Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-09
THE FAIR ENDS IN FLAMES.
Tho Beauty Of The White Cilg Buried
in a Heap Of RUNS.
Damage Done 90 the uuiidinEs and
Exhibits suu Theresa
Great Finale.

CHICAGO, Jan. a.-Varlous are the
expressions to be heard today wherever
citlEcna congrcgate, Ia regard to the
fire ut the Worlds Fair last night
Tho frst feeling this morning,
when most OF the inhabitants fret
learned OF the confiagrati0n from
he mornlng phpcfs, was one
OF keen regret that the symmetry OF
the mafveloualy boAuliiul Court OF
Honor should have been maired by
the fed.tOngued fond, whose malice
has heretofore brought sorrow and
suffering TO Chicago. Others took "A
more philosophical view Of the Hitua.
ton, saying that the hro but antlci'
paled tue work which time would
have surely done. sun Others cx.
prefHod wish, barring the fact that the
exhibits were not all removed, that tho
flames had been given their
will without let OF hiudrauce,
aud that they might have
swept the grounds from end 10 eni,
including Midway, leaving nothing
behind them except asneu and the
Indestuciible portion OF the great
exposition. 30 should II have had "A
hitting finale; unexampled In tue
magic Of its rearing and unmatched In
ils supernatural beauty; its ond would
have hern equally unparalleled and
lie grandeur would have been treasured
Ia the memory unblemished by the
gnawing tooth oitlme INSTEAD Of falling
apart piece by piece and becoming n
melancholy reminder Of vanished
lOvelinesa.
The scene at the eastern end Of the
Court OF Honor this morning wnu one
OF utterly desolation and destruction.
Where nj sunset last night CLEANED the
white columns Of tue PeTistyle
fianked by tho Music Hall and
Casino anu capped aud ornamonted
by an imposing quadriga over the
central arch, aud rows Of
figures along ila cornioe, the
Psristyle 10 no more aud the
Music Hall ana Casino are heaps OF
ashes. Save for the great golden statue
OF the Republic, standiug In unmuyed
mpiesty VI this eastern end OF the basin,
tue view from the Grand Plaza IN front
Of the Administration building, be-
tween the Agricultural building on one
side anu the great Ma uiaclures hall
on tho other, the view out over this blue
waters OF Lake Michigan would be uu.
Obstructed, and what was yesterday
4 peril ct architectural whole Is now an
unsiRhtly anu torrowlul aggregation of
unbalanced architecture. One little
change was enough TO mar the sym.
merry Of the artistic whole. Thus IN
shown with what inspired knowledge
OF artistic unity the builder NJ the
world's Fair worked. The beauty Of
the grand court Ia completely taken
away ~ an artistic whole aud the
plans for it, preservation IL put com.
plelely 20 roui, unless II shall bo deter
mined TO rebuild the destroyed portion,
q thing not ut all likely.
But the flames did not stop ut the
Peristyle, the Music Hall and Casino.
they leaped to the World's Fair giant,
the great Rrched hall OF tho Manufae.
tuTors' anu Liberal Arts, anu before,
with the most strenuous efforts, the
nre department was enabled 10
check them in eating away the lofty
roof, vast hole was made therein
anu the fire brands from above falling
upon the boxed goods below together
with thousands Of tons Of water did n
vast amount Of damage. One Of the
great aTched girders forming the great.
est span OF any building In
the world fell to the floor be-
low crushing the beautiful French
pavilion, In which were housed what
remained Of ita valuable exhibits. The
damage TO the Manuiacturers' build
ing In mostly confined to tho south OF
the hall, the roof and 10 tho exhibits
yet unrsmOved beneath that portion,
over space OF i've hundred feet on
the east side and three hundred AMI
fity feet on the west side OF the roof
burned away. Beneath this portion
were the French, Belgian anu Russian
exhibits, and they suffered most.
II IL impossible as yet TO estimate the
loss on the exhibits, Ms they were oil
boxed aud will have TO be unpaokui
before It can be known what damage
was done by water % the textiles and
by breakage TO ceramics and other
fragile exhibits in the work VI the
hasty removal. The heaviest lossi
however, was In tho French section,
whose exhibits were originally worth
million and a half dollats. Among
the Losses In that section are bronze
statue " war, SoyTts china exhibits
the Gohelin tapestry exhibit tue
mpsnic and inlaid furniture exhibit, a
D0Te bronze vase, costume EXHIBIT unJ
tho French publishers EXHIBIT. Tue
loes on the bdTned buildings is total ~
the Insurance had expired. The
Manufacturer building cost sl70,OOOi
the Musio hall, 100000; CAfino'
$500, 600; the Perislyle, 100000
These figures, however, cannot bu
taken 10 estimating the value Of the
destroyed buildings, as they are pracl'
oally worthless. The cost VI tue
demolition AMI removing Ia tho case
Of All except the Manufacturer