The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20

building remains. On the west side
of Park avenue, from the cross street
extending down alongside the old
Hirschman store building and running
northward passed the Methodist church
down to and including the splendid
home of Fred w. Hayt there is now
nothing but blank, black space.
The fire stopped at the residence of
David Keith, but from that point down
northward to the Crescent tramway
on the west side of Park avenue, the
houses are scorched and discolored
from the heat AT least half the houses
on Rosie hill, numbering about 80,
and a few on the Deer valley road, east
of the Crescent concentration, are de-
stroyed.
THE WIDESPREAD SUFFERING
AND LOSS.
In all, the burned district covers, ap-
proXimately, 80 acres. 1t was q COM
pactly built area, peopled by fully 500
souls. Few if any escaped with more
than what they had on their backs.
Houses, furniture, clothing, food,
everything gone. The work of de-
struction was so completely and
quickly done that the people We're
compelled to seek safety in fight.
COAL OIL STARTED IT.
The cause of the fire is altogether
clothed in mystery. 1t started in the
kitchen of the Freeman House, former
~ the Harrington. The boarding house
people have been known to use coal
oil to kindle the morning fire in the
Kitchen stove and as frequently as
they have been demonstrated with for
their carelessness, it appears, from all
the known circumstances that yeSter-
day morning the inflammable stuff was
used once too often.
HELP FROM SALT LAKE AND
OGDEN.
Early in the morn it was seen that
help must come from other cities.
Word was dispatched to Ogden and to
Salt Lake for their steam fire engines
and crews of fire fighters. special
train over the Rio Grande Western left
at $50, bearing Ne. 2 steamer, with
Assistant Chief Mccarthy, Captain By
water and Lieutenant Earl from
headquarters. They and the ogden re-
lief worked heroically, but little was
left for them to do but to quench the
dying embers and put out a few fire
brands here and there. The Salt Lake
crew and engine returned shortly after
THE LOSSES IN DETAIL
Following is list of the property
losses and losers. 1t is as complete as
can now be given, and is not far from
being correct. The losses are conserV-
atively estimated by persons well in
formed on Park City matters. If any
thing, the losses are under stated. The
total runs up to $4,000 Loses not yet
reported and undervalued will prob
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Thompson & Jurgenson, butcher
Building owned by Henry Newell. 1000
Ketchum & Fung. barbers..... 500
American hotel Fireman s. ....... 1908
Building owned by the Harrington
Tim OKeefe, cigar factory 500
J. Bosier, dwelling ::----::.:--.. 500
horses and wagons..........4 iDis 10000
Bates & Kimball, druggists. 5000
Center saloon CMantor building).... 1900
ARK ARK opera mouse. .....---...-.--.-.... 300 /
l. o. o. F lodges .....---.....---..... 1.G10 |
Shields Bros, merchants. 25.000 |
Grand Opera Observation-Disclosures. $1,000 /
4. Q. L. W, Masonic, K of P. and
Hibernian lodges. 5000 I
3. a. McCarty, jeweler..--........... 5000 |
NJ; Lockhart, DR.. Viko and F. ].
McLauSnlln ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5000 /
Thomas Himlin, store. 5000 /
Pat Fitzpatrick. saloon. 500 /
Building owned by W. Mont Ferry. $500 I
Riley & Towey, saloon. 5000 {
duddy's bakery Observation-Disclosures. 1000 [
:. NJ. Wilson, physician ..... LOCO /
Conner house OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000 /
Park Record 5000 I
Adams, photograp her............... 5000 /
Iurlbut, drug store. ....... 5000 /
Building owned by Thomas CuDit 2OO9 |
Bros, stationers. 1250 |
Building owned by w. j. Wilson,. 1.250 /
'ostoffice neutrality-suspicious.. 1000 [
1. s. Townsend. Observation-Disclosures. 1850 |
oostoffice building .................... 5000 |
Bergman & Rogers. ................. 1900 |
Building of Ma rgaret Rogers. 1000 I
First National Bank and building 10000 /
Rocky Mountain E8sll Telephone Co. 5000 /
frank Andrews, furniture..... 1000 /
n. S. Sharp, drug store. 5000
3reen q Sullivan, saloOn...r.... 1000
,. Mcpherson, merchandise ... 10000
Park City bank building. ...... 10000
silver King, Anchor, Electric Light,
w V. Rice, w. Mont, Ferry, Bar
ton Wherritt, offices. ............... 1000
ohm Diem. saddlery and building 7a00
lily hall and tents............... 10000 I
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