The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-09

n ALTTA1OEE. Nd. Feb. S.-1hc
y cheering story that the fire had
been checked, spread rapidly over
the city, and the crowds shat all day
had surged over the tightly drawn fire
lines, decided to return h01ewaId. Tn
less the wind, which now blows briSklE
from the northwest. should change, IL
is believed that there is no further
danger But the tired Gremsu are TAX
ing no chances All over she burned
district they are tonight lighting the
fierce flames that sill live in large piles
of ruins. These fires are no menace.
however, for they have nothing TO leeo
upon outside their present limits
During the afternoon the wall OF
flame ate las way in a southeriy and
westerly direction toward me wafer.
/ Sporadic fires spraug into existence ana
caused the withdrawal OF apparatus
and men from the line Of battle Build
ingS. old and new, large and small
stores. ships, every ina ginable class OF
business vanished as the FIRE swept on
ward.
Firemen's Last Stand.
As the day wore on the forefront Of
the IRE ueared Jones Falls, small
/ stream that trends north and south ana
/ separates Baltimore from that portion
/ Of the city known as East Baltimore
4 This little stream WAS the last stanD-
IF the fire ieaped il. if by flying en-
/ bers or d rush of fame the fire could
( cross and gain foothold lis extent
I could not be fOTetOld-
! Tremendous efforts were made 10
/ block it, Dynamite was used freely.
l The fire apparatus was centered ana
all the skill of the fire fighters called
! into uIav to defeat he element that had
! eaten up millions of dollars worth or
property And human skill and pluck
/ and grit and unfaltering courage Won.
J Th, FIRE was checked. But behind II ldS
/ a great waste Of more than l40 acres
/ III extent
Red Glare Of Flames.
Every street that led to the fire area
/ was crowded with spectators. Down
| the narrow streets the black hung
| densely split now ana then by red
I glare of fame. The crash OF falling
! buildings was lost in the roar OF eX-
| pIoding dynamite as ii was used to de-
moIish structures as yet untouched by
fire.
The city was under the strictest mill
/ tarv control. All around the burned
I area was stretched a Gordon Of soldiers
[ who held up all corners at the point OF
/ the havonet. Police brought from the
/ neighboving cities patrolied the district
and az the limits of the fire zone paced
armed sentTfes. In the early hours OF
the morning the army of fire fighters
COPIED against overwhelming ODDS and
when day broke the flames were raging
along the whaTves and focused about
the great power house of the United
Railways company. which furnishes
power for all the street railways Of the
city. Then the flames ate their way
with undiminished force southwark
following the lines of Jones Falls ans
! were finally checked near the water''
edge at West Falls avenue i'm thu
southeast section Of the city. There TIT
flames continued through tonight bu
only in spots and with diminishing
fierceness.
Complete Devastation.
The burned area is "a scere of com
plete devastation Numberless build
ings that were the pride of Baitimor'
We're destroyed. only sTuoldering debri
or walls or remnants of walls remain
ing 10 mark the sites. The Baltimor
1 American building, one Of the finest j
now but . ruin. Across South street
/ where stood the Baltimore sun build
ing only the pillars that marked tin
/ front remains. Entire blocks just be
low there are wiped out. From Fayett
down Holiday street as far as German
/ street there il no building left save Oh
I Corn and Flour exchange. at the cor
ner of German street. That building
whose walls tower above the erumblinI
debris of what were adjoining struc
lures was Quilted and the standing wall
formed "a cauljron. the flames IF Whic|
, / burst al times through the windows
T but could cause no further damage
/ In numerous other wrecked building
. the flames played about the debris an
threatened TO weaken the foundation
of the few walls that were left.
Only Walls Remain.
Like a grim tower in the ruins stand
the walls of the dfteen-stoTy Cont
mental Trust company building. Tn
walls of the Baltimore & Ohio builGiu
are standing but the Peuusyiy9ni
building. directly across Calvert stree
| is RACED only the wallis remain or Oh
| once stately Equitable building. Oul
remnants Of one wall are left at VIVA
was once the National hotel aU HOlllda
s and Fayette streets. No buildings 81
7 ! left standing as far as the eye can -
y ! down Baltimore street from this stree
e Along South GAY street there Is th
e ! same picture or destruction. a broke
sign and a t0ttering front vail sho
where the Maryland W. e.. T. T. builr
= ing once stood Adjoining this was II
building occupied by the iron Sh1
company The German consulate @
| this square is also IN ruins. The cost
United States custom house. in cour'
Il Of construction. ana occupying The tr
d | angular block between Lombard an
I Water streets and Exchange place.
: said 10 be ruined. The marble bioci
are ruined. the c0rriees ON the sou'
side are said to be ruined and 2 he ma
: bic * cracking In several places u
= only other federal bGildinS damage
; Vas the United States store No
> sfiagonally across She street lns
, terror sustained damage. bur the out
> walls are intact, the only building
= that section whose outer walls We
y preserved Westward along Pra
= street ore only debris from Ahi'
= flames leap and play.
: Black Pail Of Smoke
: Down Pratt streeg west fgQm 81
= for several blocks. the oil Ia the v-ie'
Of the standard oil buildings isniu