Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-19
Huge BLOCKS BURN FIERCELY
CHURCH AID OTHER BUILDINGS GO UP.
Many Narrow Escapes-over s1O.ooo'ooo
Damage Greatest Fire London
Has Had for Years.

1or5on Nov 19-The most disns-
..,rs fire in years is raging here. In
'.r.raI streets adjacent to the general
.,s,otTice. huge blocks of buildings are
n,,tnr aercely. Many houses have
copapsed and fifteen warehouses al
..,dv have been destroyed.
buildings are abla2e on the side
,,r.ats thus preventing the hremen
ann reaching the burning buildings
wall street is involved from end to
End.
Tho danes which rad worked their
-.,y from levin street into cross
.,rcst where an entire block of houses
N the west side of the street was
threatened.
over forty engines are at work at
this time.
II Is impossible 20 make an estimate
NJ the damage II present.
Various newspapers publish sensa-
lanai estimates of the loss. Many Of
No buiIdinrs burned or threatened con-
,,lped large numbers of girls employed
in various capacities. Very many OF
,son escaped with difficulty.
The area of the fire is at least lOO,-
90 square yards sixty warehouses
have already been destroyed and the
fire extends from Wood street to AL
| dersgate street. .-.
i The damage is estimated at 100000
pounds (slOOOO,OOO).
The yicarage of st Joels, Cripple
N 7ata is doomed and the church is on
n fire.
H The fire originated in the store OF a
N manufacturer on Hamsell street at l
O'clock this afternoon and the great
II oss of property seems to be due 10 the
telay in summonnig the fire depart
nent. one published report says the
police officer who first detected the
flames blew his whistle loudly for as
satance, but several minutes elapsed
before the alarm was heard by any OF
bis comrades As soon as assistance
reached him an officer was dispatched
70 call the fire brigade.
But here again there was an unac-
cguntabe delay of 20 minutes, before
the first engine appeared. Then the
fearful dimensions Of the fire were APP
parent and il was decided to circulate
call through the whole metropolitan
district. AT o'clock the fire was re-
ported to be under control Cripple
gate church is saved, but is badly
damaged.
The general postolllce is on st. Mar
tins lie Grand, ON both sides of the
street, the new building being a mag
nicent structure that cost over ST.,
100000
On the east side of the street is the
general postutfice East, built in the
Ionic style in 1926. This building is $50
i'tt In length.
opposite the general postotlice East
me general postuilice which was
quit in 1882. The large telegraph gal
!tHes measure 300 feet by 80 feet and
contain 500 Instruments, the number OF
ENslam5 conveyed in the year Is
-yout 'p.o0l000. This building cost
g''F E2ONJO0O. In November. 1890, the
Nundation of the general office North
aas bld' 1t was finished in 1898. II
Unlllhs the offices of the postmaster
general and cost over S3,000,00O.
=. Inc church Of st. Giles was built II
Gi'' IT Is approached by an archway
81 htu Crosstrcet, also within tn,
.ghe ot the confagration and con
%%l8s the tombs of John Milton, who
vs. 10 1874, Fox, the martyrologist
,,.sSlVsshnr. the voyager. who died in 1894
NV ,I Spe7ir' the typographer who dice
Oliver Cromwell was married in tn,
,LHufeh Of St. Giles August 90. 1920, anC
wy parish register contains an entry
~ we burial OF Daniel de Foe. authol
~. nlhson Crusoe, who died in 176l.
NNI.n Is commemorated by a bus
T.r bacon and the late George w
,, onas n Philadelphia erected {
M yu Elass window in this church t.
ptmn th.s church-yard is an old bas
IN VI Inc London wall and close b.
Sb, london Wall Is a small part of tn
srrad..yhyQrd of State PhaEo, containing
Ir8, l9rge fragment of the old wal
vi, ny the Romans
ror'l. J,'SEate and Crlpplegate ar
London 'NS s"'e' IA i'o'i'''
al "r Hre broke out in Hamsell stree
5tr+ worked through houses to Wal
M narrow thoroughfare. Their
tSsnn aines leaped and seized the op
G5r.g houses. From that time the con
5'5 5,e,inn extended rapidly both up an
IL me street. The flames are rapid
" nearing Nicholas square. which i
'Ouhded by tail warehouses
TN, FlREMEN GIVE UP.
q, 5 ug Ire brigade has given up hope
lr,' Unuuing the the fire, and is devot
c1noru.rrsles 10 prevent it's spread. Oc
b1g,,Ils Of threatened BUILDINGS mr.
lpcr.s moving books and bushes
far y,,ents No casualties are thu
elros s'ao this afternoon thirty fire en-
f1r,o- We're engaged in fighting tn
nenta and others are arriving mo
NAM From all parts Of Londo
cred 'lousands of people have gath
tcto, ehd Of levin street is now at
anu ny the flames. II presents tn
er5l i,lahce OF a huge furnace. Sew
len urge buildings have already fal
rosdS Sna debris completely blocks tn
4ne damage is enormous. Most {