The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-22

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. mas utterly DESTROYED the business 49,
ton Of the city of Victor causi,e- ..
loss estimated at S2.eOO. 600. Beginnins,
shortly after noon, the fire ragged untif
evening. consuming everything in II.
way. 1t had it's origin. IT is tborgb+
In the Merchants cafe. adjoining +bs.
bank of Victor. en- the corner Of Third
S1reet and. Victor avenue stronp-
NInd from the south famed the flames
ana IN rev minutes all the s7lrround
ing houses We're afire.
heip was summoned from CrippIe
creek, but the town had been buil+ in,
me early days of the camp and was of
pune TIMBER for the most part. ann
burned ike paper. Efforts were made,
20 stop the progress of the flames nv
blowing up buildings in their nath nv
means OF dynamite, and all afterncon
the nils have rOared with the exnlo-
slons. but the effort was in vain.
The fire claimed the Bank of Victor
the poStofIlce on the corner opposite
crossed Third street and followed ~.
row of blocks between Third and
Fourth streets to the north. taking the,
" ctNr ranking Company, the Western
mon Telegraph cOmpany's office and
the office of the Colorado Tele2bone
company. the Hotel Victor on the or
posite side of Fourth street and tba
three great shaft houses of the Cod
Coin Mining company and its ore bins,
among the largest in the Cripple Creek
district.
Flames Famed By the Wind.
From there the flames were swept
norrhWard by, the half hurrieane
which was blowing. and never stopped
untlt they had taken the Florence &
cripple Creek depot and the fine new
depot Of the Midland Terminal road az
me mead of Fourth street. All the
buildings between these are total loss.
with practically all their contents. for
the flames were SO rapid in their 9reg-
ress that nothing could be saved
The scenes Of the great Cripple
Creek confiagration were duplicated.
HurrylnS before the roaring flames
went men, women and children. carry
ing what they could snatch from the
names. racing for their lives The
crash of buildings torn aSunder by dy-
Mantle. and the crackle of the flames
as they consumed the dry buildings.
FASTENED their flight. and the pail of
smoke added terror To the Spectacle
\ special train was placed at the
command of this city by the Florence
* Cripple Creek railroad. and three
companies Of firemen with apparatus
were rushed TO the scene. They worked
2ll afternoon in a vain endeavor to
stay the march of the flames
Business Is Paralyzed.
The residence portion of the city has
suffered comparatively little but the
business portion is paralyzed and suf-
.erins is bound 10 follow The burned
irea may be roughly designated as the
space between the head of Fourth
street and Victor avenue. extending
rom the Gold Coin mine buildings on
he west to a point near Second street,
md down Third street almost TO Dia-
nOnd avenue.
The fire was gotten under control
mis- evening Conservative estimates
place the loss at $2.500000.
List of the Heaviest Losses.
The heaviest losses are: Gold Coin
nine. consisting of shaft. orehOuse and =.
machinery, 100000: the Woods Invest
nent company $1O0. 900: J. B. Cunning
lam. $4,000; MOrrell Hardware COM
ANY. $4,000; Florence & Cripple Creek
ailway. $4,000; Tompkins Hardware
company. $4,000; A. B. Bunlstead $20.-
100: Mayor Robert Donnelly So. 600;
<etter * Co. $4,000: /. Arnpter, cloth
ng. 5000; George Z. Simonton. drugs.
1000: George BOckfnger.t s., 900: j. j.
'renchard. $4,000: William Sexton,
10 000I Victor Banking company. 5000:
Sank of Victor. $1,000: Daily Record
:, 900: Evening Times. $1,000: Colorado
trading & Transfer company, $4,000:
'ictOr Supply company $25. 600:
iardner Mercantile company $40 900:
lidland Terminal railway. $500; Jim
)urey $4,000; Arthur Reynolds. $780,
90; Stebbins & Co, $4,000; Shilling
)ry Goods company, $4,000.
The first house was built in Victor in
october. 1898. In July of the following
ear the city was Incorporated. and five
ears later il contained 10000 people.
hat is about the population now.