The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-25

nizable 1t is supposed he fell asleep
in the chair and was overcome by
smoke before the flames commenced TO
eat his flesh. Late this afternoon an
unrecognizable body, supposed to be
that OF woman, was recovered from
the ruins of the theatre.
The belief that there are more bodies
still in the ruins is gaining credence,
and the firemen today reported that
terrible odor, such as follows the incin-
GRAFTON of flesh, is gradually becoming
apparent. This is particularly true in
the debris on the Ellis street side,
where it is believed, persons have been
lost whose identity is unknown, and
who were not included in the list of the
guests.
Four persons are known to be miss
ing. They are: John j. Carter, associ-
ate judge of the Jockey club; Tate
Prior, sheet writer for Bookmaker ]. J.
Carroll; - Andrews, cashier Baldwin
Grotto; W. w. Benchley, employee of
restaurant.
Arrangements for the removal of the
debris are being carried en- under the
supervision of the fire department, and
already much valuable property has
been recovered. The hotel safe, con-
tanning many valuables belonging to
guests, has been located, and the work
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being prosecuted as rapidly as its dan
gerous position will admit. Over $50, coo
belonging to horsemen is in the safe.
! The work of clearing away the ruins
will commence as soon as the ruins are
cool enough to permit workmen to go
ahead with the contract.
The disposition of the site of the old
Baldwin is an interesting one, and there
are dozens of rumors connecting diff
fI,o
erection of a structure to cover the
razed hotel and the popular Baldwin
I theatre site. The Hibernia bank holds
a $900,0 600 mortgage on the premises,
and it is said that this concern will
put up a magnificent hotel and the
atre, and rumors say that the South
ern Pacific will 90 the same thing, and
that arrangements are already being
made to this end. J. D. Spreckels, al
ready the owner of one of the most
handsome buildings in this city, and
the highest on the Pacific coast, is said
to have his heart fixed on another sky
scraper, to be even more beautiful than
the one already bearing his name.
James Pheian, mayor of this city, and
multimillionaire already the possess
sor of a gigantic structure further down
Market street, is mentioned as being
desirous of beautifying the city with
an edifice erected over the grave of
the old Baldwin, and so the rumors
keep flying, but where they will end
only time can tell, but it is certain that
a. building Of more than usual size and
beauty will be erected as a monument
to the Baldwin.
BALDWIN'S LOSS.
e. j. Baldwin said today that the fire
meant a loss to him of about 81 500, coo,
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building, altering and furnishing the
hotel Fire Marshal Towne declares
that the structure was a death trap,
and says that no such a flimsy struc-
ture shall again be erected in the heart
of the city.
E. ]. Baldwin's property in this city
and Los Angeles, with the exception of
q small part of the Santa Anita ranch,
is covered by a blanket mortgage,
which calls for the payment of a debt
of $685. 900, with interest at 61b per
cent a year, except that money loaned
on property in the city OF Los Angeles.
is to bear s per cent a year. Of the
Santa Anita ranch, 2,767 acres are in
cluded in the mortgage, and parts of
the Rancho San Francisquito and the
Merced ranch are also included in the
list of securities, as well as all of Bald
wins holdings in the Santa Anita coll
Olly ana the COWn OF Ell Monte. ABOUT
100000 Of the mortgage covers the
Baldwin hotel property, and the opin-
ion is entertained that the site alone
is worth at least S5O0,OO0 over the mort
gage.
A careful estimate of the loss by the
Baldwin hotel fire places the total at
81, 100000 on which, at the outside,
there was not over $150,000 insurance
The insurance, $4,000, carried on the
hotel, was ridiculously small. The rea-
son for this lay in the high rate
charged and the fact that the under
writers did not care to carry a large
line on such a building, built of wood,
with no brick dividing wall, and but
one outside wall of brick.
The body of Tate Pryor, the missing
sheet writer for ]. j. Carroll, racing
bookmaker, was found in the ruins of
the Baldwin hotel this evening. 1t was
/ identified by w j. Moseley, and will
probably be forwarded to st. Louis,
where Mrs. Pryor resides at 2301 Wal
nut street.
All of those reported missing have
! been found, except Racing Judge J. J.
| Carter, and he is undoubtedly dead.
This makes the list of victims four so
far as known.
NOT MRS. w. 3. ANDREWS.