Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-22
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FIRE AND WATER.
About a Million Dollars Worth OIL
Property Consumed.
HORSES BURNED TO A CRISP
Ten Lives Lost.-IiaiI, Rain, Lightning
Many Farms Damaged
by Floods.

SAGINAW, Mich, Msy I.-Fi'
broke out In tho dismsntled mn
planer Of sample & Camp on 'h'
docks, where there are . number O
piles Of lumber, Saturday Afternoon
In q twinkling . roaring mass o
flames started on . mad career. Th'
Bristol street bridge was partially dc
stroyed and the flames leaped to thu
east side, where were located large
number Of buildings. A gale carried
the sparks long distances, and th'
planing mill, factory and lumbeI
yard Of Z. Germin were destroyed
Us well as y large number CT dwell
ings.
Excitement was At fever heat during
the two hours from to G,and In many
instances houses caught FIRE and were
destroyed before ths occupants were
hardly aware they were In danger,
and dozens Of families saved practically
nothing.
Tho scene was ono Of indescribAble
excitement. Drayss delivery, woou,
Ice and coal wagons, buggies, hand
carts, cabs, and everything In the
shape Of vehicle were pressed Into
service to move household goods be-
yond the reach Of the fire. In many
Instances the property, alter DO.
Ing removed to supposed places OF
safety, was found by the IRE AMI de-
strOyed.
The body OF = man supposed to DO
John Clark, who persisted, was idcnti'
fed this morning as Robert Turner,
aged SO years. Clark IL still unsccount,
ed for. There will be some destitution.
but the majority ofthe Losses sustained
are by people In comfortable circum.
stances. The people Of Saginaw Will
take care Of tho needy ones and no
appeal will DO made for outside aid. A
close estimate OF the number OF build
ings destroyed IL 275 and the total lvss
sustained Is 5000, 200. The total insur.
anco will reach about 5000, 200.
WIPED OUT ny FIRE.
AMIGO, Wis, May 20.-This town
was half destroyed by IRE and the III.
tic town OF Bryant completely wiped
out today. About thirty buildings were
destroyed In Bryant as were also
oVblVVo
feet OF logs. No estimate OF the loss
brush piles nenr town, and spread by
A MIDNIGHT RLAzE.
ST. LOUIS, May GA fire ct mid.
night destroyed 500, 900 worth Of
property and caused the loss of life.
9rh. Ara t.tnh UNA tnrondlatv a0Ot.
Iletely destroyed the thrce.story brick
block occupied by q. M. Crumm Il Co.
A hundred and nfty horses were
burned to crisp. A seventeen year.
old boy was fatally burned.
TERRIBLE BUSH FIRE.
HoUoHToS, Mich, May Goa ter.
rlble bush fire raged all day In Ball.
mans branch and Dollar bay. Four
houses and seven cars OF the Hancock
a Calumet railroad were destroyed.
Thirty families had to bury their
household goods In the ground.
Women and children were forced to
fight their way over two miles 10
Dollar bay through suffocating heat
and smoke.
LUMBER CAMP DESTROYED.
LAKE CITY, Mich, May 2o.-A
forest IRE destroyed Louis Sandn's
lumber camp yesterday afternoon. Out
nine escaped uuinjured. One, Edward
Sullivan, was seriously burned and ten
ars dead. or these eight took refuge In
we'll and were sufiooatsd. Two tried to
run the gauntlet and were burned to q
crisp.
The men were at dinner aud the
forest fire, which was burning all
around, entirely. cut Off escape.
Realizing their danger tho men
rushed out Of the building, but the
smoke 40 blinded them that they be.
came bewildered. They ran hither
and thither, unable to find means OF
escape, aud the horses were stampsdsd
owing to the confusion. Eight Of the
men Jumped Into we'll to escape the
flames, and there died Of sufIocation.
HAIL AND RAIN STORM.
PITTsBURo, May 20.--A terrific hall
and rain storm accompanied by high
winds and vivid lightning passed over
. portion Of western Pennsylvania
and eastern Ohio this afternoon, doing
great damage. Ths storm broke over
PittsbuTg low minutes sfler 4 O'Clock
and ragged for IN hour, striking terror
to the hearts OF umid people aud ruin.
ing 81 900, 900 worth OF property.
The noise caused by the breaking
patter Of hAilstones on the roofs friaht.
ened matine, audiences and panic
was narrowly Avertsd In the Grand
ha ~
Academy OF Music and the Alvin
theater. During the storm many w.
hicies were wrecked. Every photo
graph gallery In the two cities was
managed aud many valuable pictures
ruined.
At Marion, o., q number Of build.
my were destroyed AMI the crops laid
TO the ground.
urem aestIuction Of property is re-
porleu IN Belmont, Eureka anu the
sisterville oil fields. 30 lar IA known
no lives were lost.
MELTING SNOW,
PORTLAND, Or, May 2O.-The melt.
ing OF tho snow In tho mountains Inns
caused q rise In the CoIumbin liver
md all Its tributaries. MANY Of tbe
smaller streams flowing into the Col.
umbia near the head. waters have over.
flowed their banks and Considerable
damsge has already been don. to small
farms.
THE CHIMES QUESTION.
Oar Law Makers Rebuksd by Chris.
siau Ministers.
NEW York, MAY 2I.-Rev. EdwarJ