The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
destructive Fire.

ehd lDS lille az ~ y .~--
ing rapidity. The fire department
was unable to cope with the flames,
and tele graphed to st. Paul aid
Minneapolis for assistance. A
specisl train with engines started
from both cities at daylight and are
now on the ground. Nearly tie en-
tire business portion of ths city Is
already consumed, Including the
immense Washburn mills, the post
Office block, First National Bank
building, and the Chamberlin Hotel.
The ioss already reaches 100000
Twenty two buildings are cons umed
including the new opera house just
completed. Washburn's losses ex-
coed $4,000. partly insured. A
100000 policy expired a few days
ago.
For the fourth time IN It's history,
the City of Anoka is fire stricken
and The entire business portion for a
second time entirely wiped out OF
existence. The ruin is wl5espread
and extensive. At this time it is
utterly impossible 10 more than
roughly approximate the great l,ss
which is placed by the most con-
servasive st 100000 at least &.
From the Congregational Church at
the corner of Main Street and Third
Avenue west to Rum fivtr
and from Monroe street por b 10
Van Buren, street is naught bat q
heap of smoking ashes and black
ened ruins. The alarm was given
shortly after 2 O'Clock this morning
The cause was found to be a fire In
Kinnes & Vanderveldes' skating
rink, situated in the rear of the
postoffice and high school building.
Although the fire department. was
quickly at work it was soon evident
the fl mes were beyond con.rol. In
a few moments the Campbell u
Foote brick block in which
the postoffice was situated
was in flames, followed almost
simultaneously by the appearance of
fire in the high school and D3wdell
Bros restaurant. The flames we're
communicated to the elegant brick
block belonging to Fl. l.. Ticknor
and from there across Second ave.
nue 10 III. S. Plumers' dry goods
store and across Main strest TO a
row of NO den structures occupied
by various branches Of trade, up
S c0nd avenue tsking sever
al residences and the Merchants
Hot |, down Main street on
the south side, destroying Plu ners'
dry goods store. Cutters dry goo Is
store, Tichner & Co. drug, Ryan
boots and sho, s, and so on until tie
river barred its course. While de-
vastation was being brought ia this
direction the appalling flames capped
from the wo11tn buildings On the
north side Of Main street, and en-.
veloped the handsome and stately
structure Ia ely erected by NJ.
d. WashhuIn, and in which
were situated the First National
bank and TIE elegant Wa:hburn
Opera House. The whole city
SCENT d to lie ab:aZe at once; up and
down both sides of Main street,
from Third Avenue to the river and
along both sides Of second Avenue,
from Van Buren, to Monroe StIeet,
the piti,ess lsmes Sepi ifresistably
from Van Buren, block TO the hard
ware store iof Pullman, Cheslea &
Lindsay and the Fist National
bank to BRIGGS Square. The fire
spee diIy went lis way thence along
Bridge Square, on the east side,
sweeping away Daniels boot an0
shoe store, Abner & Wicklund-s dry
goods, the Anoka Union block, Pc
ter's drug store, and across Jackson
street to the great Lincoln
Touring mill and elevator, consums
ing also a smaller Touring mill near
the bridge; two plsning mills, one
single dry Kiln, lumber shed and
office. al beloE ging to w. D. Wash
burn & Co. The flames beng
brought to a stand still at a line
ninety feet from the Mammoth
Washburn cav and single
mills. From the point where
the fire was communicated to
the Lincoln mills, 1t went Eastward
to the corner Of Second avenue and
jackson street, there gaining the
'ectio1 of its forces which jumped
Main street and tackled the James
Hotel and stables, blacksmith shop,
Engine house and Jail; exha1sting
itself at the corner of ] ackson stre ct
and Third avenue. That branch of
the great confiagration which took
its way on Third avenue, destroyed
everything to Monroe stree, where
it was brought under control.
No lives were lost and no
very serious accidents occurred,
though it was scene Of the widest
and most uncomfortable confusion,
Men fell exhausted BY the heat and
smoke, while women tainted ap-
palled b. the terrible visitation.
The losses and insurance cannot be
definitely ascertained for several
days. Washburn & Co. have lnsur-
ance of Sl43. 500. Their loss is be-
lieved to De fully Sl75,000, possibly
5000. COO. Assistance vas summoned
from St Paul asd Minneapolis bat
reached the doomed city too late for
service. except in saving Wash
burns mammoth saw and shlngie
mills.