Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-06
r,,..,l,le visited by One Of the Most
Disastrous Calamlilcs In lis
History.
-,r CITY GREEN ovrRFtows ITS
BANKS.
an RsgnerIcs Catch Fire and the
Burning flnld Sweeps pown
The Raging Torrent.
a, telegraph to the sEws.i
AWFUL DIsraUCrIoS.
piuto aud Neptune Combine ." ne
Terrible Worh.

. Titusyillo has been vlfited dunns
~. last tytnty.four hour by one ol
,bemost disastrous fires and Hoods M
-. hi,tsry ol the region. OH creei
,,.tiloVed It's banks and f0r hourT
wont through the city almost a
,s.istless flood. Tho city 10 without
osel lights nnd watorwOks, anu IL
,n,roundcd by water. The Perry sire,
M Ffankl'n street iron bridges have
an swcpt aWhy. Scores OF cheap
iaildinns In the lower part OF the
INV were destroyed, and large num-
bsi of lives lost. Soma persons were
burned, but tho majority drowned.
When morning uawneo hundreds oil
sntious prople looked out Of the win-
lows or Stood ON tho roofs OF houses
waiting for n helping hand and ttembl-
inr for fate. 70 AID TO the horror Of
ne scene, rain lcll in torrents and fire.
broke out In the roilneries At different
points. ....
went down the raging torrent and
communicated to the manufacturing
establishments and houses, and Tho
destruction was Increased hundred
mld. Among the lOasOs by fire are The
lplofnntiOnai OIL Work.; Hiram
Blowen copper shops; Rice & Robin.
suis refinery; Tllusyile Radiator
Works; Western Now YOri, 81 Penney.
yania freight offices; jack Cullin's
store, residence and hotel; Cfescent
OH Works; railroad, loss $4,000 on
freight ana number OF largo leaded
oil cars on the track burned. A train
q cars loaded with merchandise on
the Dunkirk X Allegheny was burned.
A large amount Of loss on stores,
residences and manufactures, Ia proba-
bly, covered by Insurance, but IL is Inn
possible 10 give u detailed estimate
now. Many leading citizens had taken
their wives and childron on gn excur.
zion 10 Canndohota lake and were de-
tained there when their presencs were
greatly ntcded here.
A meeting OF citizens was held at
noon today aud $4,000 subscribed for
the immediate relief Of the destitute.
4 Quarters were obtained for tho poor
aud homeless, and food aud clothing
supplied by benevolent ladies'. Fit.
teen bodlee have been recovered and
The starch continues. Following Ii
the
LIST OF THE DEAD
m far ne ascortsinedi John Quinn,
mail carrier, wife and two children;
Jacob Bcrgencamnier and three chill
dren, MIR. NJ. Mckenzie, John Me-
Fadden and elS,eig, Mr. Campbell anu
two children, Mr.. Coppi, Fred Reid,
butcher wife and children, John
O'Nlnra and wifo, two Vcuglc boys,
and four more, names unknown, Mrs.
Z. 7. Casporsnn.
Whom the Hood was ut It's height,tho
Acme refinery was struck by light
ming, and ilro added terror 10 the 10 ene
and five blocks were laid waste. Wa.
ter began TO rocode about noon and Is
now. going down rapidly. Great dam
age Ia reported from Corey, Pa, and
other towns in that rcgion.
Alta late hour tonight the loss OF life
here by conservative estimate IL
lhiFiy'iive. This IS entirely wlthfn
thv city, while tho newB from lrlbu-
AIRY towns show a propor,lonnio less.
Fully third Of the business and re-
hdenoo portion OF the city Ia nllss OF
tharred cmhers, over which the wa.
tefa rush with undated furry. The
streets arc fllcd with crowds Of wot,
hungry homeless, despairlng mon,
women and children. IL Ia simply
impossible to give tho reader IN idea
THE TERRIBLE SCENES ENACTED.
Men with boEts and ropes battled
nianiully against the current and hum
uiois OF people captives In their homes
on account OF surrounding waters were
rescued. Fully nifty people ~ yet are
unaccounted for, and II Is impossible ut
present 10 correctly state the number
actually drowned or burned.
rive persons who were g'asplng n
Piece OF timber were near tho OIL tank
whom II exploded. In n moment the men
were enveloped In flames, and death
came speedily. A mother with her
oA6e ciafped to her breast and cling.
log to u plank driitel toward the
depo', around which the water wss
Iushlng iuriously. As both reached the
lolht the current was 40 great that II
uleW them down and they diaapp.ared
nom View,. Scores OF casua oil the like
are reported.
Almost constant rains last month
vAuseu the earth TO no so thoroughly
s9aEeu that II could hold no more aud
eno heavy down-pours OF Saturday and
nN1urday night caused the small
streams to overflow their banks.
ABOUT midnight OIL creek began TO
iAo rapidly anu the food was In be.
iote The residentR were awaiu OF their
,uahger, and not more than half OF
mem managed to reach high land.
ihe Auduenness OF the rise was later
,.thpiained by the intelige ece. that
burst. f""''e
1t was at Q a. m. that
THE HORRORS OF FIRE
Alyed TO tho misery Of the peoKfe. A
uuil explosion was heard at that hyur
'hu heme9 fully 200 feet high piorc,d
ino ihky darkness anu threw glariug
"Bnt over The vast txpanso OF angry
s"a'ers' u was the Crescent OH Re.
lhery ON flre aud never before did IRE /
' Ssu TO spread with such rapidly.
auGemonium broke loose among the
Tn,opie and panic reigned supreme.
i noussnds OF people rushed peli neil |
.niuugh tho streets tumbiing aud |
iiuVeRlhB each other In nm alnlless on. |
'eaVoi to,escapo from what they i'm.
lisiuel the crack OF doom. Tho fierce
ggssa w, thrown on the surroundings re-
'sIleu an appalling sight, Gu the caves
- HouHeI aau the windows o. upper