The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-04


frame buiidinEs. nsogly occupied 10y ne
groes, had been erecteol
Here is where THE ttre deoeEliaeIt 49,
control. as sin1ultaneotjsiy ln nall q dozen
places come Of them SIX blocks from the
main fire. roofs we're seen 20 burst out lu
fiemes. che wiad, rSlns Alsns5 ~
mss and attracted at irst . crowd OF
ctiriorls sir-lt-seers yvhl seemed 10 be
fascfratcd 81 the SIGHT until they learned
that their Residences, too, were IN danger
~ total destruction.
It took Just four hours for that resist
loss mass of flames to consume every
building in its wake for a space Of SIX 20
near where - started, 20 Ihe ElosaL
street Viaduct. distance. 81 over one ana
half miles. and then not sallsl1e4 VII
. eating out the heart 81 me fs1i4elit.s- ~,
portion Of the city It doubled BACK ana
came roaring M the PRINCIPAL thorougn- "A
what was the Original incorporation Of
Jacksonville.
From tho humble homes OF the poor TO-
sfhe eiceant residences 81 the well-to-do
was bot = short journey Tor the flames.
Councilman StanzcI Then IT seemed
chat wherever there happened to- be q
iodgment. Blocks away from the main
fire other fires would break out
iagllr into the, heart Of th7 Town ne
james both fine hotels, were consumed an
au incredibly short time me opeIe.
house sunered, and then Tow upon EGNH
OF 2lecant residences went uD- As the
Eladuct IeacinE over tho marshes %
Hogan creek % East JacksQnVIile was
reached, ft was plain that the limit of the
pr0UrCssl of the flames westward mad
come, The hope OF the people grew
as the money value of the damage Ws5
CONCERNED. the worst was yet to come.
apparently Consumed. q shift i'm the wind
sent roaring sea Of tames soHthward
TO da.vn ur,ou the minds OF the uuforl ur-
ates VINO had Sought refuge at The river
side NAT they were ia Danger ~ beng
made for the South Jacksonville ferry.
and hunnreds were carried over to the
Then came the most thrilling scene 5r
the entire day. The flames caught the
freight wareIouses on the Atlant5
Naldosta- a. Wcsterst r8irocd, and Degan
from there on their march backward ia
the teeth Of the wind. Slowly but surely
taking either side OF Bay street until al
reacded Jones boat yard The whole
company. the store 81 Muller & Co, and
dozens OF smaller concerns were slowly
wiped up While the flames failed &
cross inc open space knoWn as Jones
boat yard new danger threatcueJ. Fh-
flames sWept down in the rear OF tlIt
United States hotel and that with tbs
The county court house caught fire, anc
another splendid edidce was soon a t9ta
From the Unitet states hotel the flame.
again Jumped across the street and thl
checked when the lest building near Nc
Coy ana HUgan'S creek had been de
srroved
Among the houses that had suocumbes
to tse flames 81 3 O'Clock on Bay SURGE
were the Moh,twS block. Gardner build
-nE- FurChgOsts mammoth dry good.
house Beuedlct &, POIIaZ's who'll sale Or
goods store. the y. Christie drug buiid
ing. McAHisters wholesale liquor store
Lohn Stros- CRY goods store, r. -
HORST s dry goods store: lzman & Skin
nef, wholesale grocery i. e. Baird, pain
store; W. A. Beurs, hay and grain store
flaussOn Wholesale grocery. E'l0rid.
ltardWarg company store. II r Clark
furniture house. Henry Clark. carpets
~ p Cope. furniture, lettings q
lfrnards, furniture; Harkisneimer. gro
cer1cs; estate OF McNeery. wl1Olesai
Erocary' ColersaH. tailor shop; a doze
stores; sumner Wholesale butter an
cheese store.
The hotels DESTROYED include the Wind
sor, St. James, Placide United State
Glrard, Glenida and Oxford