Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-10

carried the conhagration over some
buildings ana around others, and II
Therefore burned In an irregular course.
These brands finally cleared the tracks
or me Erie railroad and Ramapao ave-
hue, ana allghtlng on Straight street
started another fire, from which the
obstruction aud desolatlon wrought
was nearly as great rs In the other.
rms second great fire started ut the
enBle OF Park avenue and Washington
btreet ana swept almost unchecked UNI
vi on these two thorOughfares there
was no more fuel, On the rlght-hand
slde OF Market street II encountered
sahuy Hill cemetery as barrier TO
check II, but on the left-hand side. at
carroll street, IL claimed ST. Joseph's
church, great classic stone building.
J III was on this side that the fire de-
! partments did the most and heroic
work, They fell back only when they
mad to and when the natural obstacle
lnterposed they seized their chance and
stopped the fire.
The final and one of the most des-
perate fights Of the day occurred in
mid'afternoon back In the first fire.
area at the Hamilton club. situated M
the corner Of Church and Ellison
streets. The handsome clubhouse
caught and the exhausted fremen were
rallied around t. They were anxious
to save the structure and realized thar
| failure meant the fire might make new
| Roadway among the properties adion-
| Ing. The bsldlng was doomed, but a
torrent of water kept the fire TO the
premises, The four walls of the club
house stood, but the roof collapsed and
| the interior was completely burned out.
Paterson Hes in a valley and the con-
| Migration was an imposing spectacle
from the hills that wall IL ill., Columns
of lame climbed high in the air and
shed their light for miles. Hundreds
Of persons hurried into the city before
daylight to watch the work of destruc-
ton at closer range, and when the day
came thousands more Joined them.
THIEVES AND LooTERs.
Later came the thieves and looters
but there was not much pillaging, I'm
der orders from Gov. Murphy several
companies Of the Fifth infantry, and
national guard assembled at their ar
mories and were held as a reserve
force. The police force, deputy sher-
IFS hundreds OF special watchmen and
iiremen united in protecting property,
and when night came a grim order
clearing the streets was issued by the
city and county authorities. Despite
the precautions Of the authorities there
was much confusion on the streets at
night,
AREA OF FIRE.
The area of destruction foots up
roughly twenty-five blocks. From Main
street TO Paterson between Van Houton
and Market streets there Ia little left.
on the block bounded by Main, Ellison,
Washington and Market streets not
single building excepting that of the
Paterson Savings institution stands.
All along the west side of Main street
property is wiped out, and on the east
side also from Market to Van Houten
streets. Along the south side Of Broad
way between Washington and Church
streets, great damage has been done.
MRS. HoBARTs HOME.
Neither the home Of John w. Grlggs,
eX-attorney- general OF the United
States, nor that Of Mrs. Garret A. Ho-
bart, widow of Vice President Hobart,
was harmed by the fire, both being well
out of its path
The cost Of the fire has not yet been
counted with any degree of accuracy,
and II will be several days before there
can be a definite tabulatlon Of losses
and insurance.
In the confusion OF the day and the
rigorous guarding Of the burned dis
trlcts at night It was impossible to To-
cate majority Of the heavier sufferers,
The estimate Of S10000,O0O will probably
cover the destruction broadly, and n
group of city officials, who went over
the city this evening, were inclined TO
scale that figure down to between
$700O.0OO and sS000,00O for actual prop
erty losses. Their estimate made no
calculation for loss on account OF sus-
pension of business Losses In many
Instances, notably in the case Of the
trust companies, will depend upon how
vaults and safes stood the test of the
fire.
a DEATH REPORTED.
One death was reported as a possible
outcome OF the conllagration, Mrs.
Brown, who, lt(was said was over so
years old, and who was removed from
her residence, ia Broadway, Just two
doors from where the fire started I'm
the ear sheds She was taken TO the
residence OF a friend nearby shortly
after midnight and died about an hour
later. IL was said that her death was
fastened by the excitement consequent
on her hasty removal TO q place of
safety
PEOPLE HURT.
Scores Of persons were hurt and
burned, but the loss of life is not
thought TO be great. Many persons are
reported TO be missing, but In the eN-
element and fright most of them are
supposed to be separated from their
families and friends
Reuben Islib, while serving coffee TO
the exhausted flrcmen, was hit on the
head by falling beam, and 1t Is
doubtful II he viii recover He was
carried away by the iiremen as they
made their retreat from the doomed
schoolhouse,
FIREMEN FATALLY INJURED.
There was hasty assembling Of the
fire underwriters at Newark today, ana
efforts We're made TO obtain from Pat
erson an idea OF the losses there. IL
seems that the loss VIII fall largely
upon companies which are foreign 10
the state OF New Jersey. The four
Newark companies, the Flremens,
Merchants, Newark Fire and American
Of Newark. with the aid Of maps of the
city. this afternoon made up an esti-
mate OF their losses. They are not
badly hit as their payments VIII not
be more than $4,000 In any case. From
these figures the amounts scale down
10 $4,000. making hut comparatively
small amount IN the aggregate.
Losses are likely to fall largely upon
the insurance companies Of New YORK
CITY. The general expression Is that
Insurance carried IN New York city by
Paterson Will aggregate between
81 Geo 600 and SS50O,0O0. This Of course
is merely an estimate as no papers are
available which would disclose the ao'
tual amount OF policies.