Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-15

there were exciting times at the heogh-
Wright hospital, on the corner Of Second
North and First West, owing TO an out
break OF fire In the roof. The blaze was
.bserved by a passer bf who promptly
t4,ce. IA the alarm, Department No.
dashed quickly out and In 30 minutes
the fire was extlnguisied the charred
portions Of the roof chopped out, and
the frenlen were at work reelng in their
hose.
PATIENTS CARRIED OUT.
During the time, however, there was
plenty of excitement incident to getting
out the bed-ridden patients property
and salvage generally In all It was ne
cessary to carry out seven patients as
they lay The four private patients who
were upstairs and consequently in the
greatest danger were:
WHO THEY WERE.
Mrs. Empey recovering from an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis.
Miss Wilson of Vernal, who had just
been brought into the hospital and put
to bed
Mrs. Hogan, typhoid fever.
Mr.. Bomzios, ogden, typhoid patient,
Engene Hammond, son of ID. r, Ham
mond OF the secretary of states Office.
typhoid patient
ONE CASE CRITICAL.
The two ward patients were a couple
OF miners named Blackjack of Mercur,
and Dalton OF Marysyale. Both men
are surgical cases and are badly injured.
The case of Dalton Is critical.
HEROIC NURSES.
The nurses acted hefoically and with
promptitude in getting out the patients
unde rthe direction of Supt. Dr. Mabel
Hughes. They would allow no voun-
teers to enter the hospital, Unaided
and by sheer strength they coolly car
rled out their charges on the. bedding on
which they lay and transferred them to
the cottages adjoining the hospital.
ST. MARKS OFFERS RELIEF.
Soon after the fire broke out Rev. f.
Marks hospital arrived on the scene and
offered In behalf OF the institution to
take care of the patients until such 9TH
er provision as was deemed necessary
! could be made.
CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE FLUE.
The cause of the fire at this time is
| thought to be defective flue. The roof
at the west end of the institution was
completely Quilted before the firemen
could get the blaze under control.
DR.. Wright, when seen, stated that he
could place no estimate on the loss
until he could examine the extent OF
the damage, The wards are badly dam
| aged by water while the valuable in
struments kept in the operating room
Immediately below where the fire broke
out are thought TO be rendered useless.
The building and contents are valued at
$4,000, and are fully covered by insur-
anec,
WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT.
The Are broke out Just as the nurses
were sitting down to unch. Aided by
some OF the more nimble convaescents
the eight young ladies did splendid
work with "A minimum OF excitement
and furry that did great credit to their
, training. They asked for no help and
/ would let none enter the hospital.
As usual In such cases valuable prop
erty was left in the building, while bed
ding was most carefully carried down
stairs. The Japanese cook made a
great hit In rescuing big roast OF meat
while he left some expensive silver
ware behind In the kitchen.
! INSURANCE.
While II can not be stated accurately
/ Il Is estimated that the loss on build
ing and contents will not exceed $1,000
and both are fully covered by insur-
ance. More damage was done by water
than by fire. as the blaze was principal
ly I'm the roof Most OF the furniture
| and fixtures were saved but the plaster
and carpets were soaked with water
before the blaze was extipgIished. DR..
Wright stated that the contents were
insured for 81 900 with Ensign. Elder g.
Cartwright The building, owned by
Wells. Fergo & CO.. is fully insured.
J. In the opinion Of Assistant Chief
Wood OF the fire department, the blaze
was caused by a spark from a defective
flue.
The apparatus responding 20 the
ALARM, which was turned In ut 12:24.
consisted OF the hose and chemical
wagons from stations No. / and 2.
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