The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-17

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porters of chemicals. As result tire,
firemen are dead and a dozen more Of
less seriously injured.
DEAD.
Fireman Charpentier, of station No.
King. of station No. 9, and La Porte, OF
No. Z.
THE INJURED.
Captain Guthrie, of station No. l.
Captain NORM. of No. 5.
Eiremen Benoit and Reynolds, of No. 8
Gordon. of No. 5; Mirault and Cardst
1t is not yet possible to verify the re-
port that sixteen men were in the loft
mat went down, and possibly another
day Will be reached before all missing are
definitely accounted for.
The hre IS attributed to the combustible
nature of the stock handled in the build
ing, and on account of the. way the blaze
started; Before une nrst apparatus had
Ieached the scene and the hose could be
laid, the flames from the fourth story OF
the building were reaching far out into
the center of the street.
AIDED BY CHEMICALS.
The building is four-story stone struc-
ture and was completely enVeloped in fire
before the department began effective
work Fhe chemicals on the top floor
burned quickly and even after several
streams had been brought into play con-
tlnued to blaze with undated fiercenesS.
Clouds of dense black smoke followed the
names, as the streams began TO take ef-
fect and the men ON the extension ladder
were for a large part of the time en-
yeloped in huge clouds of smoke. The
names spread to Goldstein's cigar facotry
ana the smoke was seen coming out OF
the windows of kearney Bros tea ware
house and the building occupied by John
sons Fluid Beef Extract company
Inc arrival of the water tower was
greeted with an outburst of cheers by
the enormous crowd of onioolSers. and no
time was lost in getting it to work.
The fire then burst from a window
Immediately under ladder, upon which
half dozen firemen were standing,
thrusting the hose nozzles here and
there. They did not finch, nawever,
and another great cheer went I'D rs
they dropped a step on the ladder
placing themselves almost in the flames
with the hose still in hand. Meanwhile
another detachment was engaged insid
with axes breaking out windows 20 let
out smoke. No sooner lid the flames
appear to be under control in one place
then they would break out with re-
doubled fury in another The fire was
got under control at O'clock, ru. was
not subdued. At $50 o'clock the floor
of the upper loft in the 6iilmour build
ing gave way without warning and
fell with a great crash. Sixteen men
in all are said to have been in the
place at the time and IS the smoke
cleared for moment shrieks could be
heard.
FIRST VICTIM REACHED.
At first the fremen were unable to
get inside, but finally the rescuars made
Roadway and the first victim reached
was Gordon of No. station. He " ds
Wedged Down and apparently dead, bur
when taken TO the open air he revived
somewhat and was quickly placed in
an ambulance and tak.l TO a hcsr,iai.
Next came Fireman Benoit of No 3
station, who was not resuseita-ed be-
fore being taken away in me ratrol
wagon. Charpentier was the third res
cued and he was suffering internally.
Captain Guthrie of No. l station was
also found in an unconscious condi-
ton He was taken to a hospital. a
fireman named Mirault. Of engine II
was rescued. but his face was 50 badly
crushed thar at first his identity could
not be established. Edmund La Porte
was taken to the general hospital I'M
conscious.
Saul Carest of No. II was removed to
Notre Dame hospital badly hurt. Cap
tain Norm was rescued baby cut.
George Reynolds OF NO. l was alSo
taken to Notre Dame hospital.
The bodies OF Firemsn King ard Car
penter were recovered shortly after 10
O'clock tonight. The men were buried
beneath many tons of debris and IL
took several hours TO get al them.
Both men had evidently been killed IL
stantly.
LOSS $4,000.
The most seriously hurt was Fireman
David Bennett of No. is, badly injured
internally. At the general hospital to-
night he was reported resting easy.
Ali the other men who were only
slightly hurt were released from the
hospital and sem II rhsir homes. al
Of the killed were married men with