Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

Prom Spectacular Standpoint It Present.
ed u Remarkable Scene,

a New York, Feb. 12.-From a specta-
3llsr standpoint last nights fire i'm the
Nassau Chambers was remarkable.
N While the flames burned most fierce
III cascades OF sparks fell for blocks
XrOlnd, Theshower was so thick in city
pau park, two blocks away from the
Rlfnlng building, that spectators
Ihefe were driven to shelter.
Sparks were carried as far west ne
lhe river In Broadway at one time.
1the falling sparks and dense smoke
Formed fiery veil that closed the
Frett The crowds jammed every one
N me Streets in the neighborhood of
khe I'm and the showers of sparks were
FnoTe effective In keeping paths clear
~ TIE hremen and the constantly ar
tlHhg trucks and engines than scores
~ policemen.
w all sides Of the burning structure
4 9seIel the sky scrapers in Nassau
~ adjoining streets, and the corniccs
a these structures frequently were
tfn BY the great storm of sparks that
'f.lsd the air.
ne blaze started in a bicycle store
4 ihe basement of the Nassau CHAM
IL and the entire structure was
! stroyed. wac
Internal revenue stamps worth 500
A were burned
Ihe Nassau Chambers was an l.
aaped store In office buildnig No
hls Nassau and 10 Ann street Tbe
hiding was supposedly a fireenroof
ructure. epfooi
lhree hours after II had started the
4 was under control but nj ono ,,n,e
HNhcI If hn
Srsr "a. up into the millions. Alarm
Er,,o u headway Buildings In all di-
H. s we're al times burning on cor
shpnts a,.' roois' where sparks and
II H. ~ name had fallen. II was by
s,ars M rheIcest down town fire of recent
snsi mere We're altogether ir action
Hop,s s zen trucks, three water
bst,s Tiu nVe insurance patrols, with
4 NM ' 20 an chlefs. With all the great
o.s W. nremen lighting the flames at
Ia no Ing II was singular that there
ken Torf s9rlous accident. Several wo-
1ni,b ~ IN the building and John
fpes '"e Jahitor, had narrow es-
Tor, minutes after the fremen rot
n heon he nre IN the meantime hay-
kibr vuHihed to the Nassau street
fUra sudden backdraught set the
Il Inc win, street wing In flames. All
Sete , TTlnaows fronting on Ann street
h ey,Ia", out with the noise IKE
how'd i,osluh OF a boiler, and The
fames u ,ne streets fed precipItatelv
SaDgIn, ' tSt through the roof Of The
tafteS , nait an hour after the fire
tre NO., anu a minute later the st,uc-
b. Of sna voicano sending great show.
lwn.,ny,, NJ iar away throughout tho
4 ira through an air shpft cot o..
freet s Uud,'uihg at 10 and li2 Nassa,,
)bor a, M, : Ann street, the rro,,nS
Bros ann was occupied by Moauro
hoods TITS IN mems furnishi,,, :,
|nicklv all nre In this bulldinr ,oa :
n III Nassas ulshed, hut the b,i,dins :,
Dor NJ hve stories hlrb. tha Az,
[snenscsia "hIch Is OCCUPIED h,,
bed BY Sre natter. was badly dam,
ildlngs fror, under the caves of
Plight on prn. Yen to twenty stories In
hd OVERWHELMINGLY, Barclay. Nassa,, ~,
Puld ba "Votlng streets lncipient hIane u
parks M among the dIsnInv ~,
nrse Of s NV syndicate bulldinS " W
iemmabls ,Luon, had nothing n,ora ~
n iloor rt man a scaffolding ON IL
es and ,bsrs nla2ed for a few min
le no less disappeared. A. nno
tre bunlng nan fourteen buildInns
ma the losss I ,o,i had there been n
aus must have been enor-
o ,rEiy extingplsfbosSm smaller fires were
XIX OF he " "a The seven upper
as In 5 fourteen vanderbilt building.
,b,. damaged oI story structure was
ial" "'T structure Inv "i d to the height
a Wbiiey In extinr,,, ntremen had great
ttentieen' hls great fGI, ro , the blaze.
I'm li5th r strat. alarm Was ssns sn,,
3u'r'' building l1 mol had taken sYef f,re