Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-28
PROGRESS BLOCK
HAS CLOSE CALL.
Fire Breaks Out and Does Con-
siderable Damage Before
Being ExtinguIShed,
STARTED IN TAILOR SHOP.
TOTAL Loss VIII Probably Amount to
$4,000 Fully Covered by
Insurance.

There was a bad Are at the Progress
building on East Temple street, between
First and Second South, this afternoon
The alarm was turned in from the
Herald Office at l;4l p, m, after NJ r.
Wells of the Wells tailoring establish
ment ran through the hall on the second
floor and yelled "Fire"
The blaze started In the tailoring es-
adjustment, but Just what the cause
was could not be learned. The total
loss viii probably amount pretty close
10 $4,000, and may exceed that amount.
Mr.. Wells says that his loss VIII
amount to nearly $4,000, but part OF the
content OF his place Is covered by IN
surance The loss to the Herald VIII
not fall short Of $500 while Fredman'a
clothing store win suffer to the extent
OF perhaps half that amount.
ORIGIN A MYSTERY.
The origin OF the fire, at late hour
this afternoon, Is q mystery MT Wells
was sitting in his front office on the
second floor Of the building when he
suddenly became aware OF the fact mat
the back room was ahlaze Almost
dense smoke, and Mr., Wells was UNI
able to get 10 the telephone.
He rushed into the hall and called
Fire" Someone In the Herald edl-
torial rooms teephoned an alarm. The
FIRE department answered the call at
once. All the apparatus from stations
/. and 3 responded, and the men soon
located the seat of the trouble.
Ladders were raised from the Side
walk, and two lines of hose and chem
&c hose were quickly taken Into the
building. The chemical was found IN
sufficient 20 cope with the fire and wa
ter was turned on, The hose connect
ing with the standplpe on the second
floor was also utilized and flooded the
hallway, because some carless person.
not connected with the fire department,
left the water running after the fire
was under control
TAILOR SHOP Quilted,
The rooms occupied by the Wells
were Quilted. The fra did not break
through into the third floor. but the
1remen found Il necessary to tear the
plaster down and dig into some Of the
partitions. The fixtures, furniture and
samples IN Wells place were all de-
stroyed, while water ran into the busl-
ness department Of the Herald and in
TO the clothing store below.
In speaking of the fire and its prob
able origin Mr.. Wells said
MIR. WELLS VERSION.
y was sitting in the front office
when the blaze broke out. How It
started is more than I can tell. | had
n small bottle Of gasoline In the back
room but am satisfied that II did not
cause the blaze. The fire started 80
quickly that / could not tell lust where
Il came from. The place was all aliame
before ! could turn In an alarm ]
valued my samples at 50, 500 and the
other property was worth a third OF
that amount. I have $500 insurance
on the contents and some other insur-
ance. all with the Cain & Hooper COM
pany.'
Mr. Friedman stated that he could
not tell yet what his loss would be.
The smoke did not do much damage
but the water was leaking through the
ceiling and much Of the plaster will
surely fall The entire building was
filed with smoke.