Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-13
THREE FIRES IN
SINGLE NIGHT.
Gasolene Blaze Starts Ball
Rolling, Then Hay Ware
house Ignites and Ari-
iona Eastern CaboOse is
Found in Flames

| The Phoenix fire department was
given good workout last night, with
/ three alarms in quick succession, each
/ tapping over the other and each re-
quiring real fire fighting ability to
control Larger departments with
more apparatus than that available
here have done less efficient work
and not been subjected to criticism
! One of the fires of last night was
still smouldering at an early hour
this morning, but was at all times I'M
der control.
The first alarm came from SO3
South Central avenue, where N. d.
Boree, who runs an automobile for
hire. had a small outbuilding for the
storage of gasoline He had a tank
containing upward of 100 gallons.
About 7 o'clock last night he entered
the little building and started to draw
a pailful of gasoline. In the dark
he could not see how rapidly the pail
was filling. Striking a match to aid
IN determining when to shut off the
flow, he narrowly escaped instant
death when the tank ignited and an
explosion followed. AS it was, he was
burned slightly about the face and
hands.
An alarm was sounded and Central
fire company made a quick run. There
was little that could be done to sub
due the flames. but it required cour-
age to face the roaring flames in or
der to prevent the flames communi-
eating to numerous small buildings
| in the vicinity
While this fire was still in pro-
gress, another alarm was sounded
from Ninth and Jackson streets, for
| fire in the big hay warehouse owned
| by w. b. Lount, in which was stored
several hundred tons of oat hay The
| origin of the fire is a mystery, but
| ii is believed that tramps may have
entered the building and dropped
matches or cigarettes in the loose hay
1t was seen at once that a most
| stubborn fire was at hand In the first
place the fire had crept into the tiers
of bales and a dense cloud of smoke
was rolling upward. To avoid the
| probability of the hay bursting into
roaring flames by dragging it out,
great floods of water were poured
into the building. 1t was still seen
that the fire within was making some
progress, and before midnight it was
believed it would be necessary to at
tack the building itself with axes,
hooks and possibly dynamite. There
was danger to the Phoenix flour mills,
the Goldman warehouse and other
valuable property in the vicinity and
it was n ticklish job to keep the fire
confined to the single building. How
ever, at an early hour this morning it
was well under control, although the
hay was still smoking.
Forty-five minutes after the alarm
for the warehouse fire had been
sounded, an Arizona Eastern caboose,
standing on the tracks just south of
Tenth street. took fire and the big
whistle on the Southern Pacific shops
again called out apparatus. 1t was
impossible to secure a stream of wa
ter for this fire, the car standing out
side the city limits, but one of the
big combination chemical and hose
trucks ran out to the tracks and emp
tied two tanks of chemical upon the
car and effectually doused the blaze.
The origin OF this fire is also un-'
known