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


vile is a city of Oscillation tonight
swept by the most disastrous ire ever
known mere her people are at this time
dazed and unable to comprehend the
full measure of the catastrophe Nor
can anyone lust now ten how much
devastation it required to satisfy the
wrath of the hungry flames. that re-
fused for hours to he conquered
According to the city map $50 blocks
We're burneqs many of Ehem ia the heart
Of the business and residence section.
The estimate o.. houses to the block is
smoke. Many Of the finest public and
private buildings were destroyed, In
cluding hotels, theatres, churches and
residences. Hhel mayor az q late hour
000s0e0 and that 10000 TO $4,000 people
were hOmeiezs-
The fire broke olrt at 1915 p. ma. in
the factory of the Cleveland Fibre com
pany from a detective wire 1T
spread with remarkable rapid ty,,
and III was soon seen that the local
ire department Would be unable to con
tro the flames. Appeals for asst stance
were sent out to neighbOring cities. and
although. there WAS. ready response,
the help came too late to prevent an
enormous loss
Fire Chief Goes insane
Numerous screams of water poured
upon the burning buiIdirgs were con-
verted immediately into steam, without
in any measure checking the flames
Chief Haney of the fire department De
came insane as the FIRE spread beyond
his control and had to be taken in
charge He was removed to his home
under q guard at 4 o'clock
Operators in the Western Union
building remained at their keys with
the FIRE raging about them until ti39
=. M when they Were compelled to
abandon the building Because ofs the
intense heat From that time until lare
at night when the FIRE had been con-
trolled, Jacksonville had no commun1-
cation with the outside world
It is reported that six lives have
been lost in the FIRE, but no verihcatlon
Of this can be had
Along the entire length Of Beaver
street from Davis street 10 The creek
on Liberty street all bulldingS nave
been DESTROYED This lis fourteen solid
blooFss of residences FOr1he same dis
lance Ashley and Church streets have
been completely blOtted out When the
fire reached Bridge street. in its east
ward course. it- enEelOped in flames an
area three blocks wide raking in DuVal.
Monroe and the north side OF Acans
street. burning that entire section OF
the cftv and running fourteen blocks to
the DuvaI street Bridge
Full Scope of Fire Unknown.
How much further in that direction
the city is burned it is impOSsible to
learn. the street being impossible, but
it is feared that Sc. Luke's hospital was
burned and h is rUmored that the Pres
bvteriah church ia East Jacksonville
lis a-blaze. If this IS correct the IRE
must faxe extended five blocks 1urthef
east.
When the FIRE reached Julia street it
I'll 4s~a-sr, ~7rH nd Q 0s1
was ne prospect Of it being put under
lcontrOn The local military companies
were called out to keep back the
crowds and the fire department began
to use dynamite To blow up buildings,
hoping thus to prevent the fire from
spreading So fierce was the blaze.
however and 50 strong had become
the wind that millions of sparks and
/ f1ying burning shiueies spread over IFe
or six blocks. settag the roofs of the
partrnent.
Soon Senator Taliaferro's residence.
then the adjoining houses on that block
were ablaze. and in spite Of all efforts
hotels both were Qulct6ty enNeiol)ed iu
flames For quite an hour the guests
in the Windsor been busy packing
their trunks. and MANY Of them bad
gone away loaded with trunks and
grips. some unfortunately, TO the
4
+ to Riverside.
: Leaping across the street from the
{ Windsor, the flames attacked. the Sells
4 House, and then the Methodist parson-
age- andsfn a few moments the Trinity
+ Methodist church was mass of flames.
4 The opera. house block followed and the
fREchards and Livingstone boarding
houses.
+ A desperate effort was made to save
the Baldwin mansion, which was re-
Gently purchased by the Elks for $4,000.
> No earthly power could save this build
ing and that entire block and the one
west were quickly mass of flames
4 once the fire got started on Main
street. the closely adjoining buildings
+ went, one after auothers Paint shops
with barrels of oil were plentiful Ia
fthis district, and as they caught IRE.
one after the Other, the blaze, rising
hundreds Of feet high. quickly set the
/ buildings across the street on FIRE.
Explosion. Of Dynamite
/ When ,the Hubbard hardware store
/ BEGAN to burn, the people scattered
2 when they saw what had happened
I Hundreds OF pounds of powder and a
great deal Of dynamite We're stored III
this building. I'm ten minutes there
was roar and the building collapsed
ike an egg shell. The dynamite and
4 powder had exploded Here again was
much danger for the hremen. Cart
ridges began to explode and bullets