Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-30
'TBLEGRAPHIG,
WIPED OUT ENTIRELY
Cripple CTjsk Laid Il ashes By
Another Disastrous F.It.
IFS NmAprr,Nr, HOMELESS.


CmpuLu CRgus Colo, April -0-
Los, saturday, horrors were repeated
infee.foli in The de,truciion wrought
nv second nfa ,h's afternoon. To su
iucfca5u lu the amount OF property dee
sifoyed ON Saturday the fire Uf today
aids the l1,s of llio ami leaves from
5000 Go 5000 people homeless ln o city
oil, dosolauou, With u1 homes TO u1er
aud no food % supply their daily
wants.
The business portion Of tho city lcit
standing tonight I1 lsss than would
cover a. city block. TIE residence suc.
ton De- cUuHupu 90 what were formerly
tue suburbs Un ono IHgrfs of la-t aud
West Oli Town 90 tuu northeast
puuA portion Of Capitol hili on ihu
auuIh.
When ON alsfm of Gre sounded from
tuo Portland hotel 80 l.al O'Clock tHIH
afternoon 10 wa4 quickly responded iu,
uUtw withdrawing tbat 5000 uremuu am
the people. one aud all,wrtu thoroughly
exhausted boy the wufE 90 Saturday
nuI tho tension under whlgH they had
lived since. Smoke wBE rolling rom
under the cufuigoof the Myers avenue
aud second street sides Of tuu building
uud tgu alley 90 the south wise iuII OF
Hamus. Almost instantly the building
wac blazing from dozen places Doc
front. streams Uf water were turned
90 quickly and the nfemuu fought
fsubIy fora few moments lu ala attempt
60 pug cot the iire.
BuudIngsiu advance OF Che fTr We're
blown uU Iu % futile attempt Oh check
Ifs speed. All about tHu burning blocks
tIr streets were jammvu. Charge ui
MY IuuuIH uHa moro I' powder were
Ial 90. The CEUUfigu throw i.uuH
ullh into Cue air aud lu falling iuIiUd
men right qua luii.
Algu'g.uCk tine a0llJ 5gw 1' lusIuuss
houses 90 The north along second wns
a.I ahre,
At..-l the palacc dug store at Sec.
HuI aud Bennett was wrapped lu
ulmrs huu fierce eight was being
made t1 kupF tur hTg from crossing
bennett 20 the Palace h1tu. The nfu
ua4 not crossed Second yet Oucbuiiu.
Iug anUl another Wua blown ur.
At-.aJ tine OLD part of tur Palace hoe
Dob Uu the north side 40! Bennett aud
Iuu west eide OF SECOND was blown up,
ull the hru was lu tue middle VI tuu
block,
AZ @gU thu flames were crossing
SECOND aud Cue BImuialllU bank was
clown up iu an Effort g. stJp % there,
hut tho fTU spread ln spite 70 ALL nuu
boz few minutUH Bennett between
Third aud Second was burning Hereby
Toe 8..H
tur towns buSlutsa life,
At&JJ The hra had burned itsgIi out
tHytut iu few scattering localities.
Iuu.c VINO OpHuyu their uUors 90 the
lmrlrs- on Saturday night found
themselves equally homeless tonight,
n.l there are u1 doors 90 open 90 them.
Thr compatibility Tow HOUSES lrft arJ
tI Que aud two roImuu gauiuH, with
nov anu then one OF better cIn--.
The reservoir was iu open ground,
Many uucArd t0 90 from tue residence
portion 90 the north ui thu city, and
Inc acuuu about 90 was Que that l0a-
.afs description. Below the fire wsa
burning over fully seventeen blocks of
buildings, ami I,H swift approach,
street ly street uu1 house uy uuuHt,
could ue watched, Smoke rolled ulEu
Into the hvavuuH. lar 10 cloud lf doom,
.r0m fuugu n flames shat lraprl
uuove their prey. Hrg aud There about
toe broad open uil8ilu coming down
ia gentle slope from Aiuera aud Car
Donate ulf, in utI.o gruuuH, iumiiUa
s.ttlru with hr lUHuB they uHi carrie
iflm the burning homes below, a
thousand ut those gisuluu. little plIuT
dotted the open GROUND 'iu plain yiuw.
Wagons were everywhere, The price
Tor tho usEvInu of Wag8a ranged
rom nothing 10 SlOl cash % load uu-
,ofdluE 90 iIutNNLeuCy % lnr moment
Ug tua hari.GrsTtuduuss u. lhc uwrer,
while The fire burned 900 the terri
fofy esved from Saturday, uru gar
r,nteIs were uutily engaged getting
uu mauy right Tgmt structure, TO-
uHy- nfr OLD not uugfHngh upon zoe
territory at irs pTvIucrwor toF I'd