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

A ..,,ls. Fla, May S'-six peo OPP
y'esOp : section of the city GOVERNS
'naleo o 1't two and one.half Atm, miles E,
dI'l'lS Salf mile vide 1870 blocks ,''sh,oa u
bs By I nu'' a financial loss Of between e e.
u I IS'D and sl5.ooO,oOo, and thousands a,,,
y @o.o% w I made homeless Is the re ,sl y
4 people o.. which broke out here at . ls,a,
a a's so ~" and was not gotten under ,cs
FlOcS nOv ," ,o.l5 o'clock tonight me
puol .e ua'd in a small factory. siar zee
NJ s'a'' ',,,e wire. according to the
a, belief. and burned for nS"''' ~
"A A0uf'' -. ,a,aIng the fire department
rhe cl'' NJ v armory, the county court
ld'ns 'D "le,b's office, containing th'
use, me o,si% the criminal court,
(spny Is'V aonnty jail, the graaeo
puse ths GSo oal,iiI church and orpha'
hooL lns catholic church ana orpha an,
hool ln Inns ms Episcopal church, tn ~
~. 81 sv nd several big hotels art
|4nyent AM briIdings destroyed. In al
/. RS SSulldIngs burned. -, a, Beave,
Z AlVns ,rom paws street TO tne re-, e,,'
Pc, l l.V,' street. all buildings nay nay
LAp ee.l,yyoyed This is fourteen soilu
pcss Of residences. FOR 'n n,r se,, have
C aa Ashley 4 and church streets nave
w completely blotted out, ..,oot
EN- so' ,bs FIRE reached Bridge street
4. IN nen no s course, It envelopeu ~
us eSs'" orsa three blocks wide, tax
IN puyal Monroe ana tae no ao
~ dams dams street, burning that en-
Y o ~ ,of the city and RUNNING
n ~. $50" hIoeks 10 the Duval stree'
u Iivs NOW much further in that al
'tiou the city is burned II is lm ,l' ss
w, ~ learn the street being lmpassa!-
~ y Sr, 4 Is feared that st. Luxe
sri gs was burned ank the Prespy.
Tx. sp,'' church in East Jacksonville If
iblaze, 49, uh,oh broke ont
>I,5, AZ o'clock this afternoon mas COW
"A as FAR as Is definitely known, q
s,sDce Of two and half miles by
IN a mile vide ,.,,. u,.oo. Z,
'FWhen the FIRE reached Julia street u
Is a roaring conhagration ana there
x M prospect OF II being put under
Entrol The local military companies
H. called out TO keep back the
nwas and the fire department began
Euse dynamite to blow UP buildings
ming thus to prevent the fire from
HfeadIng. 50 fierce was the blaze, how
IN and so strong bad become the
IN that millions OF sparks and flying,
yning shingles spread over five or six
ocks, setting the roofs OF the houses
7 fine in advance OF the department.
Boon Senator Tallaferro's residence,
en the adjoining houses on that block
1ere ablaze, and In spite Of all efforts
n save the Windsor United States and
= James hotels, they were quickly en-
Hoped In flames. For quite an hour
6e gusts In the Windsor had been
5sy packing their trunks. and many of
EN- had gone away loaded with trunks
"a grips.
Heaplng across the street from the
RindsOr, the flames attacked the Sells
Dnse. and then the Methodist parson-
a, and In a few moments the Trinity
)fthodlst church was a mass of flames,
De opera house block followed and
5t Richards & Livingstone boarding
buses A desperate effort was made 10
Ne the Baldwin mansion which was
cently purchased by the Elks for 49,
but this building and that entire
pck and the one west were quickly a
PES Of flames.
pnce the fire got started on Main
'eet the closely adjoining buildings
ny one after another. Paint shops
y barrels Of oil We're plentiful IN this
fet, and as they caught fire, one
er me other, the blaze, rising hun
ds OIL feet high, quickly set the
,aings across the street on fire.
"A neh Ihe Hubbard hardware store
az . burn the people scattered, as
nareds OF pounds Of powder and a
n, aeal OF dynamite were stored in
building In ten minutes there was
'oar and the building collapsed like
'sssheil The dynamite and powder
.e again, was much danger for
nienen Cartridges began TO ex-
" ana bullets began to fly around,
.ne enort TO fight the flames at
~ point had. for a time Ia he aban-