The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24
PARK CITY LIES III ASHES.
Great Camp Almost Wiped OuI OIL
Existence.
The Monetary Toss VIII Foot ~ "fe'
filif o. milton uolitrs while the
fnsorurr was ifuo
over 100000.

PARK city. Utah. June 90. The once
proud and prosperous mining town OF
Park city 81 dcsolntc aud in ruins
seventy.hve business buildiuga ana
hundred or moro happy. cory homes
have gone up iu smoke, despite the
desperate eight that was made 10 con-
trul the fire demon. More than q humid
red families. fully 500 souls. are home
less. pcunIlcss aud dependant upon
charity for lifcs ncccssitie. md with
out hope Tor the future. The money
loss ~ appalling % will range up
warde NJ 5000. 900. whereas, In more
prosperous time, the same property
was worth double that figure. The In
surancc is insiguihcnlly small. The
aggregate is but littic more than $780,
900 Recently. as Orc Insurance risNs
have been expiring. the companic,
have declined 10 rensw, saying that 10
was the intention 10 retire from the
Park city ncld. All Of the agencies
have continued 70 write risks. but 1T
sitter rates aud on o. basis of shrinking
values
When NJ i;go sunday morning the
shrill whistle ~ the Marsac mill
sounded fourth the dread fire alarm.
eycryonv .fclt that the doom Of Park
City was sealed The fire started iu
the Freeman house. o. large fran build
ing, which was surrounded By smaller
buildings on all sldos a stin
breeze wns blowing fr1s mp ne can.
yon, sud soou the most sanguine "
the lire iightcrs could zee that no hu-
man hands could stop The progress Of
the Name.
Down the east aide ~ Main street
the iirc borc swiftly aud furiously, ta-
king Judge, lvcrs q kclths livery sta.
bic, the Park opera house aud shields
Bros store Every one hoped and b..
lovcd that the towering brick walls 81
the magnificent new Grand Opera
House would stay the progress Of the
flames, but II was forlorn hope. Be-
fore the tcrroriEcd people knew II IN.
nrc had consumed The opera house and
was rushing mndly on down the street
famed by the breeze that was now n
brisk gale. The wind was not CON
tent with keeping its course, but vcer-
oil both ways, carrying sheets Of flame
backward aud 70 the West side OF
Main street md eastward 20 China.
town and the scores Of line cottages on
Rossic hill.
n one aide Of Main street waa moi
burning more furlouaiy than the othcl
n was because the wind was moment
Arily wrcaklng IT. vengeance ON the
cast, ouly 20 return 10 the west viii
fury for its apology for apparent neg
leet The big Aschclm store building
the Methodist, Congregational. Episco
pal and Mormon church cdihecs. N.
Connor house, the Park Record Office
the postoflcc, tbs First National banl
building and the adjacent nre.proo
structures, the City hall, park City he
tel stores, saloons, butcher shops. OF
fees, restaurants, residences all wen
up la the seeming twinkling Of An eye
90 short was tho time. Again an
again buildings were blown up D.
giant powder to create a gap owe
which the firc would not leap, but I
NO avail.
AZ last the wind had spent Ia force
There was little left 10 burn when
was all over there were the blackened
smoking, ruins, extending from N
Dudler building aud the old Hlrscl
man store, ON both sides Of Main street
10 Klmbail brothers livery barn an
Ne Union Pacific depot On the ca,
from aud including the Crescent cor
eentrator and oilce up TO and inclu,
ing Chinatown aud back TO Rossie hl
nothing remains but the Marsac nilI
refining shops aud onlec, the latter
frame building fronting on Main stree
Close TO A. but removed FROM other -
posture, IN the frame oflce building ,
ID. @, Mclaughlin. West Of Main stree
from the Crescent tramway TO With
couple OF hundred feet from N
Catholic church and extending bac
70 Park avenue, not single buildin
remains On the west side OF Park a.
enue, from the cross street exteudlu
down alongside the old Hiroshima
store building and running northwar
passed the Methodist church down
aud Including the splendid homo
Fred w. Hayt, there IL now nothlu
but blank, black space,
The fire stopped at the residence
David Keith, but from that point dow
! northwRrd 10 the Crescent tramwa
, on the west side of Park avenue, Il
3 houses are scorched aud dlseolor,
3 from the heat Al least half the hous,