Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-17
BAD WIRING IS THE CAUSE
yhe ,Lsss, Which 10 Covered by 10.
surance, VIII Closely Approx lulan
Eighteen Thousand Dollars
SAVING or HELPLESS WOMEN,
Thirty Aged Inmates Carried Out Of
The Female Ward as the Flames Eat
Thelr Way Into the Structure

The county nnrmary was practically
destroyed by Are today and only BY The
cool and heroic work OF the seven em-
ploycs Of the institution wero the ngcd
and helpless women saved, But
Cor their splendid EFFORTS the death list
must necessarily have been heavy As
4, was they carried 30 boduddcn women
from the building rs the flames eat into
snd destroyed H. Allogcthcr the scene
was most exciting one though cool.
ness characterized every act OF the res.
cuors,
ny y, m, tho largo building cm'
bracnR The superintendent quarters,
'ho womons Narde hospital, office, lly,
ing apartments ana stororooms was
completely quilted, and the Are depart.
mont was fighting the Are and keeping
thc cmbcrs from igna,lnS the mons
quarters
At \ rough estimate the damage done
viii amount TO close upon $4,000 the
building being valued az $4,000, ana
'h. contents $4,000
now IT STARTED,
'rusl how the fire started will prob.
ably never be definitely determined
Those who saw II when It commenced
IN HEX IT'S way across the roof are IN.
clincd to believe tina, I, originated from
either q defective nnc or badly insulat.
81 light wires probably tho latter
TIIE BLAZE DISCOVERED.
Tho blaze was discovered by Mira
Mary Stewart tho cook at tho nslitu.
zion When she fret saw II at ll.I5 a.
M flames Noro issuing from Tho roof
near the Kitchen In the womens dc.
phrtment. II Mad made some Roadway
iheni but owing 10 the fact that for
some time previous the attention Of all
had been concentrated ON the removal
~ the body Of John DOughcrty ono
~ the Inmates who died this
morning, II was not untll
tho lady cried "nro" did anybody rcallgo
ths, d tragedy was upon them,
No time WAS lost IN ielcphonIng IN
the alarm, Either through the oyci,o-
mcnt " someone NJ one Of the ends of
the wire or through misunderstood.
Ing tho alarm was sent into the Are
department, ms coming from Fourth
South and state street, Later |, was
changed 10 Fourteenth South, but not
until The department had made tho
run 10 the place nrst Indicated
SAW IT WAS DOOMED,
Hose wagon Mol and steamer Rooso.
Welt thtn started out on the long run
nv the time the scene Of the Are WAS
reached II took no expert to see that the
building Was doomed aud nothing could
save II, To add 10 the troubles OF
the department. there was very little
winter available ana the steamer had a
very trying time Of It trying to pump
mud and water out Of noighborng
ditch,
THE WORK OF RESCUE,
In the meantime the employees lef
by Mrs. W, u, Jones and Mrp stewart
wero working swiftly and untlrlngly |
getting the patients out, Later neigh
tors ma volunteers ewarmcd TO the |
place ana carried out the furniture,
ALL CARRIED OFT,
In MI about 80 old women nearly one |
ana all bedridden, were carried from |
the burning building Alone and I'M
aided Mrs, Stewart cprried no less than
nix downstairs and out into tho open
n,r. wncro they were laid IN the shade
10 await the time when all were saved
TO ORPHANS HOME,
As soon M the lost one had been
brought out tho old people were moved
Ia temporary quarters In the orphans
Home and Day Nursery ON the Same
block north OF the mnrmaY In all
there are o. inmates Of tho institution
who had 10 be looked after
VOLUNTEERS WORKED HARD
Then the volunteers turned their at
sen,Ion to moving the furniture, Bed
ding and other articles began 10 ehNt
out OF the windows IN stream Ow'
ing TO the employees keeping their heads
and working systematically consider
able was salyngei, Most Of the good
furniture including q plano was res
ouod from destruction In this con.
rection A, w. Kendall, the steward, |
worked like Trojan and stayed with
his work until cracking rafters warned
him 10 deslst,
by the time the fire department ar
rived there was very title 10 do OK
ocpt 10 oonnne tho ilro 10 the main
building and keep the crowds back out
OF the danger zone,
COMMISSIONERS THERE,
County Commissioners Mackay ana
Wilson arrived shortly after and d.
feotod the disposition Of tho inmotcs