Arizona republican., 1913-08-23

NCOHlIDuGQ rom rage One) : ordered the injured mans removal
 to the sisters hospital. Careful ex-
 animation revealed the fact that
 Arons had had narrow escape
 from being permanently blinded. The
 flames burned his face. singed the
 hair from his head, injured his left
 hand seriously and inflicted painful
 burns about his feet and legs. He will hardly be able to leave the hos pital in less than one month.
 In his cot in the hospital last eve
 ming, Arons expressed great concern
 for the welfare of his employers
 whom he credited with having been
 unusually kind to him. He stated
 that the blow comes particularly
 heavy to him at this time as he was
 engaged to be married, the wedding
 date having been set for early in
 September He said that he had
 always been particularly careful in the handling of the alcohol lamp and that he never placed more than
 very small quantity of alcohol in
 the lamp at any time. He also said
 that oil rags used in Wiping furni-
 ture were invariably kept together
 during the day and carried out each
 evening before the store was closed.
 He believes that the lamp exploded
 but what caused the explosion is mystery to him.
 When he saw that the blazing all cohol was spreading over the floor and upon his clothes he attempted to beat out the flames with his hands And then when he found himself en- VeIoped in flames he ran from that portion of the building which was . Inf l,x~ fellow employees who rolled him in l blankets and pieces of carpet.
 The BarroWs- Fooshe Furniture com 1 pany has occupied the property for | over two years. It took | over the business formerly conducted 1 by Charles Donofrio. the owner of l the building. and rapidly built it up until it took first rank among the | leading furniture houses of the While the fire of yes terday will come as heavy blow, the company will no doubt find tenn porary quarters and reopen for busl- ness in the near future Tn fact MT. BarroWs announced during the prog ress of the fire that the company would open offices in the F,lks Thea ter building just across the street from the burned building, this build IlnS to De bSSu eo t1i'it'ote'-' 'ices.
 It has been planned for sometime hat the BarroWs- -Fooshee company vas to take over the building now occupied by Pratt Gilbert Co, at First md Jefferson streets, the latter com )anv having decided to build on Cen ral avenue As it will be several | months before the Pratt Gilbert com 1any will have it's new building work not having yet been commenced, it may be that the furni- | ure company may decide to open in small quarters pending it's taking ,ver of the larger structure. The | 3arrows- -Foosheee company in the hort time it has been in business las won the esteem and confidence # the business men of Phoenix, as | yell as of hundreds of patrons who anne to know that honest dealing md full value were the aim and pur- ,ose of the proprietors.
 There was at all times before the ire was under control, an ample ressure of water, while the firemen we're still working on the building,
 plug on a water main on North central avenue blew out, reducing the yer, maintained all the pressure nee ssary and there was no inconVen- ence by reason of the accident to the lain. II