if does not burn.
 J. l.. Vasen. manager of the Ne' Dennis. estimated last night his be longings in the sub rented upstairs ( the Lufty building were a complet loss.
 Arrived at 10:45 the evening befor he had barely settled to rest on tn front porch when the alarm was givel Rushing to the edge. he saw the fir when it was but a small blaze in tf
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