Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-18
WORK 0FTHEFIREFIEN
49,, s,o,I, Town swep, by the DeyOuriug
Flames.
THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE HOMELESS


HtTfINN
VIM ,n the province, was devastated
wa" De- this morning. For six hours be-
.n,rg shortly before 3 O'Clock a. m
s' ore aimed by violent northwest
VI, ra,..d SO fercely that the local
CAV, nortnent was absolutely helpless
in' Inc with it, and within half an
,,rr after IT'S discovery the mayor be-
n call for outside assistance
sarg before noon the town had been
ma almost completely. the area
'- ared bv the flames being nearly
~. so,,ors. of the 400 or more build
r occupying the sections barely half
dozen scorched structures remain.
,,,onr the buildings that escaped were
.sa windsor cotton factory, Kings
u.ro the American church, the
,.,.sh,il school for girls and the Buff
bushntci The latter Is the only hotel
I, Md NV ,vo Scotia town has ever been
..i,sj by a conflagratlon of such di-
,'.nsinra OF the $500 people that IN
toilted the place few have homes OF
,hsir own tonight, over 5000 nave
ton taken by the residents of the sur
,OSns while the remainder of the suf-
s9rers hnve gone to Halifax or are
tSeltsred in tents erected in the vacant
,Gots by detachment of British
,roops from the garrison city. The
disaster is appalling in its extent.
The fire started in barn behind the
Marine block in the heart of the bust
nSss district The high gale prevailing
carried the flames to other buildings
m got IA
work and In a short time the showers
N SHARKS carried In all directions had
irnltfd a score OF buildings. The occu-
rants Of dwellings, had time to hurry
on some clothing and to drag some
household goods into the streets, but
there was no place Of safety to which
ANYTHING could be removed quick
enough TO save It from being destroyed
or damaged.
The flames cut clean gap from the
waters edge on the business front to
the forests in the rear, bounded by
Ferry hin on the south side and by
Fort Edwards on the north During
the past few years many handsome
brick structures have been erected, but
these were generally contiguous to old
wooden buildings and all went together
before the furious flames.
The origin Of the fire is somewhat
.
passed over the town before the flames
burst forth, and some think the barn in
which the fire started may have been
struck by lightning, but many strongly
suspect that the conflagration Originate
A Cd through the carelessness OF some
drunken men.
When morning broke the site Of
Windsor was a scene of desplation,
/ with hundreds OF frantic thinly-clad
4 nj dUefffrftA inc nd and
| children rushing back and forth
. through the smoky streets Fortunate
| " no lives were lost, although the
streets We're perllous with flying bricks
and slabs which the fierce hurricane
drove from the roofs like thunderbolts,
IN the hurry and excitement horses
ind cattle in the stables were forgotten
and many persisted in the flames or
were sufiocated from smoke.
The ruins Of the fire are ablaze to-
right, the smouldering embers having
been famed into II blaze, and the
heavens are lit with the flames, which
cast their reflection across the river on
either side as far as the eye can see
4 The occupants Of the few houses that
remain are keeping awake tonight
fearing that the fire will spring VI
again. The fire has moderated some
4 what and there is no likelihood of fur
Their disaster.
4 Relief measures were started In
4 Halifax at an early hour, and this
4 afternoon n trainluad of provisions
Tents blankets, etc, arrived from tbs
1 provincial capital, Aboard the trair
a We're Con. Montgomery Moore, Gov
DAILY Mayor stephen and 100 men o
the Royal Berkshire regiment anC
royal engineers who We're brought e
attend To the reception of tents ant
cd In the relief work
The total loss Is estimated at $1,000
w. Many among the heaviest loser'
are partially insured. The total in
surancc Is calculated to be not mor'
than half a million.
MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Iowa Hills. Cal, Ost. 17.-Iowa Hills
mining town situated In the noun
tains OF Placer county, was visited by
most damaging FIRE early thisrnoorn
ing. The fire started in the Contra
hotel and within a very few minutes
NE hotel was mass of flames ant
the walls We're falling in. Two of thi
dodgers Of the Central hotel, william
Golden and William owens, perishe,
VI the flames.
from the position OF the remains o
Nlllam Golden it is supposed that H.
never awakened. William owens 1t 1
supposed leuued from his room in tn
ssyohl story, and landing ON fenc
nas seriously injured and unable to g
;llh'f. The remains of both wer
burned beyond recognition and tn
yhy means Of Identification was tn
mgs'lon OF their rooms in the hoto
ruins. ga 20
as 10 the origin of the fire there mr.
KIM ing stories, many seeming {
H,nh mat II was the work of an in
tgnulaiy. Coroner Mithcell of Aubur1
mqNhE an investigation. The tota
rr estimated at about 100000; in
'gTT1h'e about 10000.
,"y hfe destroyed one of the oides
81 most prosperous mining towns 4
tacer county. Fortunately for IN
v remaining buildings, the nigh
ttoI Ce,m' Had there been wind II
tane that all would have bee
,s",iSu' as there is absolutely no pro
v,e,on against fire. Bucket brigade
M e,,oltmed and by dint OF hard wor
Sar, 'lehr hotel and other building
MORE FATAL BURNING.
n. York, Oct. ia 50, 900 600 fire
ma aelen-slogy factory buildlnp nj u
rias as spring street taxed the enel
nor, nr iire department this after
fo0rs ne basement and the secon
by Fitgl,he building were occuple
Tn t"p"ulck x Co., manufacturer
~ I'VE upper floors were occunIed il
,,Ialaa'ey Cnrrler company. mani
r1sselyl5 ~ doors, sashrs. frames an
Tbj 'i the most extensive sor
d+ias. nm had among It's stock Il
nabi w woods and the most ,nflan
en- bo,. OILS and varnlshes. Aft,
We,L, OF so, the floors becomir
9s-N'hel, one after the other ga,
. OF H. Al.