The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-28

San Francisco, June 27-Shortly be-
fore o'clock a fire broke out in the
rear of the San Francisco Box factory,
located on the corner of Fifth and
Bryant streets.
The factory was a two-story frame
building, filed with the most inflam-
mable matter. The fire spread rap
idly and it soon became apparent that
a serious confagration was threat
ened.
The first alarm was turned in from
box 53, and it was Immediately re-
sponded to by the department y
second alarm was turned in upon the
fire spreading 10 the Liberty Soda
works. adjoining, and to st. Rose
church, on Brennan street, on the
other side of the block.
Within a few minutes the entire
east end of the block bounded by
Brennan and Bryant streets was
a mass of flames. A strong southerly
wind was blowing. and it was deemed
/ necessary to turn in a third alarm.
The flames soon spread all over the
block. destroying in a few seconds the
yards of the Spring Valley Water
works and the furniture factory OF II.
Euler
The box factory of Korbell Bros. at
723 Bryant street, also the stable OF
H. Washburn, at 657 Bryant street,
and the carriage factory of q. w
| Phelan and the soda factory of J.
! Horstman were all destroyed in short
order.
The high wind, which famed the
! flames and swept them on their mad
career, drove the firemen back by de-
grees, and the situation became crit-
/ cal in the extreme.
Long tongues of flame shot out from
| the burning mass clear across the
! street. and from time to time the nose
! had to be turned on buildings Whlch
threatened to involve a still larger
! territory in the confiagration.
The firemen, reinforced by the full
department by this time, fought man.
| fully to confine the fire within the
block where it originated.
BY 6:45 the whole of the block
bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Brennan
and Bryant streets was destroyed with
the exception of the machine shops
Oh the corner of Fourth and Bryant.
At that hour the fire was spreading
south, toward BluXome, sweeping on
it way to the lumber yard of D. n. Van
Wart, on the corner of Fourth and
Brennan, the Meehan Lumber com
pany. on Brennan street, and various
small machine shops and tenements
Fiercer and Fiercer.
While the fire department was strug
Cling with the flames, which grew
! fiercer and fiercer every moment, every
l a liable al fho nd nf
the Southern Pacific company was
drawn upon to check the advance of
the fire fiend in a southerly direction.
The intense heat made it difficult to
utilize to its full capacity the water
supply, which was anything but sui
| ficient, owing to the unusual number
of hydrants called into play all over
the district. The water tower rendered
/ most efficient service, furnishing a Jet
of water which could be rendered ser
Niceable while the other streams
thrown upon the flames were turned
into steam before they had barely left
the nozzle.
The Wright, Carrick & Williams box
factory is entirely destroyed.
Main & Winchester's harness factory
on Fifth and Bryant streets is a COM
plete loss.
Still Beyond Control.
At 7:45 p. m. the fire was still out of
all control. The houses along the lines
of the cross streets surrounding the
block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Bry-
ant and Brennan, were all more or
less in flames, with the fire working to
the northward across Bryant street.
AT $50 p. m. the entire block bounded
by Fourth, Fifth, BluXome and Bren-
nan streets was a mass OF ruins. The
fire has reached the Overland Transfer
companyS brick freight warehouse and
the 69 r0yVaT1 CfnrahnJSa nf % O.
Hamilton These brick buildings have
temporarily checked the flames, but
they are working around TO the rail-
road yards. A number of immense
wool warehouses have been destroyed.
The enormous brick winery of Lach-
man & Co, which contains several mil
lion gallons of wine, has just caught
fire at one corner. 1t is thought, how
ever, that this valuable property can
be saved. The wind is blowing half a
gale and the sparks are being carried
for blocks, greatly increasing the
Lachman & jacob, which is even big
ger than the Lachman winery, is at
the corner of Third and Brennan
streets; it has not yet been reached by
the fire and the firemen are devoting
all their energies to keep it from
spreading in that direction.
Bad as Ever.
p. m.-The fire has now been rag.
ing for three hours and is burning as
fiercely as ever. Now that darkness
has fallen the magnitude of the con-
Migration is beginning to be appreci-
ated by the people. The whole south
ern sky is a blaze and thousands of
people are fiocking TO the scene from
all parts Of the city. The police are hav-
ing hard work to keep the careless
multitude out of danger and TO give
the firemen room in which to work.
Every engine and fireman in the city
is at work and all the extra men, po-
lice and special police are being pressed
into service.
winery appeared to be checked, but it
is eating its way on all sides of the
big brick building. Kohler and Won
Bergens' winery is only half a. block
from the LachInan building, and there
is a prospect that that also may be
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