The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-22
GREAT FIRE IS
RAGING IN OGDEN
Flames Break Out in Business
Section at 1:10 O'Clock
This Morning.
ENTIRE BUSINESS PORTION
OF CITY is THREATENED
Lack Of Water Pressure and
High Wind Results in
Million Loss.
Special to The Tribune.

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Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, May 22-Ogden's greatest :ire
started at an early hour this morning II
the Burton building on North Twenty
fourth street. The flames spread rapidly
and swept south on Twenty-fourth street.
consuming the George A. Lowe building
houses that intervene.
Loss Will Reach Million.
Lack of water pressure and high wind
piuce the entire business portion of tho
street In danger At 2:2o o'clock the
First National bank building. the II. {.
NJ. I, ard the Eccles building were in
imminent Danger of being consumed. 1.
seems certain that the loss will reach at
least sl.ccO.cO
Where Fire Started.
The fire broke out In the Burton Imple-
ment company's building at 40 o clock
this morning. and in Il short while It was
destroyed. The building. which was To-
Gated on the east side OF Washington
avenue. between Twcnty-third and
Twenty-fourth streets. was two stories In
height, forty feet wide and $50 feet deep.
1t was filed with implements, buggies.
wagons, etc.
Flames Spread Rapidly.
The department responded promptly and
soon had half dozen streams OF water
playing on the flames, but a strong wind
blowing from the east caused the
flames to spread TO adjoining structures.
Hose Is Destroyed.
Immediately after the water was turned
on the burning structure its force was
considerably reduced. This was further
aggravated by the burning of the hose on
the street by the flying sparks.
George A. Lowe Building Gone.
In the meantime the heat of the flames
ignited the building of George A Lowe
&c Co. on the south, and that structure
and its contents at this writing. a. m.
II is a total loss.
Smaller Buildings Burned.
From there the fire extended to two
buildings on the south and II seems a GER
tsinty that the entire northwest corner
OF the block containing only two substan-
tial buildings Will be entirely destroyed
The fire has not yet carried Itself TO
the west side OF Washington avenue. but
threatens TO do so.
Block Wiped Out.
Considering tho direction of the wind
at tho present time there Is a probability
of the entire west side OF the block be-
tween Twenty-third and Twenty fourth
streets being wiped out -y--
West Side Appears Doomed.
1t new scenes certain that the entire
west eide Will be consumed Only the
m"st strenuous Efforts viii save the west
side or Washington avenue The wind
twisting In every manner and occasion
oily n volume OF flames shoots clca-
pcrcss the street and threatens struc-
lures on the west side OF the avenue.
Gasoline Removed
At this time. 2:2O a. NJ, there is a tusI-
lade of exploding cartridges In the ware
hcuses OF the burning structures. In one
corner four forty gallon barrels OF gas
olnc were removed by heroic young fel
lows and by that means terrific dis
nster was averted.
All Business Portion Threatened.
There is great demand that the Salt
Lake fire department be called ON to aid
in the work OF saving the remainder OF
the town, all OF the business portion or
which is threatened.
Insufficiency of Water Pressure.
Some alleged cooler heads say that there
is no use in their coming hero because OF
the insufiiciency of water pressure,
Block Abandoned to Flames.
AT 2;3S this morning the oEtire north
western corner or the block has been
abandoned 10 the flames This Includes
two substantial structures in addition u
many Cne-Story frame shacKs Al no
time tonight has the nrc been fought
from the rear. and both north and south
he flames have progressed In the rear
OF each and all OF the buildings much In
advance OF the front.
Wind Dies Down.
At BIS tho wind died down and gave
the tiremon chance to stop the progress
southward of the fire. Everything north
structure was abandoned TO the flames
for distance or $50 feet All OF tho one
story shacks were left TO the elements
and the fire
Stopped in Southwark Course.
Tho fire WAS stopped In it's southward
tpuIo' uS blS llSu HIe wall pI lno
Ing occupied by the Stevers Buggy COM
pany. The building and contents were
badly damaged
Brought Under Control
Tho flre is still raging flerccly and there
Is hope that IL the wind does not again
change to tho south 200 feet OF that block
Will be saved. The loss viii amount To
between 100000 and $4,000 If no further
damage ia done.
Handicapped by Lack of Water.
The absence OF wnter pressure was the
only handicap, The hremen could not
fight the fire from the rear because no
hydrants had been provided and even had
they been IL would still further have re-
duced tho pressure