Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-11

moving furniture from his apartments.
also shared In the sensation when the
bricks came through the skyllght land
ing with crash and a roar within FIVE
feet OF where they were running
b, Heymanson, the real estate man,
was also busy In the hall az this time
removing his safe He left his job
and Joined the rush FOR the stairs
Among the heavy losers In the At
las block are Chapman 4 Trip. the
dentists Mr. Trip this morning stated
that he had over 10000 worth Of dental
supplies stored IN the Office, while his
library and furniture amounted TO an
other 1000 the whole being insured for
$500.
One Of the tragic features of the fire
was the frantic effort OF Attorney
Bradley, receiver for the Bear River
Irrigation company, to secure his pd-
pers from his Office on the second loor
Of the Atlas block. He was carly on
the scene and offered any man $500 who
would save his books and records He
did not save a thing,
Mrs Mcconnell a clerk In Walker
Bros. Dry Goods company. had just
furnished handsome apartments In the
Central block She was awakened by
the shouts of the other roomers and
escaped just In time before the wall fell
In, bringing the roof with It.
quite a number OF typewriters have
LOST valuable instruments In the big
fire.
j. II. Darmer. the attorney, claims to
b. the first man from the outside who
WAS IN the Central block. He lost al
hir library and q desk fun Of mining
napers and briefs John a, Hunt the
mining man, was included among thOsa
who had 2 desk In the same Office and
he lost all
The guests at the Cullen were up
betlmes and many Of the more ven
inres0me dressed and went across the
street to assist IN lighting the flames
Those who had front rooms remained
~ al night watching the fire.
The stock OF the Salt Lake +
ware company Is practically ruined by
water. Expensive mantels, steel
ronges guns tools stoves and othor
goods being drenched with water. Tho
Basement also Is stacked TO the roof
and full Of water. while on the grouni
floor there are miniature rivers SOME
two inches deep.
J. A. Van Pelt Of the Irene Cold Min.
Ing company, together with judge
Theo Botkin, had just moved into the
Central block both lost everything
which included mining records and
valuable law library No insurance.
John r. Riley, former Rio Grande
agent now IN mining, recently hand
somely furnished two rooms In the
Central block He stood I'm the hallway
this morning and thought 1t unneces-
sary 10 move his goods, Then the Atlas
hlock wall fell on top and Riley Joined
the stampede. Total loss.
DR.. Jones Of the Atlas Block reduced
his insurance from 81 900 TO $500 last
week. He lost $1,000
Or Beatty let his policy for fire in
snrance lapse this week lie lost every
th.Hs including valuable instruments,
medical library, health records and In.
icresting data on smallpox.
Tuesday Is powder day at the salt
Lake Hardware company The COM
pany, with the exception Of two cans
OF powder for the retail trade keeps
none on The premises Yesterday, how
ever, according 20 custom, the out-of-
town orders for the various mining
companies were filled and the powd
checked of after being brought IN
from the magazine for shipment. Had
the Gre occurred earlier, there mig
have been some interesting develop
ments. As Il was there were said 10
be four cases of loaded shells and the
regular retail stock Of cartridges In the
establishment which gave the fremen
some anxiety until they were thorough
ly wetted down. Had they gone on
there would have been some scattering
Of bricks and mortar.
The Utah Light & Power company
will lose 81 900 from the clipping OF
wires and consequent damage TO the
local distributing system, the destruc-
ton of meters and the loss OF arc
lamps. there being 10 OF these lamps in
the Salt Lake Hardware cOmpany's
establishment alone No Insurance.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company loses some 30 telephones.
about 40 being IN the Atlas block.
These instruments are rented from the
American Bell Telephone company. and
are worth about SIS each, making a loss
OF $500. which falls on the American
company.
The Columbus Consolidated. operat-
Ing AZ Alta, stock books. maps OF un-
dergrouud workings. All records gone.
j. l. q, Mining company, operating
az Park City. Stock books and other
records burned
The Gang saloon and restaurant was
damaged by water and smoke 10 the
amount Of about 500 insured. In the
Rlsmark saloon the damage was about
the same; while In the oxford there was
considerable destruction. especially IN
the way OF rulnatlon OF costly frescoes
and decoration by water and smoke.
The loss was put at $500 10y an lnsur-
ance man. insured.