Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-30

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( boiler room and ranging UP through
4 the elevator shaft until 1t reached an
outlet on top OF the three story struct-5
TIRE. AT this hour the damage can not
be. estimated, but that it Is consider
able there IL no doubt. as half a dozen
firms surrounding the place had prop
I efty damaged by the flames.
The firemen were on the scene very
few minutes after the alarm was turn
edsin, and their heroic work Is all that
saved from destruction the Salt Lake
4 Stock & Mining exchange. together
With invaluable books and papers con-
nected with the institution; the Louvre
cafe, a portion Of which is DESTROYED
Z as it is; the Mahan Liquor house; the
Bank saloon; the Henry MCGEE shoe
house; James a.. Pollock & Co., stock
brokers; Jeff's Smoke House cigar
store; the Lavielle Cigar store; Walker
Bros bank and offices occupied by
dentists, etc. on the upper floors, which
were for an hour or more in extreme
danger Of being consumed by the
waves OF fane-Which enclosed the
elevator shaft of the building and
would have spread to all the rooms and
appointments adjoining had it not been
for the good work Of the fire depart
ment.
PORTER TURNS IN ALARM.
The alarm Of fire was turned in by
William Parks, the colored porter OF
Tie Bank saloon, according to his own
statement, at one or two minutes past
6 o'clock this morning, had just.
come on shift for the day. said Parks TX
.'antl had Just changed my clothing
ready to so to work, when I@notlced
smoke coming up through the ven
4 tilnting shaft. l Thought that was un-
usual and went over, to the shaft to
sec What was tho matter. 1t was filed
with smoke and hot air, and at that
4 ran down into the basement to sec
what was the matter. Arriving at the
< basement, saw the boiler room alights
ith 4 and the flames shooting
up tile elevator Shaft. inrIledtut ety
ran back UP the stair, shouting fire,
and ran over, to the White House hotel
T corner where a. fire alarm box is placed
lEand broke in the glass and turned on!
the alarm" The colored man offered
las evidence of his work, cut mana
and blood stains 5on his fingers.
II The department was on the scene IN
an incredibly short time. Engines and
apparatus from four stations We're
brought into requisition and under the
personal direction of Chief w. H
Glore, the work Of extinguishing the
blaze was begun. 1t was rather g
their way to the roof before any cheek
was placed on their progress. For two
hours the tiremen worked, tho burning
district being ruped off from the pas
rage Of street and sidewalk traffic, and
at the end of that time not only tho
building, but most Of the contents OF
z the various stores and OFFICES sur
rounding the fire, We're saved.
COSTLY SALVAGE.
al, the woodwork in the basement
vas badly burned. The doors and
framework, forming the basement PAL
pitlons, were consumed. The stock
.oom Of the Louvre cafe, owned by y.
L.. Willie, was damaged beyond #repaiE,
The stock room OF the Bank salooll,
inst west of the boiler room was saved
together with thousands OF u ''4i
worth of goods.
& All telephone and telegraph and light
wires connecting UP In the basement
(nr the rooms above, were damaged
a md broken, so that the telephone ill.,
struments, recourse to which was iin-
mediately had for the purpose OF tutl-
Ing N the fire alarm, would not Work
,,,fnct the basement and boiler room
NJ the Walker building was tansleus
natwork Of different kinds of service
u;ires and the work Of the hremen
,,,ss COMPLICATED thereby to the extent
int they were forced to tread gently
ior the fear Of coming in contact WIN
live wire OF high tension Whlch lilishl
prove their undoing.
80. ,t,,ty ~ nd
,senped with little damage is q matter
~ gr4at wonder, from the fact tnat
tta elevator shaft through which the
Gamas were conducted upward, runs
,hrnf,oh tho heart OF the room, Inc
chest. and cupboards containing the
ners of the exchange is JUST next
he shaft, but the fire was extlng ulstisug
pefore damaging them TO any sieae eA-
~ ENGINEERS STORY.
stories of the origin Of the hre aie
III conflicting. The night fireman, a su ,!l
man by the name OF Ed
.t,at when he left the boiler room OF
,t,o walker building at $3.50 this morn
t ~ there was no sign of fire, ana
n,taa.,-thins was in its usual worklns
s.S5d,.j ~ left the boiler room at o.oo
s,,iocl,n said MI. Baker, to 50 over
Union block, on Main street, n ..ll,
1hrd South, to attend " the -
I ~, We have two buildings 70 hrs
snei everything was all right when !
i toa. S+bat time. attended 10 the
~. n,ass ~ IN The Union block and then, just
y. % a,clock-I looked at the clock rs
~ ". = started back for the WaAket i
az u Z had only tfree-quarters OF d. d
o it2i..to 10. and made the distance IN
,...eS ~. three minutes When ! arrived
80 ne he walker block ] saw the p N,,a',
~ IN fire and the tiremen were sym
me, scene. was not neglec.lmls
=. 5,,tv when i left the walker sDti.a-
my If II In my duty TO keep me n llss
Slns .,a e baile, room Of the Union block
going, too"
FLAMES A,Kok ssf. HIM.
,,r;,l,. I'm, sharp, day fireman az me
walker building said ne san I've
Ne roof of the building, ce,ilirs up
lie elevator shaft at .: 40 ., ,i
.smiis Mr. Sharp is a man Wen LIN, ad
s,aa in age, and rooms IN the Dit ...
ti,,. second floor. WIS d I, y 49,,
u, The. noise OF the fan s a.
sI,arn this morning, ana ny , .ne
az the glass skylignt apass "
I, arach s,ad know 1t was a quasegi =.
DEE. r looked st the clog :, s.n
"a 81, on duty in ne spolisl
ys,1, a -, : = flames
d own 10 90 or ~ ~ ny tn
So s.a,s Spreading and sppsafsp = = =