Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-20
B. H Roberts Testifies In The Senator S1loot Case

ialty building was slightly damaged in
the two hours fight with the raging
flames.
In the meantime the immense ware
house OF the W. r. Brock company on
the southwest corner OF Bay and Well
ington streets, was being subjected 10
the intense heat from tie burning
Brown building on the east and the
Dingman & Moneypenny building OPP
posite, with scarcely stream Of wa
ter playing upon them. The big wood
en- water tank on the roof caught fire,
but In some strange manner the build
Ing Itself escaped destruction for the
time being. The fire cut its way
through the rear OF Brown Brothers
building, which faces on Front street
the first street south OF Wellington, In
a brief space Of time Front street, on
both sides, was like a roaring furnace
For over half an hour the fire In Front
street burned fiercely, practically un-
checked. 1t then began TO work It's
way back upon Bay street. Gordon
Mackay & Co.'S warehouse serving as
fuel. A few minutes before the Canada
Rubber company's plant started TO
DuiH' ME ~ ldSttu ihlo luiHlSlitu
the hottest and fiercest coniiagration
Of the night The flames, shooting
hundreds OF feet into the air and scat
tering great masses OF sparks and,cin-
ders on every side continued north on
Bay street until a complete circle OF
fire had formed around the Brock
building on the southwest corner OF Bay
and Wellington streets, over which the
flames had hurled In their first dash
south The Brock building was soon
In ashes.
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II was only the intervening park that
saved the Queens hotel, one OF the
finest hostelries in the country, Tho
guests hurrledly left and everything
portable was removed from the hotel.
In hair n dozen places and shortly be.
fore midnight n became apparent that
Tho wholn bIooL south Of East yelling.
To- street VOC doon,od
nv co,ao,, MaoLa', huiidiro n, tbe
,o,,h,ras, oorner 81 Front and Raw
3 streets Witch so. nearlv IN years was
70 ~ az ,at,,si,r,o,,,e a., ,he
oit,, - ,o aTo "''t 49, biogo Tho conn.
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"a p, nui's - aon,,,,,aa a, ahou,
a an, l,ue's as, W.T. M 49, 49, ,'as % oysat
w s ,n III ,I a'i,o on,hers co
auu 'n1 s''V nv Gnu a my'" 80 hein,oss
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anu rou'u nov tee ne s,roo,, ou 81 q ia
IiIe W pay sii,sic s'leoil vi ~
huu 10 Ine ,eIfllyihs soeue o"i'e
COMMANDMENT o, eAploulhs sian' @
ers ana iireWorhs sloreu ~ tne Sopp1
ozark nuhuiiB' me nIe W. .oapea
across front street 10 tne sci neleo,,
Brothers boot ana snoe warehouse anu
the adjoining buildings s
In 40 minutes the nanes hau ieVcieu
every building between froht street anu
the Esplanade, on the west size OF iSay
street.
FIREMEN RETREAT.
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me hreneh VINO nau oeen 'o'es' w
retreat slowly on fui, s,reet a',n w
EsplHnhuc cohevh'raleu .n.n no'.J 5
ana lnado ano,nsr osspe' 49, ' 49,
they iaIeu lnls tllns, me ia,'ss ,sap.
ca anrSss tne s,ree. pe,om anu ue'n Iii,
en McLausHlli' COMPANY nou' ,,
at Inc south ,ast oo,Ier py pay '. 49,
ana iront, FROM uere 'Ye nle ,oon
an eastefiy course toward iohse s'leet
anu uauseIousiy i,uaI wy ,aas 20. tor
the southwest u nuii,eu nsen v"' lee
lack OF tuel Inc naines We,c asp
Spredulilg loNdru tne esS. a'ons . oIdn
SIDES OF front SURE. anu '"e e''' s''O
OF Weling,on street raa,, ,,o-oho,so