Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-12
THIRTY PERSONS DEAD.
DRUNKEN cARousAl CAUSED THE BLAZE.
over $50 Residences Destroyed 90 1000
People Homeless Recovering
the uodies.

Prescott. Ariz.. Sept. 1.-THE town
OF Jerome. near here. was completely
wiped out this morning BY IRE, entail
ting a loss Of over ti.0O0.000 In property
Eleven bodies have 10 far been recoF'
cred. while score or more are said 10
be IN the ruins or missing. The hre
originated from gasoline stove IN a
cabin. and spread ~ rapidly ana herce-
- TINT u was impossible TO save even
clothing.
The Ore was confined exclusively TO
the hualners portion u the town, anu
me opsn ground intervening between
Il and the mammoth works o. the
United Verde company saved the lat
fer'r plant. otherwise the loss and sur
fering would have been terrible.
Many people from Jerome are arriv-
Ing here on special trains, while those
rcnsiinirg are being cared Tor ny the
CO mpany. The area NJ The fife was con'
fined 10 n narrow ruich and rtvine
leading 10 d. IN which VEN local. J
substantial wooden anu stone hulli'
inna. the latter melting a. uuldly be-
fore the famsH a. pastctuafd.
over 80 refldenis, avefHElng IN
value 5000. twenty-five mcrchnndis
and other stores. alio1us etc, 81 an
kinds. ARE wiped out IN short, uoi o
aingte bu1ineHH house rculilns. The
only buliiilg TO escape was the Meth
ODDS. church.
TIE number ~ people who are home
iesr r. placed az 1900. and they are w..
Ing cared for by Mrssfa diruuN and
Allen 10 the mining company.
Two special trains len here tonight
for The scene nf the dia1rter Carrying
tents and other material 90 comfort the
Distressed. and a meeting u belnf hlld
hsr iInlrh. 10 raise money Tor ilc
needy. ~ whom there are many. The
loss b. complete. hut liitl1 Insurance
beirg written 10 that camp owinE 70
the great risk and Inadequate water
supply. The United Verde management
II now kindly caring Tor the sufferer
until othfr arrangements are madr.
where tho nrc originated was ihl
scene OF q drunken ctruusll last night,
and while NJ demonstrations are being
made against the men who arr re-
rronrihle Ter a.. whom the horrors Of
the deed wear away from the Victims
attention viii be- given 10 The men wha
snurfd 10. They are said Ga Do Italians
Various PARTIES are now end H1Nurlrg
90 rxifie1te the remains from the
rulnr. aud until the Hruund coolr sur
fclcntly 10 permit reacurrl 10 approach
the debris. u all be- Impossible o. g.
certain definitely tho nnmes o. the
victims. Several prominent mining
mon IN the West are said 10 have been
in The town at the time and are unac.
counted fcf
Ths nre started at Z O'Clock In the
mcrnlng and spread with such rapidly
that In less than two hours not a
house IN n radius that would cover fve
lincks. was iofi standing
ON the t,hcr side % the gulch hun
drsdf 20 rounds uf g'ant powder war
used In the ni'tnf To arrest the
fameH ~ drnunifh'tg buildings, but
eye witnesses state that NJ soon AZ a
gap was made tho scattered building.
ware licked ~ ne " by suction ana
thrown hundreds 81 feet IN every al.
rccilnn. only 20 iEui'e and Increase The
fury 20 Tho irf.
n IL sad that an entire family, con-
rlntlnr Of q man ana wife aud thres
children. who sndsiv0rrd % save whal
they had been years In accumulatlng
have been found ~ the ruins, and ~
tho arrivals from the scene reach ths
city. The devastation fer0ried n only
the mere p.tiAble and sad
DR.. Woods. the company physician
narrowly escaped l1rinT all his pa.
tienis IN the hospital. but by good
Judgment a score OF Inmates Weir
saved by him by being removed eafly
and hastily.
The RESERVOIR which supplies The
town With water was UNDERGOING re-
pairs at the time. hut eyc-wltnessei
state that had the water beer
abundant after the IRE had Fiinet
hendNay the result would have been
the same. SO complete II the disaster
that refugees M ihia city tbnlEhi ar
not only pcnniinHa but are wlihuu
necessary clothing a. well.