The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-21
AH0TaEA FIRE.
The I2oba7ts 8to-
bIes Burn Down.
The Tramp Fiend Agai II
Gets His Work
In.
Painful Delay Getting the
Engine on the
Ground.
The Hotel Roberts and the
Sutherland Mansion
Endangered.

About nine O'Clock, Monday night,
fire broke cut in the w. d. Roberts
barn, Immediately west Of the Hotel
Roberts Ehe fire bell was in a short
time set IL motion, and in a few
minutes the boys with the hose cart
appeared. They had the hose strung
out and coupled, and then awaited the
coming of the steam engine. 1t was a
INTO the air and landed on the
roofs of the surrounding buildings.
No one knew but what the Hotel
Roberts OF the George Sutherland resi-
dence would be wrapt in flames. Had
this occurred, no help could have been
rendered. The fire boys were power
less without the engine. No one
knew what WAS the matter. The
minutes seemed like hours. At last.
after thirty-two minutes after the
alarm had been given, the engine
came dashing around the corner,
stopping on the wagon bridge over the
factory race. But even now the water
could not be secured. What is the
matter?' was the exclamation of the
inpatient thr0ng. An investigation
! developed the fact that steam was not
up. and that the engineer had to Dor
row coal in order to keep the fire go
/ ing. Finally the water came, and a
stream was directed on the now pile
of emberS.
The cause Of the delay of the engine
! was due to the fact that the key to The
stable in which the horses are kept,
was hanging in the City Marshal's
Office, which happened to be locked at
( the time Rather than wait TO get the
key, the stable was broken open, and
the team secured. But the horses were
almost unmanageable What with the
excited crowd, the yells and the ding
dong Of the fire bell, it was several
minutes before the team was harneSsed
to the engine. Then, again. Engineer
HattOn, who is night Waterman also.
happened at the time OF the fire to lie
on his beat, in the neighbOrhood sc
the postofiice. Every thing helped to
make the delay very painful.
The origin of the fire is traced to the
incendiary work of the tramp. One of
Judge DuSenberry'S boys happened to
be in close proximity to the barn at
the time. and saw 4 man go to the
northwest corner. with q lighted rag
III his hand. which appeared to be
saturated with oil, and throw it into
the bay and then run away. Tmme-
diately the place was wrapt in flames.
The boys cried fire, > and the alarm
was given.
The man was described to the officers,
and man whom the police have been
shadoWing for several DAYS answered
the description. The fellow was ar
rested and the City Marshal spent all
night with him trying to make him
"squeal. But it was no 90. He told
a very crooked story. but yet led the
officer to have doubt as to his guilt.
He was accordingly released. Herb
Pyne recognized the description OF
the man, and said that he entered the
drug store the afternoon of the day of
the fire and bought some turpentine
which was pat in a can Tie tramp
took the turpentine from the bow,
placed it in gunnysack, and left.
The loss is estimated by Mr.. Roberts
at Sl400. 1t was fortunate that there
were no horses in the stables at the
time. There happened to be
carriages IN there butready hands
had them out before the fire got too
fierce