The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-11
s6R556 LIKE TINDEf-
~. rontsluna. Hotel Again
Inc in Ashes.
rgr ny AFTER THE FUNERAL.
Maxwell tn. n.r, ssssalssHaa. FOR
A''s '.l-cos, les.' @Ssi scandal
other Noies'
u,.,uma Burned.

inc ,,,snst "a despatch 10
DEsv la.i. hdS Press from Las Vegas as
M n. .ag.: s hG55ssano caught fire
f hSa tn. 1sht . Ss'' Barped nearly
. Il. b., . s5s9s' $4,000 % \ telephone
loss vii eh' 's1orts that eight eastern ter
dispatch IePO Od in the flames. Inc
guests perlsnead Nv the A. T. and 5; +.
note 8 1 and opened in AP 4ha is same Site
X. h, AVS hotelis on inc 01 a;chteen
eom h. same hotel burneu
months ago ;. !. Of incendiary origin. 1t
The hIe i ,be fourth story attle, near
broke outln JIG IN the servants quar-
, .eo Seyenty-fve guess ,;t nG learned
b YER, Il cannot be dehnisssly o nTAi not not
t houiSi whether all escapea d TT and
S Tha Iuilding burned like unoe .a % anu ar
Inc ti DuH was 50 great that no baggage OF
the n lso "@ 1a 20 Saved. Special trains
iuInll su,on nm both the Las Vegas nre
have taken = The loss will be nearly a
1uaTter OF million. r.;b,,nsP..
4T nrSvES Colo, August 9-Tc'1une- NJ r.
o,5Toang Las Vegas: The nre az ~ a oat
S Worteznma Hotel at Hot Springs iast
niOhf oT;einated about II 30 in the Ioppy
nf fbs fourth floor, at an attic near the
Of !ne lOI Io ~ NOT IN the top of the grand
9 somau y" The Tnercurial alarm was sound
I'd in the Office and the guests were I'M
mediately warned Of the danger oy lIe
sounding of electric gongs IN all apa. =
ments of the house. There were ABOUT
. Is rooms occupied BIZ guests and as the
FIRE started far above the occupied rooms
everybody escaped and nearly all per
sonaI effects of the guests were saved
Immediately after the general alarm
had been sounded the Chief clerk ana
three others of the house rushed tothe
fourth floor and unreeled the fire hose
attached to various hydrants. Some
DELAY was oecasioned by inexperienced
hands in LAYING the lines and IN most
instances the hose being too short to
reach the flames. Within very few
minutes the flames had burned through
the roof in several places, and all hope
Of saving the magnificent building
abandoned. The volunteer department
Of Las Vegas, six miles distant was called
BY telephone. A special train took
Hose Company No. l out in thirteen
minutes. Another train brought No. 2
Company later, and some eight or ten
lines were at work. The pressure was
low and the streams barely reached the
root where the flames by this time
we're raging. For four hours the fire
gFatlaAy worked its way to the ground
hooI, making a complete loss OF the
house. The furniture only on the
ground floor was saved. The house
less guests were compelled to improvise
lodgings on the ground, and went into
camp for the night, while the firemen
worked with relief forces until long af-
ter daylight. The stone walls of the
third story we're saved from utter de-
Struction and remain standing. and
may possibly he utilized in rebuilding.
The loss Is SS00, 900; insurance $3.50, 900,
distributed among large number of
companies The origin Of the fire is at
ln6uted to the wires of the electric
hghnng system becoming overheated
ana ignltlng the woodwork. It is he
HeYea the company will rebuild.