Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-03
4 BIG HOTEL BLAZE.
Colorado Springs Visited by Fierce Con-
higraion.
THE FAMOUS AvTlfR HOTEL BURNS


IA, -Four Hours the Entire business -"
,,,ct was rhreatened-rhc Loss ~
umated at si,ooo.ooo'
Colorado Springs. Col. oct. Inns
,,,y has visitation Of Are this AFTER
-, which theatcncd for -four hours
:. destroy the entire business distrie.
The wind was blowing at the rate Oh
,orty.nye miles an hour from inc
,.ytbwcst when the IRE started At tue
,,anyer A. Rio Grande freight depot at
a.. foot Of Cucharis street at 2ilo p
,r and the flames spread with great
.,,td,ty. A strip OF four blocks long
,ron north to south and two blocks
via. from east to west has been burned
,,,r hut al this hour. y. M. the
,,e,graten il believed to be under
.s1t,ni The flames are still leaping
ht,.b IN the air over the burned dis
Lei but The wind has died down and
thrrs Il no doubt that the fire engines
which have come from Denver and Pu.
cbio In response 10 appeals for AID. VIII
h. able to combine the iamcs wl'hln the
present limit ,.,
In the west. three lumber yards anu
tive blocks VI business houses have
been destroyed. In r0und numbers the
los Ia estimated NJ si,0Q0,V1Q. lnlur-
nnoe one. half u that amount. The
losses estimated are as followHi
Antlcra hotel 81, o. O.. O.. d. '.ASsVVYV
Newton Lumber company =. tOVVV
Cflaacy a Fowler Lumber COM ..
puuy.. &c ss ss sss.ss - sviVs'
nj Paso Lumber company $1,000
Irvine a Sons, blacksmiths 700
Denver a lilo Grandc railroad $1,000
guif depot =, =. =. 81. .... e. O. 5000
Home hotel o.. :. .. =. d. q. .. aSOO
General losses OF business firms
and individuals not cnumcrat-
81 above &C. fbs,Vpl
a TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
The nrc started In a lot u rub
blsh underneath the platform at the
Denver a Rio Grnndo freight depot.
Within I'VE minutes Il had communi-
Gated TO freight cars standing at the
depot. ana ~ spread 10 rapidly that
" was impossible to move any of the
ears Half a ear Of powder consigned
20 q. $. Barnes s Sons exploded. The
cans were thrown Tor hundreds of
feet and the wonder IL that nobody was
injured Then came the terrible
danger 90 the city.
Great chunks of IRE were scattered
about, and Ia q few minutes the cfla.
fcy q Fowler lumber yards, 600 feet
away. were burning. The wind was
sweeping a perfect hurricane. The
flames rushed through tho Lumber
yards and burned all the light frame
buildings In the block. Then they
lsapcd across the street and burned
Wy ~ lS.l3 Lumber company and the
PAINT establishment Of spcrry 4
luthtrmun A few minutes later The
Newton lumber yards caught.
f0r time after this II booked Nh II
he Antleru might be saved. but the
neat was too great aud there was not
water enough TO send stream half up
the building.
THE ANTLERs BURNS.
AZ o'clock Il was burning on IA.
sputh snu and the famous hotel wins
uoofncd. Two coiorcd employ.. "a
he hoHtciry showed great bravery In
.llnbing out Of tho upper Windows In
NV they OF an Informal heat and pour.
ns water upon the IRE through n
sn ,, nose, Thoy left their posts only
able ''eS uh'eh-
Down below the nr.mcn were ,iso
,is.,hk streams upon the bulsllnru
'n. water pressure had become W.
'suus'u mat the streams wcr. on uttt..
.n''t The contour OF the bniidin,'
.he upper stories % which were
M"oI, served TO make a nuceession ~
~ Is. alonF the. sides. and n
NM " na rev moincnta until the smoke
'Nely window. ''V" neeily
Ihc building had stood f,r N i...
~ Akalhst the tremendous b.s, r,,s
tvhe higher and higher ana 49,,
"lNhet OF the stone VS., s 49,.
,n ha woodwork burned n,y,,, s .n
snrh' hrrv and there uftle hIus I, s 'se,l
W where the conner cnrni',.,
M ~ ehie' II took about two hour
ir.nesaa,,.i,i burn and II made a
Ihe walls began 10 fan .,,.. a..
-.llhE had been burning n-rs,,. ".
r ma they went down win = IT,
roar The smo.,.f,Sk.
son 'es cure long time ana
49,, hem are standing Vel. m
All AnheN was quickly in namss
NJ, "vht up rapidly two or thr,e ex.
Va l, We're heard while the Antlsr,
10 nav, ca,, anl these nrc supposed
STUCK TO THEIR posrs
rlAA o. The Anilers people. from IN. ON.
posfs ma, ~ pelehoys. stayed at their
A. 80 - ,'HiH HiAN no longer.
ores e.elock al that was len OF ,he
bS,t.. 1uiliwi Antleru was a mas ~
h ,.ii uehfls Thousands CARED unen
n,i, Hth sorrow and icgrct' as II ~
ns,,s'ily conceded TO be m. CHIEF a.
,ns ~ The town. The Antisr, was
l"liul siN-aiory building c,y,s9i
bs,". colorado Springs Hntei cg,,'
H.; IN which Gen. Palmer va h,,,,-
~ XIV thied, The lessee pran.r 100.
~. liHelt Tbs building was lns,rcd
a, -, pop, ana the furniture. valueJ
.bn,is.lV' was Insured for gai 300 Thc
$50 * ana IT. contents are nlmost \
y, lots. The hotel will h. rshnii,
hnJ were several guests In the
In, s, moulding a number OF lnvnlliS
10 e6,,, asrg got out In safety and taken
M. ',yiilble quarter
r,is mon Pacific Denver a gulf
So, ~ passenger depot on Imerfana
80 VIZ burned. but the other rail-
bsrs,. passenger stations were un.
v SMALLER OUTBREAKS.
.. Whie tho big fires were burning
g, \, ~ smaller ones broke out through.
ds,,. 'ne @ly' destroying several resl.
siern,,iahd threw people into con
:, rhs limits OF the burned dls,rlot aro
~. nehver A. Rio Grande railroad ON
~ N'.t Cascade avenue on the eaNt
o.. I'Ah avenue on the north and
nlls street ON the south.
o, NlvNs M business houses burned
~. hN the folloNlnrs Ma,fN.,I.,a Il