Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
GREATEST FIRE DISASTER.

develop Tor days to come.
Baltimore's equipment OF % engines
was almost useless Reinforced by
four companies from Washington, as
many more from Philadelphia, two
more from Wilmington and another
from Chester, Pa, II was still unable
to check In any way during the night
the progress OF the flames. This morn.
ing half dozen OF New York Citys
most powerful steamers arrived by
special train and their coming gave
new impetus TO the effort 20 check the
flames by putting fresh men into the
fight the Baltimore flremen as we'll
as the out-of-town men who arrived
tarlier. having been exhausted by their
Ill-night struggle against such terri
ic odds.
All electric power has been destroyed
and no street cars are running.
WIND AT MIDNIGHT.
About midnight the wind, which had
been blowing strongly from the south
west with tendency to switch to the
westward. began to come In a gale
nom the northwest At this hour the
flames were headed directly for the
tenement districts, across the falls,
where frightened foreigners were
working like demons TO save their
household effects.
Temporarily the change I'm the wind
saved them for the flames were driven
| toward the water front and all build
! ings from Baltimore street down 10
Pratt street soon were a roaring mass
| Of fire. From then on Pratt street be-
came the center of the fire which
| burned block after block OF business
structures on that thoroughfare from
| Charles street eastward 10 the falls.
COURSE OF THE FIRE.
po,oht,, ..,.,. a.
, us"y speaAing, ,he nre IN its
..,, 49,, ueseiipeu q ha'l circle on us
49, s'o = aiu Nes,e,n euses, eurVins
ne -" ilolnpa,M ul,u Lloerly streets 10
ryeste alu s.' raul st,es.s' ana then
a'S 'rns a,o'a,u .p"a'u Market place
A.. inc whole effect OF this course OF the
ton mark. f'N'
ONE VICTIM.
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Sueon iis'silnN' W ,ne Laurie ire
ao''tp"us, y, ioih' - was hllied To-Day
s ,ia,s.'''oi anu ''euer'ch streets Dy
a.',s'ab W."
n,'o,s Wv Vut.ol,lo"h nre DEPART
mlv'nS " ~, ,1spohueu were TWO COM
pp a,,,ta itvni "Iilinslo,t DeI, Whlie
s"'tun VIC han'es On iioluets Wharl
'ue wilmington nreiheh round retreat
gu, OH py Nh explosion OF the standard
vi company warehouse. "A panic en-
kutu ANA the UlHmeD yelled FOR nSSlNt-
ahce' se.eIal tugs came 10 their res
Vue anu tney were taken OH, abandoning
their engine. A lew minutes later the
entire wharf was a mass or flames,
among the prlhclpal buildings which
were razed 10 tne ground IN THIS neigh
pany, the Patapsco Oh company the
,lnoye Ernlt co,nnenv 7 tr ,a
w q pobinson Bauehanes a. Son and
n Franz g. sans
DYNAMITE WAS tIsEI ,EsS.
Dynamite was proved most useless
last night when building after build.
Ing In the nelghborhood OF Charles and
Baltimore streets were blown up In or
der TO stay the flames, II seemed as
II the fire tiend laughed at such pal
try efforts for the fames simply
jumped these vacant spaces and licked
up the buildings on the far side,
AZ this hour Notwithstanding heroic
efforts on the part OF the local fire de-
partment, reinforced by almost NUM-
berless ilremen from Washington, Phil
adelphia, Wilmington, Newark, y. j.,
harrisburg and New York, the fire is
raging as furiousy as II was an hour
after Y originated In the cellar OF the
Gerln streets. It's origin is said TO
nave oeeh sponuineous eo ,,,io so pus
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AREA oF FIRE INSTRUCT
The area OF the IRE district extends |
from Liberty street on The west, 10 |
Jones Falls. on the east, a distance VI |
about three-quarters OF mile and
from Fayette to Pratt streets north and |
south, a distance OF four city blocks |
Included In this territory We're q num-
Der Of financial establishments OF ma.
l.onal repute, including the buildings OF |
Alexander Brown n sons the Contl- |
mental Trust company, the Union Trust |
company, the Atlantic Trust company
the Offices Of the Baltimore ohio, the |
Pennsylvania Railway company, the
Maryland, southern ana Chesapeake
Railroad company several steamship
companies and q number OF leading |
o once Of ne he Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies were deserted
long before mldnlgat ana the pui,dlns'
when they occupied are practically de-