The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-24
District Burned Is at Least
Twenty-Six Miles in Cir
cumference.
BUSINESS SECTION WAS
ENTIRELY WIPED OUT
Beautiful Homes of Wealthy
Residents We're Also
Consumed.

having exhausted itself. with the excep-
ton OF the still flaming emoers In
thousand places here and there through
the burned district, the Associated Press.
for tho purpose OF determining with ac-
curacy the boundaries OF the confagra-
ton, sent out an automobile today, which
skrted the fire on its four sides The
register of this machine at the end OF
the trip showed that it had Travelled
twenty-slx miles. which. therefore, may
be taken as the length or the line alohS
which the flames Travelled
Thickly Populated Center.
This area included the financial. com,
mercial and most OF the denseiy populated
portion OF the residence district, with all
the splendid institutions and great man
sions that had grown up with the prog
ress OF the city
Warehouses Gone.
The start Of the tour was made from the
Pacific Mail dock. at the corner or flrst
and Brannan streets. Travelling along the
north line of Brannan, the fire ate lts
way to Second. where 1t crossed the
street and consumed the warehouse OF
the great wine firm OF Lachman & ia
cobi at the southeast corner of Brannan
and Second. Thence 1t moved along the
west side Of Second to Townsend and
along the north line OF Townsend to Sew
enth,
Records Were Saved.
On this particular front II licked up
the great building of the Southern Pa
cific AT the corner OF Fourth and Town
send streets This building was formerly
the main offices OF the system under the
Huntington regime. but of late years had
been used by the auditors of the freight
tents, only tho records were saved. But
directly In front Of the ruins there were
already evidence OF the undaunted spirit
that animates the citizens OF San Fran
CTisla n
work clearing the debris from Fourth
street in order that the Southern Pacific
line OF Fourth to Market for the purpose
Of carrying away tho immense masses of
brick and ruined material littering the
streets and the sites OF the business
houses that so lately crowded that area.
Passenger Depots Saved.
And in this connection it is noted that
the freight and passenger depots along the
southerly side of Townsend street as far
east as Third, though built in the worst
manner and of the most perishablo ma
Standing at the corner OF Fourth and
Townsend streets ones eye caught the
ruins of the great brick Catholic church
Of ST. Rose, one block distant, on Bran
nan near Fourth, which some eight years
ago suffered a visitation of fire and had
only lately risen on It's ruins in what
seemed to be imperishable brick and
stone.
From Townsend. at the corner of Sew
enth. the fire burned along the east line
of Seventh northerly half way to Bran
nan. where 1t crossed and burned half
the block on the southerly line of Bran
nan. between Seventh and Eighth Thence.
crossing Brannan, still In. a northerly d.
rection, II burned along the east line of
Eighth to Bryanti thence along the south
along the north line of Bryant TO Juni-
per. a small street half way distant be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh. sparlng the
northeast corner OF Eleventh and BRYANT
Thence along the east line of Juniper TO
Harrison. thence along the cast line OF
Harrison TO Fourteenth and along the
north line Of Fourteenth to Folsom jump
Ing the street at this point to lick UP
the building at the southeast corner Of
Folsom and Fourteenth: thence half way
along the west line of Folsom to Fiji
teenths but leaving Intact the structure
at the northwest corner OF Fifteenth and
Folsom.
Fire Travels North.
Along the north line OF Fourteenth It
ate its way to Shotwell and along the
west line OF Shotwell to Fifteenth;
travelled to Howard and along the west
line, Of Howard to Eighteenth, where II
again aga diHerged northerly along the north
thence along the west line OF Capp
Houses Mass of Ruins.
that the block bounded by Seventeenth
and Eighteenth and Howard and Shotweli,
though spared by the flames. had been
terribly shaken by the quake In some
instances the houses were a mass OF ruins
IT being thought that OF all the buildings
In that square block the only two that
mgmt thass o. Se fayed fr9m on the wreeker Were
Howard. Even the frame Catholic church
OF 81 charles. at Shotwel and Elgh-
teenth appeared 10 be unsafe. The streets
l-nVa ..txy 4
In great gaps. while the rails Of the car
system were twisted and broken.
All Dwellings Consumed.
In It's progress the conhagration con-
suined al the dwellings along the west
INC OF Capp TO point half way between
Niueteenth and Twentieth to Dolores at
which point IL was stayed by the ureot
openihes which were formerly the Jewish
a few years. have been purchased by the
municipality. and were IN process OF be-
Ing I9e, converted into pleasure ground
thousands who are homeless
Independent Fire Starts.
Before leaving this district u may, T.,
mehtioned that an independent fro was
started Wednesday morning immediofeIy
af'er al fnno ,no temo2r, IN the dry goods store
ond and Mission. This fire burned over
an area OF l60 by 800 feet but there being
water IN the mains at that time was
checked. Travelling noTtherly on Dolores
from Twentieth there was nothing but a
waste 10 be seen on the east line of Do
iores scarcely Ycstigc remaining OF tho
handsome structure erected by the Sic
ters Of Notre Dame
Flames We're Diverted.
At the northerly end OF Dolores, wbor.
II meets the extension Of Market strcet
the flames were diverted by the great
oarren cut at that point, eating casterlv
Inc. ,,t
park 10 Guerrero. and along the cast line
OF Guerrero. running In their course the
hali.constructed hospital OF ST KathcrIne
southerly side Of that thoroughfore east
SSrly TO Cough. Thence along the cas-,
,ine OF Cough to Pagc. along the north
the row of buildings along the castrrIS
. me OF 0etavia as far MS Fell. where
tney reached TO the easterly line of Oc-
tulton, whore on tho west side thnr ,rcra