The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09

Knoxville Tenn, April S.-Never IN
The history of Knoxville has the city
suffered such a loss by fire as IL ola
today. following the breaking out Oh
fire at an early hour this morning IN
a grocery store adjoining the big Knox
vile hotel.
The hotel and adjoining buildings
were soon in flames, and the very heart
of the city, including some of the iarg-
est wholesale and retail business
houses in the south were DESTROYED.
The loss is variOusly estimated at
from 81 600 600 to 100000, with about
GO Der cent of insurance. The loss OF
life is very uncertain, as the register
of the hotel in which 90 people 'Vete
sleeping, was burned
FIVE OR SIX MISSING
The proprietor of the hotel says that
he had five or six guests who nave
not put in an appearance. A t. Weeks,
of Locke, n. Y, drummer for Roch-
ester stamping company, is known TO
have persisted in the flames. R. W.
Hopkins, a St. Louis drummer, was
last seen in the burning building IN
su.focating condition W. H keys
part. eX-SECIEl1IE VI l1lC NAAcAtlb'-A VI
commerce, saved the life of John Boyle,
an old farmer by dragging him TO a
window and letting him cut on the roof
of another building. Keyspart jumped
one story and was injured When the
dremen thought all the inmates of the
hotel had escaped. a woman with an
infant in her arms, rushed TO <le rear
windows and screamed for help. A net
was quickly stretched and the woman
70 JT-ors the child ont bUt the
smoke almost choked her. she told
them thai if someone had to die both
would die The woman was finally
rescued by the firemen. From the hotel
building which is five stories, the fire
spread rapidly. A stiff wind made the
flames very ugly, and the tire depart
ment was inadequate.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
In the wholesale hardware house of
W. w. Woodruff & Co. a large dyna-
mite explosion occurred and scores
were hurt by flying brick and glass
1t became necessary at last to have
the walls of one building blown down
by cannon to stop the mad career of
the fire. A mountain hOwitzer of the
Knoxville legion was called into play
and a load of canister did the work.
at the same time tearing UP some resi-
dences in a different portion Of the
city The city authorities realizing
that the fremen were unable to con-
quer the flames telegraphed 10 Cnat-
4 tanOOga for assistance. An engine was
placed aboard a fat car and started
the run of III miles, which was made
by Engineer Robbins in 100 minutes
breaking the record.
When the engine arrived here the
fire was under control, yet the Chatta-
nooga boys did some good work.
DEAD FROM FRIGHT.
A cabinetmaker named P G. Dyer
fell dead on the street from fright A
man named Robinson, from Pulaski,
Tenn, is supposed to be another victim.
He was registered in the hotel and has
not shown up. A large force of men
are at work clearing up the debris to-
night and searching the ruins. Street
traffic is entirely tied up. Knoxville
architects received orders today for
plans for IL buildings to take the place
Of the ones burned. All the buildings
are TO be replaced at once.
PRINCIPAL LOSSES.
The principal losses as given out to-
Hay are as follows:
McNulty Grocery company, stock
$1,000. on buildings $4,000; Hotel
Knoxville. furniture and fixtures.
s120; 900 Daniel Brisco Brothers & Co,
dry goods. stock $500, 900, on buildings
10000: McNulty and McGhee, building
n5,00O; S. B. Newman & Co. printers.
~, 900: W. W. Woodruff & Co. hard
ware stock. $40, 900; Cullen & Newman,
aGeensware, $4,000: J. c. Cullen, build
mg. $4,000: Henegar, Doyle q Arnold
clothing, SS0.000: NJ. D. Arnold, build
Ing. S15,o 200; NJ. L. Ross & Co, groceries
rtock. S60,G90, on building. S15,O00 w.
" Woodruff & Co. hardware. on stock
,f00. 600, on building $4,000: Murphy &
Robinson. hats, $23. 900: A P Lair. dry
goods, $4,000: r. S. Payne building.
$50. coo; Sterchi Bros. furniture s35 600:
:. b. McGhee. building, 100000: San
lord. Chamberlain & Albers, drugs.
ltock. $4,000, buildings $4,000 Cusick
stables. 10000; z. f. Mcmillan, build
ing. S15, 600.
smaller buildings and losses to small deal
Frs. heavy losses to plate glass were
caused by intense heat and water.
II is more than probable that 7. c.
Boyle. the old gentleman hurt in the hotel |
will die He inhaled flames and cannot |
speak nor swallow The last man to
leave the burning hotel says that he is |
positive that i've or six persons were
burned. He ran over three or more men |
IN the Railways who were suffocated. L. |
+ johnson. a railroad baggage master |
.tsme down from the fifth story of the no. |
III hand over hand on the water pipes |
before the fire engine arrived. Only one |
Of the guests saved any of his effects !
The list of the dead and injured so far |
reported is as follows
THE DEAD
A. +. Weeks. Locke. n. Y.
p w. HOPKINS St. Louis.
- Robinson, Pulaski. Tenn.
S. f. Williams. Springfield, Mass.
INJURED.
]. c. Boyle. Tennessee; burned and will
D. A. Dean, Indianapolis; ankle
sprained.
Tom speck Morristown, Tenn: ankle
cut and sprained.
Lieutenant Hood, Knoxville police; cut |
on face and head by glass from explo- /
Claude Harris, Knoxville; cut in dozen
Policeman Asquith: burned and cut by
Policeman Duncan: badly burned and
was carried home
!, Fire Chief Mcintosh; bruised from fall.
s w. H. Keppart, Knoxville; internally
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