Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-05

was 700 lAte 10 carry out trunks,
scenery, or baggage OF auy Kind.
There were but 9 few pereons there.
and with one Email door to mass
through and that opening right ON
10 the burning stage, the property OF
the theatrical companies could not
have been saved. To have accom-
plished this would have REQUIRED .
goOdly number OF I.,Un, y ell directed
at The vott outset; and this was out
oil thequestion.
AT one time, while there were
some trunks near the stage door that
might have been saved IL any one
would have ventured in, member
OF one Of the theatrical companies
came up 70 assistant Chief Levy
and said he had siiOc worth Of prob
erty In onerfthe trunks. Mr.. Levy
turned stream OF water on them
and remarked, 1--WE win keen hese
and il WIN protect you 50 y0s can
pull your box OUT But Il will
get wet, > was the reply. "weII. !,
said Mr.. Levy, ''if You think more
Of wetting a s. suit than saving
Sl70O, it will have to 20. There are
not enough Of us here 10 hold the
hose and drag out the boxes too. ;,
so the trunks went up in the blaze.
The hremen worked hard in the
responsible position they were
placed in, but there is 4 lack
OF system. This il pr0hab-
~ due in Part 20 the small
force Of MEN available. The addi-
ton OF = few reliatap srcSll mem,
should 81 heast sc made, and would
materially aid in the case Of large
hres. Some Of the wrong could lie
remedied il Chief Stanton would
have the duty Of turning the water
on and of better attended to. Some
Times a call 10 turn the water Of,
made by those at the nozzle Of the
pipe, was unheeded for cousider-
able time, while - the command to
turn Il On The response was no more
prompt. The police kept the crowd
At distance and in tine main pre-
served good discipline. There are
few who wear uniform who should |
be instructed that il is not the bust /.
ness OF officers TO use abusive and /
profane language to citizens.
The Walker Brothers fire brigade /.
comprises a small force Of men, but 1
they deserve especial credit for the ,
good work they do and their sys-
tematic and prompt manner Of
action. They are not continually I
at cross purposes in the face Of fire.
Mayor Scott also made himself use
full, and, with n number OF others,
so manipulated 4 ganden hose that
the flames were prevented from
to the electric light build
ings, which were only 4 few feet
distant. The electric light currents
were turned of early, because OF the
great danger 10 these working at the
fire,
Among the Incidents that attrac-
ed attention was the action Of a
young man on the pOrticO OF the
second floor. He was in a very
warm place, but was in no immedi-
lte danger. He had learned, how
ever, that his way Of escape down
he stairway was cut of. and called
Oudly and almost incess3ntly for a
adder. The information that ii lie
would keep cool and quieter he
would lie taken down as early as pos
iible, and before he was in any real
LANCER, seemed 70 have no effect on
lim. He was 50 thoroughly over
'Ome by fear that he was on the point
,fiumping,tO the pavement when
iastily brought ladder was put upand
N.f..sH 70. HI
right had taken such hold on him
hat he wasted no time in getting
way from the place.
Col. Blunt sent two companies Of
and hose company from
Fort Douglas, but when they arrived
heir services were not necessary.
OF all the losses il is probable that
'rof. CrOmwell's i comparatively
he most severe. as his entire stock Of T.
Jews, gathered in more than twenty
ears, was destroyed. He had no
on them while travelling:
md with many il is an impossihility
@ ever reproduce them. With them
le had a series OF u lectures, which
AVE made him famous. His los I
: not less than $4,000, and 1t VIII
axe fully five years Of travel 10 re-
lace those Of the views that can bc I
gain obtained. Il
Among the other losers are the
Denver ami Rio Graudc Express ,
'ompany, the Burlington ~ Mis-
ouri r. r., Chapman y WhytOcS. {
.entistS, Bowman * LOwd. real
state men. Pacific Union Insur- /
nee Company, Knights Of Pythias, :
he "Held by the Enemy and |
After Dark companies, the !
Of Locomotive Eugi-
ieers. and Manager Burgess.
The losses may be AGGREGATED n
blows: