Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-17
1, fire Which Destroyed Armour d
Co.'S Lard Refinery
FOUR ARE FATALLY HURT
o,u.ely Packed visduct Gave wa"
pre,lpiiu,,nG a Thousand People
To the Ground.

c,,oovo May 16.-During the pro-
~ a fire which tonight destroyed
~. lard refinery of Armour & CO. I'd
Fo Union stock yards, 20 people were
',,..l four OF them in manner
which win probably cause dea'h III
.sor, time The loss of the company
!. estimated BY It's officers at between
rn 100 and 100000 with all the chances a,
,ovor of the latter figure There
wore A number Of accidents but by FAR
,be largest number of those VINO were
sn,, met their injuries by the raining
~ the hog runway upon which they
we're standing to obtain better view
Of the fire.
FATALLY INJURED,
Jennie smith, stenographer' German
American Provision company both legs
O' nav irwin, II years old, internally
,,@red and head badly cut,
israel Morris. driver police patroi
wagon. both legs broken,
Michael Malloy, driver OF ilre engine
internal injuries.
OTHERS INJURED.
Iohn Hoffman. head cut and arm
broken.
N Cherlng, head cut OPEN.
Mrs Morris Sohwader wife OF the
nanoger of the German American Pro-
vision company; hands and arms bad
ly cut,
lanes Mcnamara, head cut.
Wabel Morse head cut and both
sbonlAers dlslocated by falling beam.
Mrs. n. u. Frazer, legs badly cut
Mrs y. II. Clifford. arm broken.
Harry Jennings, head cut and cheek
bone broken. -. ,ou ona
arm broken
Edward Bushy, Internal injuries, very
serious, but recovery pronaDle'
4 David Flemmlng, arms and back cut.
Frank Burns, face and arm cut,
4 Wm. McNiel, 10 years old, shoulder
n disooated and cut
Leo Milto, cut about head
Chas. Leitz, head cut and legs
q bruised,
Anna Stafford arm cut and crushed.
II VIM. s. Kellogg internally injured
y not fatally
n Samuel Robinson, body bruised and
N fingers smashed,
John Savage, overcome by smoke,
I'll viii recover.
The lard refinery had Just been COM
m pleted and was considered by It's own
. ers the most complete establishment
M Of lis kind in the United States. II
lH stood at the intersection Of Forty-third
IA street and Center avenue, and was five
stories high and go 10 300 feet long.
{ It was filled with new and costly ma
. chlnery and during the day 1000 peo-
I pie worked within It's walls. The
m night shift numbered 700 and all Of
them were In the building when the fire
| broke out, II Is thought all escaped
W IN safety, although the time allowed
some Of them was exceedingly brief.
CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
81 The fire originated with an explosion
81 Of three large tanks on the fifth floor OF
.8 the building The cause OF the ex-
N ploson is unknown, but the three
tanks which were filled with boiling
lard, went up with a road almost In
The same second There were a score
Of workmen In the immediate vicinity
u OF the tanks, and a number OF them
4 were burned by the scalding lard, but
none was seriously burned. II was
not q minute after the explosion be-
fore the entire fifth floor was a mass
y Of flames
All the workmen in the building
made frantic rush for safety an
N While all reached the open air with
|H Out Trouble some of those on the fftf
moor lost their hats and coats. there
81 nol being an Instant Of time allowed n
n which to pick them up. Despite tn,
# utmost efforts VI the fire department
81 the flames spread through the entire
building and within an hour after the
commencement OF the fire all the walls
WIN me exception Of that on the south
Y, were wing on the ground.
"a me fire was one OF the most spec.
"a ,acular that has been seen In Chicago
~ recent years, and the display at
~ uac'ed an enormous crowd Of people