The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-13

A terrific gale from the northw st, which (
az times had velocity of sixty miles an
hour carried burning shingles, embers
and myriads OF sparks 10 a score OF
wooden buildings, most of them of cheap
construction.
The fire started almost in the extreme
southwest section of the city and cut a
path to the end of Maverick street at the
extreme southeastern end of the city,
which borders Chelsea creek This IS
about one and a half miles from where
the fire began.
The flames spread through the heart of
the retail business section, which was
about midway between the two extreme
limits reached by the fire.
Buildings Destroyed,
Among the structures destroyed were
thirteen churches. two hospitals. the pub
lie library, city hall. five school houses:
twenty business blocks, nearly a score of
factories and upwards of 300 tenements
and dwelling houses.
Among the places burned were: Frost
hospital Children's hospital. Fitz public
library. Stanisaus Polish Catholic
church, Chestnut Street First Baptist
church. Central Avenue Central Unitarian
church. Hawthorne Street St. Luke's
Catholic church (Old building) Hawthorne
street; First NJ. f. church. Cary avenue;
Elm street synagogue. Walnut street
synagogue, Chelsea Presbyterian church.
Peoples Afro NJ. E. church. Fourth
street; UniVerSalist church, Fifth street;
Congregational church, Shurtleff street;
NJ F. church. Second Adventist church,
New England Telephone and Telegraph
companies central offices. Austin <
Young's cracker factory. Chaplin & So
den Car companys shops, Rosenfelt
Bros. three-stOry ragpicking factory, the
Tide Oil cOmpany's three immense tanks,
near the easterly end of Marginal street,
County Savings bank, Chelsea Savings
bank. Chelsea Trust company. Winnisi-
NETT National bank, the Providence Co
operative bank. The funds of all these
rH7a f6faF gafr Ha GF1TIn u
Savings bank. still in the vaults. The
money and securities OF the County bank
were taken to Boston before the fire
reached the building Other buildings de-
Stroved were: ST Roses Roman Catholic
church, Broadway. loss So, 900; St. Rose
Roman Catholic school, loss $4,000; state
armory, loss 100000; Sacred Heart con-
vent loss $4,000; Y. NJ c. A. building,
loss $4,000; Boston Elevated railroad sta
ton and barn, $4,000.
Line of the Fire by Streets.
The streets over which the fire rushed
included Carter, Maple. Spruce. Airing
ton. Ash, Walnut, Poplar. Chestnut and
Cherry to Broadway. From Broadway the
fire cut another pathway, running dag
onally across Third street, Everett ave
nue. and Fourth street to BellinghaH
street The flames reached Broadway
the principal street of the city. at pOin
between Third and Fourth streets, anC
destroyed the Masonic haH, odd Fellows
hall and Bennett block. The flying EN-
hers and the showers of sparks were car
Tied across Chelsea creek 10 the East Bos
ton district, and the East Boston engine!
were obliged To return from Chelsea &
protect property in their district
Early this evening it was reported Their
had been one or two deaths.
Militia Called Out.
\ militia call by Mayor Beck of Chel
sea brought out the First company, cOas
artillery Captain Repfrew commanding
in order to guard property moved int
the streets from buildings in the path o
the flames. Colonel Wood, Commandin
the marines at the CharleStOWn nav
yard. volunteered the services of the On
Hundred and Fifth company, stationed a