The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-12
FIERCE BLAZE
VISITS MAMMOTH
Fire Does Damage Amounting to
$4,000.
STARTED IN AFTERNOON
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN WORK TO
SAVE PROPERTY.
STARTED IN AFTERNOON
Cspecial to The HeraIdl

r UREKA, Sept n.-At precisely 2l5
this afternoon fire broke out IN Up
per Mammoth in a shack occupied
by a Chiuaman and used as laundry
and fully $4,000 worth of property went
up in flames. The first alarm was given
by John Condor, who saw tbe smoke
and flames issue from the laundry, and
within five minutes after the mine whis-
ties started blowing over 80 willing
hands were doing what they could 10
check the progress of the fire and to
save the personal property and house
hold goods Of the occupants of the houses
in immediate danger. A brisk breeze
was blowing up the canyon and il IS
nothing short of miraculous that the
whole of the upper town was not re-
duced to ashes
With what water was available the fire
fighters attempted 90 extinguish the
flames in the place occupied by the
Chinaman but the suction caused by the
large hotel building famed the flames
10 such at extent that within ten min
utes from The beginning of the blaze the
residences of Arnold Johnson and Frank
Harryman were burning and all efforts
were then directed 10 saving the fine
hotel known as the Mathews house.
Hotel is Destroyed.
These heroic efforts were. however,
without avail and the hotel and the
cottages on the west side Of il were
speedily enVeloped in fire. Al was thought
then that the house occupied by Clar-
ence Salisbury could be saved and the
attention of the volunteer firemeu was
given To that place.
But the terrific heat drove them back
and from that on they concentrated their
efforts to save the buildings across the
narrow street The large building owned
by Mike Fitzgerald and occupied by Ed
Buys, who conducts a saloon there, was
in the greatest danger and would GER
tainly have burned 10 the ground, and
the entire southern part or the town
with IL, had il not been for the constant
heroic work of Sheriff Whitehead or
Eureha, who. calling about twenty brave
fellows TO follow him, climbed upon the
already smoking structure and by CON
slant dOusing of buckets OF water hand
ed up TO him. and by judiciOus tearing
away Of parts of the building which
would sometimes ignite under the ter
rifle heat, succeeded in keeping the fire
from spreading.
George Weber Of Eureka with Rev.
Mr.. Davies. +. ". GOSe postmaster of
Robinson; Bert Stanley and Dan Eden
OF Mammoth. were conspicuous IN their
efforts TO save the town from destruc-
ton. In fact. Mr.. Davies suffered Sc
Verely from his Over-eXertiOn and COM
pietely collapsed after the fire was ex-
UUR nlSHcu-
Deputies Sworn In.
The people living I'm the upper town
were afraid that the entire place would
be destroyed and hillsides of the flat be-
low the town were dotted with people,
jealously guarding their household goods,
provisions and live stock.
Sheriff Whitehead Immediately upon
his arrival on the scene sWOre in suffl-
cient armed deputies to guard the own
ers of these household goods against
probable theft and vandalism
The buildings destroyed were as fol-
lows; Arnold JOhnsOn's residence. valued
at $500; Frank HaTTyman's residence,
valued at $3.50; all the cabins, cottages
and the Mathews hotel. valued at 5000,
belonging to the ROckhili estate; resi-
dence Of Clarence Salisbury. owned by
d. A. Depew. valued a $500, insured for
$500. BESIDES the buildings, whose total
value is over $500 the furniture of the
motel. worth $1,000. and the various other
OuthOuses and buildings will bring the
total loss TO SO 600.
The manager of the Bell Telephone
company here estimates the loss to that
corporation at about $50 II has been
impossible To ascertain whether the hotel
building and surrounding buildings were
insured.