Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-29

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rolled across Broedway. One Instant
not building on East Broadway was
Ia 1nm,s, aud the next rolling wave
Of fire swept across the street aud
descended OH the buildlngs opposite.
| n moment they were wrapped in
iiampg. Thousands Of streams Of
water could not stay the conflagraiion
Ia It's march OF destruction towards the
lake. rhe walls Of a thful'atory brick
building OH Broadway formerly occu.
pied by the Cracker rrust, but then
vacant, began " i1tter, and warning
voices urged the crawl 10 Keep back
Just In time. The whole font OF the
building pitched into thv street. a
few moments later the sides fell
outward with crush. The people IN
that part OF tbs Third ward realized
that their homes were lOmci. There
was a stampede OF residents Into the
street, all armed with iurui,ute, cats,
dogs aud all manner Of household
utensils and bedding, aud vehicles Of
every description were huftying away
with the belongings Of people whose
homes were soon TO be In flius.
Meanwhile tue ilames hal gone over
toe ground they formerly missed ia tile
store OF ]. T.. kissiugtr d Co., and the
Milwaukee Art Glass Works. opposite
the block ia which II had originated.
The Wellauer block seven ttoric. high,
was soon on fire with tho Milwaukee,
Chair company, vAuau, build.
Ing owned 10y tire PAstet g.
NUgel Leather company and the
Wholesale giolery store Of Boundy,
Peckham Il Co., and all on Broad
avenue. The next building ~ sue.
cumb was the National Distllllng com.
pany, the whisky supply oi the state,
on Buffalo street. The wind was still
carrying "a whiflwind OF illmu on to.
warn Like Michigan In a direct line
with It's starting point, and n scramble
began.
Chief OF Police Jansen ordered the
entire force to the fire and they assisted
In getting out the furniture and house.
hold gOuus Of the luckless familu., who
were forced 10 flee from the path cut
cut by the flames.
A DOZEN FRAME BUILDINGS
along Milwaukee amt Jefferson streets,
between Detroit and Chicago streets,
rs we'll as those on Buffalo and Chicago
aIeete were locked up M " they had
been outlined ON paper. All these
buildings were consumed Ia half an
hour OF the time when the flames
leaped over broadway aud started In
tile Wellauer block. Suddenly tho
wind swept around NJ Unexpectedly az
before where IL was, lr the northeast,
when the iise alarm rang. IL was now
almOs. duo south, cutting out broad
avenue OF destruction toward the Mil.
waukee river and Lake Michigan. In
IL path lay the big freigh, sheds aud
yardB Of the Chicago ana Northwest
crn railroad, together with round
house anu its valuable contents Of roll.
ing stock. The end OF the freight
sheds at tho corner OF Jefferson aud
Chicago streets was the 1fst a Ignite,
aud the flames soon spread all over the
yards, burning freight cars ana every.
thing before IL. Tho company soon
had force at work saving its property.
Locomotives aud freight cara were
taken out OF harms why.
Having cut it, path over 10 jackson
street, to Broadway, tho fire was now
following the south wind down Broad.
kee street along Broadway II swept TO
the welsol manufacturing compGny's
plant at Chicago street and No. 10 en-.
CINE house ON broadway. When II
reached Weisels place, the department
had prepared to attempt 10 cut II oil
with dynamite. There kegs were
placed In "a bniliing, having been stored
there 10 await the coming OF the flames.
AS each went OIL In close succession, n
cry went up from the thousands VINO
blocked the streets for radius o! "a
mile that the gas works had exploded.
IL was about $3.50 p.m, whom the fIfsl
buiIIing on m. northeast cnrner n, "a,
Milwaukee, gas cofnpanyis plant beyan
10 burn,
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