Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-21
WHOLE TOWN IN DANGER.
Salt Lake City Fire Department Was
Appealed to and Started for Noun.
tons On Special Train,
FLAMES WE'RE SOON CONTROLLED
Close Approach Of the Fire to q Build
'ng Containing Explosives Caused
Apprehension aud Fear

hlngham Utah June g0,-.A fv
winch consumed 10000 In property
and which FOR time threatened ,e
destroy q large portion Of the town
broke ont hero at o'clock this morn.
Ink II was not mdor control until
nearly 1850 o'clock, ana then only y
favorable wind blowing towards the
mountain made It passlblo to stop H.
At 60 o'clock the situation was NC
serious that u message was sent &c
Salt Lake asking lor aid, ana sub.
scqnonl message was sent which
coGght the special train bearing the
fIo department at Bingham junction,
THIS stated that the situation was less
dangerous, ana that the local depart.
ment could handle the nrc.
WHAT THE LOSS WAS,
The principal luss was TO the Ming.
ham CoOl a Lumber company, whose
yards were destroyed aud supply of
Mmbor burned up, Their lops ~ os.
limntcd AT $4,000 totally unlnsurcd.
Thc owners are Goo Chandler and 4.
v Anderson, who have been IA bus.
lncFR for somo time, IN addition 10 the
lulnbor yard, three barns, n store house
OF fancy lumber and four residences
wore burned 20 the ground, The rest.
donco of John Wcrst was demolished
TO prevent the spreading Of the flames
SPARK FROM ENGINE.
rho Are commenced at B o'clock this
morning rom q spark dropped by on
| engine ON the Copper llolt railroad AZ
| Bingham has been partially destroyed
| by llrc several times IN the past few
| yoarR the alarm caused the greatest
| CONSERVATION on all sides. The nre
| department was rushed into service
but II WAS found that the supply VI
| hose was not SUFFICIENT to reach
ne flames nom the nearest nrr
pluR ln The emergency the en-
tire population transformed itself into
bucket brigade and oNcitodlN
fplnshed water over tho burning struc,
tuto ana all surrounding places. the
nomon especially coming In for drench.
inge Az the llamos spread from the
lumber yard into the nolghhorlnH rosl.
donocs the fight against them became
more intense aud II was by taking the
heroic measure " domollshlng n house
IN the path ol the flames that they were
nnoly Mbdued. Most OF the furniture
from the burned houses was saved II
having been carried out to places OF
safety
CLOSE 10 EXPLOSIVES,
Near the location " the IRE was a
plorohousc filed with coul, gasolinonUd
powder and had the flames reached
this point a disastrous explosion would
have occurred
SALT LAKE SENT AID,
81 GAO o'clock this mornMg Chlcf
nyWUtor received "a telegram from
bingham asking him Tor assistance,
me chief M once ordered Assistant
chief workman, Engineer simpson ana
Fireman Fitzgerald 10 take a mrumor
and hose wagon to the Denver & Rio
GrOndo depot Here the machines
were loaded onto Nat cars From the
depot 10 bingham Junction, distance
~ twelve miles, the run Was made Inv
exactly n minutes Upon the arrival
NJ the nromon M RInghnm Junction,
they received word that their services
woro not needed, na the hrc was then
under control The steamer and hose
wagon were then brought back 10 tho
city