Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-03
TBLEGRAPHIC.
PHILADELPHIA FIRE.
u, Of th, FI,rc'St tho City Has
Known for Years
.,,or ESTIMATED Al $4,000 Ooo'


,r,,pHrA, Feb, 2.--Chestnut
.h,,o Broad, was visited cary
,i'' goruIug by one Of the h''oes'
~, .,n,. city has known TOT years
rS nc b ,g 3 ,,vsnsiOry building OF charlie ,ms
,n' gs,olune, Nos lil6 aud las
I'i. y, street, aud the adjoining n'r
,,,,o,nre Of the Baptist Pnblioa'
,'0p .,.,s,y and the American Baptist
',".,o,,c,l society, No. 1870, were de''
,,,,,d. The buildings damaged , oS
TO- .sa va,er and iAlling walls were
y. nu,..,ory dry goods house
-, f,,boulilller & Co., Nos ] az
.adIill: the dwelling house At az
80 nv the wislAr estate, ana tue
,,.,,l Lafayette at Broad and SAMSON
,.., On either side Of the main
,,,rcs 10 the Hazeltlue building
,.lhe piano warerooms Of Hall'' q
p,y,.atiil6. and OF Stolnway u 20.
,tlils. 49, ,.,,.. t,., i.,so
a S.lusblp collections OF paintings,
-, and outios. A consefVatlN"
,Imate places the aggregate io,ees
,i@s 10 &, 900, 900. II 10 though. tha'
,b.h almost July covered ny ihsur
PA TS,,s were about $50 guests In the
,n,slte hotel, which Is Ia the rear
|, he destroyed buildings. Among
,,ss were Mayor King OF Atlanta,
"A. and the others Of his party who
'c5rlsd the Liberty bell homo and
,sscbsd Philadelphia yesterday. Olga
Nelhstole, tue acirs,f, tue lro her'
l5uis Nrihersole, anu Mhdgo Me .
,o., and Maud Clayton OF her COM
lazy were also guests OF tho Layiay'
While there was considerable con-
iu,on 10 the hotel, lhe guests, barring
lew llnung women, kept cool heads,
,nIall were removed In safety. The
Atlanta party Was carried In a patrol
tason 10 the Continental hotel, nve
locks away, and the Nsthetsole party
d the Melropole, oppt site the LAiny.
lie. Every other hoBlolry 10 tho city
pM thrown open for the reception OF
ibs disturbed guests. Only the eighth
Ind ninth l0Ors OF tue hotel were
llned, sllhough the back part OF the
lllldlng from cellar 10 root was badly
damaged by smoke and water.
Il vas shortly before 3 O'Clock when
Policeman Rise AMI Howard, while
tafolllng their beats Mt Broad and
lhsslnul street, detected n smell OF
,n5se. They siraightway ran TO the
lafayette hotel anu went door TO 1lyor,
boxing for hre. when they reached
he siIlh,a fierce blaze met their sight,
40 alarm was struck Immediately,
bat before the nfst engine could reach
ihs scene, n strong west wind had car.
bed the flamts throughout the entire
llilding.
At iO'olook the walls began to col.
lEss, and the flames spread on the
snI TO the store OF the Homer LebOut.
ilIsf & Co, and on the west ~ tue
BlplhI Publication society. A general
,lafm was turned In ana the fireman
directed most OF their energies 10 pro.
seullng the destruction Of the entire
block, which was Tor n time tarea,.
shtd. The upper portion OF the Lsfal &.
t'It hotel was ignited by sparks flying
Rom The burning building on Cheat.
put but the blaze was confined u the
Eighth and ninth floor. The Are was
POI controlled until long after DAY.
lf,Ak.
Mayor King Of Atlanta, aroused
ll'm bis bed by the fire, refused 10
l'ave The threatened hoIsl until he
hs that every member OF his parry
lAd escaped.
Olga NelhcrsOle was one OF the
nlmes1 persons In tho building. She
iaN mo,loi her effects safely removed
p,loie che lolt the hotel. Many of the
,hef guests rushed from their room
snd would have continued into IN,
nsu hal not assurances been made
ah 'ee lower part OF the buildlng was
70 no danger. ""'
me me hazellino building was valued
SJOOOO, and was fully Incurred, IL
nelecled IN 1883, and the firsttws
iOgn were flte-prooi. Tho loss On
'uuhgs on thu second floor ia be.
"s'n sSOO,OOO and $500, 900 uninsured,