The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
Judge, Ivers & Keith, teaming con-
tractors of the Silver King Mining
Those who lost buildings and stock,
! carving some insurance. We're:

Riley & Towey, saloon ..$ 5000 1900
]. Frankel & Co., clothing. 10000 1900
p. Mcpherson, dry goods. 10000 5000
NJ. S. Ascheim Mercantile
Co, general merchandise :. $4,000 26750
First National bank. .......... 1900 5000
Park City bank building. 10000 10000
Bergman q Rogers, general
merchandise ................ 1900 5000
Grand Opera house .......... $1,000 5000
Nj. d. Hurlbut. 5000 1500
Facts concerning smaller losses are
not obtainable at this time.
EXCITEMENT. IN OGDEN.
The confagration at Park City
caused tremendous excitement in Og
den yesterday, writes The Herald's
correspondent at ogden, from the time
the very first news came to this city.
brief bulletin was posted on The
Herald board at about s o'clock, and
the board was soon surrounded by
anxious crowds, waiting for details.
The first news was contained in the dis
patch received little after Z o'clock
by Chief Orson Riser at the fire sta
! ton. 1t was from Chief j. Berry of
Park City, and read:
Send us some help to put out fire
here. The city is burning"
Immediately the chief detailed AS
! sistant Chief Hewitt and Engineer
! Moore to take the big steamer to Park
J City, and it was soon at the depot.
! There was some trouble in getting the
! big vehicle up onto the flaJcar and in
securing it for its long ride, but by the
time the regular train for the east
pulled out at $40 the special was ready.
/ Engineer Gilpin was at the throttle
and John Phalen was conductor. The
datcar and caboose struck out, follow
/ ing close behind the passenger train.
/ Chief Riser then tried to send a mes
sage to Park City to notify the chief
/ to have horses at the depot but the
/ service was for the time interfered with
and the telephone office burnt out.
/ AS the further details came in, it be-
came apparent that the city was
doomed.
There are many Park City people in
! Ogden-people with homes in she min
| ing town, and who expected to go back
as soon as times should liven up bit.
To these the stories on the bulletin
board told of the destruction of home
or business and in some cases suggested
! that some of their loved ones were in
danger.
Not even the most exciting war news
has stirred the Ogden people as did the
brief bulletins of yesterday To one
young widow in particular the news
| told of the destruction of all the prop
erty she possessed. Eearly in the morn
ing a message came from Andy Rosen-
.
store was burning and the city in great
danger. At about II o'clock a second
message came. saying that his store
was destroyed. his residence on fire and
the city nearly destroyed.
About o'clock. Grand Recorder
David Thorburn of the A. Q. U. w.
telegraphed to the deputy grand master
at Park City, asking if there was any
thing the order could do to assist or
relieve suffering in Park City. AT $3.50
telephone connection was established
with the city and fuller details of the
catastrophe came-in. r.
STRAY FIREBRANDs.
Secretary Whitney of the Home Fire
Insurance company last night stated
that his company does not lose a dollar
by the fire. The Home has often been
solicited to write risks in the Park,
but the officials were always afraid of
it and hadn't a single policy in the
town.
]. H. Deming, assistant cashier of the
First National bank, with II. S. Town
send and others, is over in Strawberry
valley on fishing outing. A messen-
ger has been hurried after him as fast
as a relay of horses can make speed.
The vaults of the bank are secure and
no fear is expressed as to the safety
of the money and valuable papers.
EodIl nelly OIl, ScsSliCl VI lhC l. AAoS
National bank, drove up Parley's can
yon yesterday to the scene of the ruins.
Superintendent r. G. Chambers of |
the Ontario and Daily drove TO Park !
City as soon as the news of the fire !
reached town. Mr.. Chambers, who has !
been as a father to the camp, feels |
keenly the blow of this conflagration. /
aside from any financial loss on his |
part. He is looking after the interests
of the Ontario and DAILY companies and I
the Ascheim Mercantile company, and /
giving what assistance he can to the /
sufferers.
The Marsac mill was on fire three or /
four times, but as the company has /
separate and excellent water pressure /
and good hose facilities, the mill, /
shops, office and refinery were saved /
by the hard work of the employees.
The Ontario mill was not reached by |
the flames, so that Mr.. Chambers loss
lays in the destruction of the Ascheim
Mercantile company's business and |
some dwellings about town.
d. G. Mclaughlin, the chief party in
interest in the Townsite company, a
heavy owner in residence property
went up to the burning camp Sunday
and returned in the evening.
He said it was utterly impossible to
get at the amount of insurance carried
through local agents in the Park, as
everything was burned up. Mr.. Nc
Laughlin owns business houses and .
all over town, including the
whole of Chinatown. His loss will be
very heavy. 1t was uneXplainable to
him how the fire switched around his
frame office and proceeded to devour
the Diem building and city hall, both
brick structures. The escape of his
office saves him his law library and
many valuable papers.
Talanhnna connections hI~Olxan :
as soon as the fire consumed the First
National bank building, where the eX-
change was located. and had not yet
been restored up to late hour this
The telephone line to the
Rio Grande depot is intact. Telegraph
communication via the Union Pacific
was not broken, and the wire was kept
hot all day sending messages to and
from the Park.
Mrs. s. l.. Radon, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Harper, and children
arrived on the Rio Grande train last
evening. Their home was burned and
they escaped with only what clothing
they wore. Mrs. Harper arose from a
sick bed Mr. Radon is part owner
in the Park Record, which plant was
entirely consumed, so that his loss is
total s.,
About 100 Salt Lake and Park City
people went out to the Rio Grande
train last evening to meet friends and
obtain news of the Inflated camp. The
on alighting We're eagerly
questioned as to the true state of the
fire, and when they impressed the real
facts it seemed almost impossible to
grasp the extent of the calamity. Ev-
cry one hoped that the reports were
but in this they were
sadly disappointed.
Thomas Timlin, who runs a con-
fectionery north of the Grand opera
hoylse was among the first to see the