The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24
PARK CITY IS NOW
IN RUI Ms.
Loss Will Reach a bfillioh Dol.
lars--Insuranee Light dauy
Lose All Their Posses sions.

Wh"ihb N"hPt Nah pthShN ANt wiped oul
Of existence for time.
The flames started NJ aloe $40 sun
day mofnirg In the Au Hsios , Hotel, on
upper Main street. M AM 10 O'Clock the
city from the startir.rpo.ua 70 the do.
pot was in ruins. Sot d uilding on
Main street between tie American
Hotel and the depot. IN eh her side Of
the street was ait ssufa =, and the
Marsae Mil s,aJds grim, aad alone,
surrounded oAly by smotsiW embers aud
broken, melted and twiskshf uins.
The flames spread aSS idly, soon
reached tbs residences .,bIi ,rk Avenue,
which wero soon In hauHH o. The resi-
lsnces on the east side woo next enyel
oped apu scarcely orss stbAs 100 house,
on the hill was left stsrstiu g.
Furniture was carried ut at grea,
risk Of life from house 10 house. and
piled on street and awBus, and In an
other momer.t burned, ben cath lie own.
ers eyes,
One alter another, the Episcopal
church, tbe Latter-day iSaints' church,
tho iAs'ho iis,, CODgh ,ga,ional and
CbriIiAin Scientists wen, down, and no
trnph or worship is now left standing
Sse the Cathoac.
Tho orly mercantils establishment Of
any kind left, 10 that Of Welsh, Driscoll
n Buck. In addition TO this are three
saloons aud one ssssrurAnt.
There we're the usual casualties at
tending the fire.. Several parties were
slightly burned Or scorhed. hands were
burned aud hair dnged. but few found
II necessary io.uPpeal TO the surgeon.
With nearly 40 resijencas burned 10
the ground. isumsrous people bsreit are
lodging In ths business blocks aud
hotels. n sers are tonight at the lowest
estimate so homeless psrsons In psrs
0iy.
Some bi them are peuniless, some
with pu rsss OF plenty, but all have
found Temporary refuge within the
homes ~ neighbors-
The losses will iod up between $780,.
900 and 81 900. 900. with AN Insurance Of
not more than 100000
when the fire had gotten beyond con-
troll appeals for AssislAnes 10 both OGDEN
and Salt Lake were sent, which we're
immediately responded to. The Salt
Lake engine In charge OF Capt. Ed. Nc
Carthy, a Coalyille I'd. made the trip
70 Park City from Salt Lake in one hour
and ten minutes, arriving ut the DIRE At
$50 Mccarthy had been w0EkingAll the
night previous at a FIRE In Salt Lake,
bu, he was ready for more service. The
ogdan engine was on hand At about tho
sams time, tho railroad boys making the
run from Echo In about 30 minutes.
A. Coalville several boarded the flying
engine, and W. b. Wilson tsok bis place
At the Ore engine in Park City and
worked all day with the Ogden 6rsmen.
On the arrival Of the engines, however,
tho DIRE had spent its force, but the de.
partments did good work in throwing
streams on tho smouldering ruins.
INCIDENTS oT Tn ThF.
W. l. Snyder lost his residence aud
otlioe, but succeeded IN saving most OF
hia magnificent library.
Sheriff Lindsay, who on moving to
Coalyille, stored most Of bis fne iurni.
lure In Park City, lost It all In the
danes.
Mayor Deming Of Park City vas on a
fishing trip At the time Of the Ore, but
he was notified aud went Immediately
TO the scone, and began active prepare
! tions for the relief OF the needy.
The First National bank has resumed
I lshsinesa In Welsh Drlscoll & Suck store.
George Beard sent up butcher block
/. aud other appliances for the temporary
! USE Of one Of the firms that burned out.
! Welsh, DhscoD 4 Buck came to the
1 relief OF all, aud were busy all day in
u dealing out lunch, Tree gratis. 70 the
hungry workers. They are big AeArtsd
men, all Of them,
The Park Record will 10 published
!, from Salt Lake for a time, until the
= owners. Messrs. Radon &Cammornile
: get on their fee again.
DR. LeCompte fought the Gre until his
= coat was burned from his back and his
!, face badly scorched. His hsrolsm saved
many home.
:, Elijah Ransom, ,. A. Mccarthy, j.
~ NJ. Lockhart, and Policeman Larsen
u were among those most seriously burned,
Some Of the county records we're lost,
but nearly all were saved.
90 Many business houses have already
II resumed in temporary quarters.
"A Mayor Allen, while the fre vas raging
- passed by a house on ROssea Hill, from
o. whence he heard the piiiful vail Of a
Id woman. Going in, be found lady with
three days old child IN her arms, and