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

is improved tonight ard it is thought
ne VIII entirely recover. The children
OF Or. p. u. Dean, reported as burned
found alive DR.. Deans injuries are
/ slight
President Barnett OF the National
( Bank OF Jacksonville is not seriously
/ hart. There were many pTOstrations
from heat during the day.
TOWN IL TOTAL DARKNESS.
4 Jacksonville is In total darkness to-
night, save for the reflection that burns
In the sky in the western portion OF the
city, marking the vast fields OF glowing
embers that now and then are famed
into flame.
AT O'Clock the first trolley car was
operated since noon yesterday. In the
evening schedules We're maintained on
East Bay street and on the river line
At clock additional troops reached
the city to relieve the soldiers who had
been on duty Tor more than twenty
four hours. Crowds are leaving the
city on outgoing traiLs, yet the multi
tude Of homeless people on the streets
does not appear decreased.
The night scenes are picturesque and
pitifuL About he city are -cOrd0ns of
soldiers. and at each corner a police
man or a soldier stands. Amid the
greatest excitement the day passed, and
the city tonight is very quiet. Little
AAAcAA Alel mas DE-Al AGDtL EelA-
At q meetir z OF. the citizens commit
tee this afternoon a resolution was
adopted prohibiting the running of ex-
curSiOn trains into the city. Requests
had been made by several places for
special trains to Jacksonville but the
committee informed the roads that if
the trains were run rhe excUrsionists
would not be allowed to leave the
trains.
The negroes, though hungry and
terror 20 GO 81
disposition to give trouble.
The Times-Union and Citizen an
nounces tonight the receipt of nearly
$1,000 contributed 70 the relief of the
ing tonight a carload Of tents for the
fire sufferers.
Says Many Lives We're Lost.
A sail boat that was at the. boat yard
at Third and Main streets was made
use of by Alfred Ban of Springfield, a
sUburo. Mr.. Ball says:
There were certainly many lives lost
a that point. The shTieks and cries
for help that came to my ears during
the first smOments Of the four hours
that / was in the river were heart
rending and awful, Z was utterly help
less to aid. I am positive at least five
persons We're drowned at that place
Il got in a sail boat at Gamblers yard
at O'Clock. There We're about fifteen
persons aboard, two negroes among
The number When we got into the
boat every avenue Of escape was cut
or. We got line to the steamer Edith
and she pulled up at the dock
"A moment later the line parted. Two
bateaux were drifting alongside, and
eight persons tried to get into them.
In the panic both beats capsized. L saw
several so down and drown. Several
OF those who got out of the sail boat
We're swept under the wharf at the foot
of Market street. and I think all must
have persisted. I got to the wharf and
for four hours held tic the piling When
was rescued was badly burned
about the head , felt a BODY AOat
the surface. but. failed. Undoubtedly
there were many lives lost at the foot
Of Market street..
Arthur Gunner of the GUNNER Lun-
ccr company told the following: we
hNard shriekS and calls for help as we
sJeered from the wharf at the last min
ute We heard a number of persons /
were in peril on the wharf. and made
TOT inc pier again. A sail boat was i'm
the docks Young Coxsetter of SIT Au-
ana we gave him line. The line
either parted or was burned In the
same instant both steamer and boat
were envelOped IN dense smoke. we
GOT a glimpse OF the sail boat drifting
lnShOrei and then 1t disappeared in the
flames As the Edith steamed towards
to escape we heard cries
LOT neip- There is no doubt but that
all in the boat suffered a frightfuI
fate
The officers and crew of the Edith
report that they saved sixty persons 1
VINO mad jumped into the river to es-
cape the flames
Following is a partial list Of the es-
Junated valuations of the 1beavfast
property loss Cleveland Manufs ctlIr--
ing company, $4,000; Commercial bank
S3V'OO0; hubbard's block. $50 GOO: Wind
sof hotel and annex, 5000 st James
Motel. S40.O eOi Hotel Placfde. sos COO.
hohaWk block, $50 coo. Gardner build +
ms, 100000; John Furchgott new
; .7,oO0i Palmetto block $50 GOO: United
states hoteL $40. GOO; Christie Grover e
Co, drugs 100000 Ac4Iurray. livery !
Sta9le $4,000, A. 3. Campbell GONNA 4
ny 800 900; Gree1leaf & crosby. s15O /
OVVt church of immaculate Conceotion f.
'I1a parsonage, convent S11O.O 900: St
> OT-n Episcopal church $50 000- First
,-htlstlan church, $50 0O0 county CONT I
nouse. $4,000; county clerks office. SO : !
11O' city buildings, $4,000: county fafI. 1
sSo-OV0. Tim Murphy's shop. $50 0OQ.
-dorTlIi stevens shop S70.O 600: FIenoinr, 4
law building, $50. 000; Emery b1HIdine
9t2C..'V McConnihO buildings. s50.0D6.
Wits IN Byrne, $4,000: William Pava I
s2O'oVgi Bristol building. $4,000. VIII
lam Bo. wick, $50, GEO.