Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-20
SCENE OF RUIN AND DESPAIR
HUNDREDS DESTITUTE AND HOMELESS
The city May he Rebuilt. bot ~" iir' was
Dcsit nlov FROM which There Can
he No Recovery for Year.

Park city. riah'a proud and prosper
ous mining camp. has practically been
wlpcd out of existence. being visited
yesterday by the most disastrous COM
nagration IN the history ~ Utah u
may be- that tho city viii DO rebuilt
and rlsc again from the ruins that now
covers the canyon where it once Stood
hut II VIII be- years before u can fully
rocovcr-lf recovery Is az an possible
under the circumstance the tor
ribie visitation Tho loss 10 ls cou-
servatlvciy estimated. will aggregate
more than a million dollars Tho actual
Insurance viii not reach much more
than tenth Of that amount insur-
ancc companies have long been chary
about writing heavy policies there, on
account ~ the financial stress that has
come upon the camp. Some have per-
nIstcntiy refused 20 accept any risks
there al ALL among them being H. J.
Grant & co. ~ this city.
Not less than nvo hundred persons
are homeless and destitute Thoy must
have assistance at once. otherwise they
viii suffer greatly. Tho distressing
pllght la which 90 many are placed iH
the result of a nrc that had a very
small beginning but which cut very
wide awath nH 10 went forth hy leaps
and bounds on ltH mission ~ dcattuc-
ton The nrc orginatcdln' the Free
man or American House about I o'clock
yesterday morning. The announcement
Of ita discovery was made by an excited
Chinaman. a general alarm was
sounded from the Marsnc mill llut bee
fore thorc could be- any effective tg-
Hponso. the hotel was completely on-
vlc0pcd and doomed Go swift aud cgr-
tain destruction. as were ail contiguous
buildings There wua no time for th0
removal N goods from stores money
from places of deposit. books ana papers
from shelves or safes horses from
barns--rcarccly time o. sayc human be-
ings from being crcmatod alive. Every
thing was licked by the flames as they
swept ny and down the canyon. which
now ruHrmblcd a great merry furnace
which Illuminated the heavens lu aIl
directions.
IL IL Impossible a. 20 Into detailed
description ~ the consuming clnnagfH-
ton. II spread uo rapidly through The
business district into the r0HIi0npr pore
ton ~ tho city uH Go make 40 puurH
~ cXtlugulsh o futile. There was only
one thing o. DO ana that wlH 90 resort
tu dynamite lu blowing up houses Doe
order o. cut on M. material upon
which the numrH Were feeding This
was done "a. "a gg1d eject however
Appeals Tor hrlp from thH nru dee
plrtmrnt ~ Sult Lake ogden aud
Cunlyillu were made and responded tu
with wlll each department sending
an the men nnd equipment that could
De- spared hhHy were conveyed nu a
special train from their respective cities
Go thH HuHuC No disaster nH speedily us
possible. Tho salt Lake department
reached There 900 $3.50 aud ihp ogden
room az. rWurlH. Al worked with u
Will hut the hrH nHud was master and
continued drNuuflrE ltB work tH ltnr Hs
there was anything 10 dHynur
WILL ASK ron 40 PUBLIC AID.
Mr. George W. licIutz NJ the Wlo
Crandn Western passenger department
Won't o. Park city THIS morning and
tUlrphunnd ca Mt Mudlulgh ut noon
that while the whole huHlngH part oi
the city had been destroyed thDt
would be- r. good deal Uf building under
way in short order There was. no Con
nH h. WAS able ca Fyu. mo- Hunpfiu1
that the people N Park city lld uul
frel able tn cope with thumsoiv,f. 10.
thinks there viii hc mo- can for publ,
help,
RESUME OF THE LOSSES.
All1f the loFsol have not set been
figured out. nor WIN thry uD Cor SOM.
days Yet The main once. however, ar,
ns follows, ugFrogatlng iiioo1oi
Thompson Is jorUenaon. butcher
building owned by Henry Nrwgn i.5a
krtDhum a Flung. hurberH.. .... . su
American hotel tFrUumIul OBJ. .. 300
huillhF owned by tho Hurlns-
ION sisters 60 90 100 Oh. .t tt 90 .s 100
Tim o.ktufD, cigar factory . . Gn
v, j. buslur, dwelling. .. ,,...... Gu
Iulga, lvrrH & K1th building,
horses ana wagons. o.. D.. .. ., 1000
Bates a kImhlll druggists .. .. 500
Center saloon tMautur building 900
Park nuHH House. o.. o.. ..... . 500
T. u. ~. o. lodges. ,, %. o.. o.. of. 100
Shields Bros, merchants. o.. o.. $500
Grand opera House b.. o.. o.. .. .., 5000
a, %. a.. W. Masonic. X. Of u,
lilhgrnuu lodges b.. ., o., ,, o., 800
i. a, MODuriy lrwrlor g. ...... 800
j. NJ Lnckhnrt pr Vlko and T..
y, Mclaughlin .. Zoo ,. o., o.. q. 800
Thomas llimln. store o.. D.. D., D.. 900
Pat Fitzpatrick, saloon o.. O., OIL. .. o.
liuildnf owned by W. Mont
Ferry. . d., .... 900
nilcy y Towey saloon o.. :. &C., 30.
lulIN b hih rye ,s .,, 90 q, 20, 80.
G NJ wilson phyH.g.au.. ,,". lp
Corner huuNr., b.. .. .. o.. GO. uW
Park Record, D.. o.. .. . . . Eu.
Adams, photographer. D., 81. .,, 1U
liuuhui, drug store of. ., D.. Oh. e.. 800
Bg,dIng owned hy Thomas
woodruff nr0a. rtatauurs.. D.. ia
Huild.ng owned hy W j. Wilson l2
y 8 Townsend, g.. o.. .. ....... lo