The border vidette., 1930-03-29
FIRE DAMAGES LYRIC BUILDING
Tuesdays Herald)

(Tuesday.S Herald)
Fire believed to have started
in . front room of the Lyric
rooming house last night caused
damage variously estimated at
between $4,000 and $25, 900 to
the Lyric theater building in
Morley avenue, just outside the
business district.
A general alarm brought out
the departments Of Nogales,
Sonora and Camp Stephen D.
Little in addition to the local de
partment and despite the fact
that seven lines of hose poured
thousands of gallons of water
into the building the firemen
were battling the blaze for two
hours before the blaze was under
control and another two hours
was required before the depart
ment chiefs pronounced the fire
extinguished.
The rooming house located on
the second floor of the building
and consisting of Is we'll furnish
ed rooms, under lease to Mrs.
Angelita Atchison. wife of a
mining engineer ia San Luis.
Potosi. Mex was completely
wiped out by the FIRE while great
streams of water pouring down
from the second floor to the
first did slight damage to the
machinery of the El Impartial.
Spanish language newspaper
owned by Pomposo Salazar;
"Mary's cafe' and bakery, locat
ed in the same building and
owned by Mary Turner, suffered
approximately $ls0 damage, &C
cording to the owner. Salazar
estimated his damage would ap.
proximate $4,000 which would
include the cost Of moving his
machinery to new plant and
the incidental loss of business.
Frank Herrera. owner of the
motorcycle shop in the building,
said he had practically no loss.
Little damage was done to the
theater auditorium, the fire being
confined to the roof and the
rooming house;
The blaze is believed to have
started ia the north front room
where the heaviest damage was
done, either from faulty wiring
or . cigarette. Practically. ell
of the wood work in the rooming
house was charred, walls torn
down and the roof destroyed.
Builders estimated it would cost
about SIS, 900 to repair the build
ing, which is owned by Mrs. Con
O'Keefe.
The Lyric theater was taken
under lease by the Fox West
Coast Theater corporation at
the same time the Fox Nogales
theater was purchased and ex.
cept for 8 short period during
the time the latter theater was
being remodeled, it has been un.
used for several years.
Frank Herrera, owner of the
bicycle shop, was among the
first to offer thanks to the vari
Gus fire departments for their
work in saving his shop from
serious loss.
The building and equipment of
the 81 impartial was completely
covered by insurance, it was
said, but whether the furnish
ings of the rooming house were
insured could not be learned.
Fire Chief Arthur Peck de
clared this morning that the
blaze was the most stubborn the
department had ever had to con.
tend with.
The blaze was discovered al
by 81. E. Dearman,
who was driving by at the time,
and workers in the El Impartial
Office. Quick work on the part
of the latter in covering up much
of the equipment prevented
heavier loss there. The first
alarm was turned in at 9:35 D.
M, and the general alarm 20
minutes later. Power lines were
cut putting all of the buildings
on the eastern side of Morley
avenue in darkness for several
hours.
The owner of the El Impar
cial, Pomposo Salizar. during
the Mexican revolution a year
ago, was identified with the
rebels. At the outbreak of the
revolt he was named collector of
customs of Nogales, Sonora and
held that post for several weeks.
Following the revolution be