The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-11

a heavy rain of sparks and the rumble
Of the steamers was added to the roar
of the flames. The sidewalk on the
north side of the street was walled with
/ office furniture. and bedding from the
| nearby rooming apartments, but it
looked at this time as if the fire would
be kept confined to the burning build
inc.
Fire in Hardware Store.
The fire got started in the Central
! block in the second story The heat
1 from the Atlas block burst the glass
| in room occupied by Louie Jeffs. So
| great was the heat that the room took
/ fire and the drafts caused by the ex-
| ceSsive heat carried the flames from
I one room to another until the whole
| second floor was in flames. They soon
ate their way through the roof and floor
and began to attack the Salt Lake
Hardware company's store. Captain
/, Stabb from the tower ladder kept a
stream of water playing on the top
| of the buil1lnS an dtwo other streams
were started from the tops of adjoin-
ing buildings. In less than half an
hour though the flames extended along
the entire length of the rear part Of
the Central block and began to at
| tack the front. The ceiling over the
hardware store began to drop in and
in a short time the fire was raging in
rumor started that there was a lot
of dynamite and powder stored in the
hardware store and that the cartridges
! in there were likely to begin shooting.
! There was a wild stampede of obserV-
ers and the police kept the crowd back.
/ However, it was learned later that en-
! plOyeS of the company had entered the
store before ii took fire and removed
the powder and cartridges, 50 that
there was no danger.
Some of the furniture from the front
| OF the store was removed, but very lit
tie could be gotten from any other
part. From the offices upstairs in the
block and from other stores in the
building considerable stuff was taken
and thrown into the street. The fire
rapidly spread from the hard ware store
to the Central barber shop, the Dallas
q Whitaker cigar store and the Tele-
gram office. For some time t0e fames
were confined TO the rear OF the block.
put they finally ate through to the
front, and by O'Clock the block was
practically destroyed.
Some of the Losers.
Being one of the largest Office build
ings in the city, the Atlas block was
filled with single offices and Offices i'm
suites. The tenants numbered close to
h1ty or sixty Among them were the
I1.owing, who lost practically every
ID. c. Dart. architect, second floor.
Egan, Timothy & Son. brokers, sec
ond floor.
J. S. Ferris, stock broker and real
estate
Gustin & Nye, attorneys.
). w Haywood. representing Western
Sugar Refining company.
George II. Hirschvogel. representing
a y-ic e
ware company
AnddeW Howat. attorney.
DR.. ]. c. e. King, fourth floor.
Otah MISERY company third floor.
w. b. Andrews, second floor.
Bank of Commerce, first floor.
Dr. T. B. Beatty.
William Bradley and w. w. CHS
holm.
w J. Browning. stock broker. second
floor.
Conklin Sampiing Works company's
office. third floor.
Collier & Olmstead civil and mining
engineers. fourth floor.
Davis County Nursery company's Of
fee. room 316.
DR.. ]. NJ. Dart. second floor.
Dr. NJ r. Stewart.
McGurrin q CO., lawyers
NJ Thomas, lawyer fourth floor.
DIR. P Z. Jones.
Dr. F. w. Whitney.
DR.. Green.
Dr. A. E. Lyon.
Pacific Express company, superin-
tendent's office.
- Mahan, real estate.