Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-04

slrOyed has been closed since April ~
The loss on this building is Sll5OOO'
Among the building destroyed are
The Emery auditorium, Board OF
Trade. Sc. James hotel Windsor hotel
the Seminole club, the Daily Metropolis,
the city hall and market, the Gardiner
building, the largest Office building IN
the city, the Hubbard building.
Mayor Bowden said to the Associated
Press this morning;
Say 20 the world, please. that the
loss 10 Jacksonville Is greater than ever
before inflicted by fire upon city
OF the South. but her best wealth sur
wives in her people. ! estimate our
property loss at fifteen million dollars:
There IL not a hint Of lawlessness;
our people VI every race and condition
have shown the most helpful spirit TO
each other and | cannot find words
Of commentator strong enough 20 ex-
press MY admiration Of the work done,
THE progress of the fire was so rapid
and the heat SO fierce that II was only
the helpfulness and obedience shown
that prevented a terrible loss OF life. |
have no doubt that the relief meeting
called by the municipal authorities
and board Of trade viii be largely at
tended and steps viii be taken TO deal
With the sltue ton In the most effective
way"
~ o'clock this morning Gordon
composed Of milItiamen, deputy sher-
IT'S ana policemen was thrown around
tho entire hre-sWept district The fire
sstlll burning ilercely In many sections
of the ruins. but the exhausted fire.
men, giving up the fight for the time
being. sought rest, leaving the fire 60
burn Itself cut The heat from the fire
Is Intense and the temperature Is 80.
The most important retail business pOr-
ton Of the cltv and the bulldogs the
entire length NJ Beaver street from pa
Wis TO the creek and over Liberty street
have been burned This covers four
teen blocks For the same distance
Ashley and Church streets have been
completely hotted out When the fire
reached Bridge street In It's eastward
course, II cnveloped In flames three
blocks, Duval, Monroe and the north
side Of Adams, destroying that entire
section Of the cit. and running four
teen blocks to the Duval street bridge
81, Lukes hospital was saved. The To-
cal military companies were called out
TO keep back the crowds and the fire
department began to use dynamite 10
blow m the houses n block from the
fire and thus prevent the fire from
spreading. So fierce was the blaze and
so strong had become the wind that
millions OF sparks and flying burning
shingles spread over five or six blocks,
setting the roof of the houses on fire In
admance Of the main fire. The flames
reached reached Senator Taliaferros
residence, and II went.
Al efforts to save the Windsor and
the So. James hotels were In vain, For
about an hour the guests in the Wind
sor had been busily packing their
trunks and the vans went away load
ed with trunks and grips.
Leaping across the street from the
Windsor, Or. Laella's house caught fire.
and then the Methodist parsonage and
I'm few minutes Trinity NJ. T., church
was mass OF flames. The opera house
block followed and the Richards &
Livingston boarding house. A desperate
but unsuccessful effort was made to
save the Baldwin mansion which was
recently purchased by the Elks for
SIS 600, Paint shops with barrels Of
oil were plentiful in this district and
caught fire one after the other. causing
the flames TO rise hundreds OF feet
high and quickly setting fire 10 the
other buildings across the street. Sud
denly there was an explosion Of dyna-
mite and powder stored I'm the Hub
bard building, and the burning struc-
ture collapsed Cartridges began to
explode aud bullets began to ny and
the efforts TO fight the fire at this point
were abandoned The new DurchOtt
and the Gardiner buildings We're soon
mass of flames, and down the street
the fire spread and the entire section
of Bay street, from Market to Main
street and extending five blocks back,
was soon gone. With Irresistible force
the fire swept on, destroying the city
building. the fire department building,
the armory, the county court house,
the county clerks Office, with the coun-
the 8rmory the county courthouse,
the city fail and the high and gram
mar schools and Catholic church and
orphanage, Mcintyre Methodist church,
81, Johns Episcopal church and the
convent. DR.. X. II. Dean, a promi-
ncnt physician reported the loss OF his
two children, Helen and Francis, to the
police at noon DR. Dean thinks the |
elder OF the two Helen, will be found |
but believes Francis was burned to !
death In his office. where they sought |
safety. DR. Dean collapsed on the |
street after an all night search, and |
in falling was seriously injured
W. b. Barnett, president of the First |
National bank Of Jacksonville, also |
tainted last night during the progress |
OF the fire. He fell into smoulderlng
ruins and was burned before he was
rescued.
The terrific strain, added 20 the warm |
weather. is telling on many OF those |
who were active yesterday and last |
night IN rescue work A number Of |
cases OF prostratlon were reported up |
to noon Fire Chief Haney, who be. |
came insane during the height of the |
fire. is somewhat improved. He was |
brought down town during the day, |
in care Of two or three fremen, to view |
the ruins.
secy. Of War Root today wired the
mayor OF st. Augustine. rendering the |
use OF the barracks at Fort Barrancas !
tSt. Augustine), for the refugees. The |
offer was IN turn transmitted 20 Jack |
sonville. st. Augustine also offers 10 |
take care of 1000 refugees. When the |
FIRE reached the county jail yesterday. |
Sheriff Price assembled all his pris- |
oners. S5 In number and summoning |
an his deputies and prison guards, |
the men 10 Riverside. Here |
they were kept under guard all night |
and this morning were removed 10 |
Glencoe and st. Augustine a bill win |
be introduced In the legislature 10 ~
once bond Duval county for 100000 TO
rebuild the courthouse.