The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-26
MORNING BLAZE
CAUSES BIG Loss
Sierra Nevada Mill COmpany's
Plant Is Raced to the
GrOund.
LOSS IS $4,000, WITH
ONLY $4,000 INSURANCE
Efficiency of Fire Department
Saves Nearby Property;
Cause Unknown.

Tossing sparks hundreds of feet into
The air and lighting NJ .hc entire west
crn portion of the city, fire destroyed
lumber, houses and the Sierra Nevada
Mill company plant this (Tucsday)
morning. The alarm was turned in at
the fire station ut | clock ard all
OF the apparatus from stations |. , and
T. responded. The estimated loss 10
the lumber and other property Is S7J,-
600. with 10000 insurance.
The cause is mystery. Accord
ing TO the story told by Tom
johnson, of the City restaurant. which
Is directly across the street from the
sito of the Sierra Nevada mill. the fire
started on the ground floor of the mill.
Johnson said that lie had seen what
he thought was n fire on the ground
floor and immediately turned in the
alarm. This was at | o clock. At
the same moment John Wise, residing
at S53 Simondi, who is employed as II
night watchman, was Informed by vii.
liam Morgan. of COL West Temple
street. that a fire was raging and Wise
immediately turned ON an alarm. At
almost the same moment, but several
minutes after the various fire com
panies had started. the fire telephone
calls came 10 the various stations re
garding the fire.
Fire Fought Down.
The entire burning portion Of the mill
and the lumber yard was imme-
diately surrounded by The various com
panJcs and the fire confined TO what
was already blazing. The Sierra Ne
vada mill building was total loss, y.
{. Mack, vice president and manager
placing the loss at approximately So,
200
j. II. Baker. manager Of the Sierra
Nevada Lumber ompauv, placed the
loss III the lumber destroyed at $4,000
and stated ihat his pace OF business
Will not close down. but viii remain
open for business. Some Of the minor
losses were the following:
The City Restaurant. damaged 10 the
extent of $500, due to the heat from
the burning lumber and water. the
D4 Conta and company. at 331 West
South Temple street, damaged TO thG
extent Of $1,000, the furnishing store
of H. White. AT 344 West South Temple
street. damaged TO the extent of $500,
the Lincoln Bar, at 500 West South
Temple street, damaged 10 the extent
of $500: aud the house furnishings Of
IL
plc street. who conducted rooming
house mt that place, the loss on which
WAS estimated nj $4,000.
Mill Heaviest Loser.
The Sierra Nevada Mill company was
the heaviest loser in the fire. Vice, Pres
ldcnt Mack stating that the company
had lately put in twelve carloads of
hard wood composed of oak. ash, hick.
Ory and mahogany. The FIRE extended
from tho Lincoln bar. at 800 West
South Temple street, 10 the Los An
gclcs roomDg house, distance of
about one-quarter of block along
West South Temple street, and eN
tended back from ibc street To the
sheds Of the lumber company.
One Of tho features o. the fire was
the rescue Of fourteen horses from tie
barns by William Morgan, the night
watchmau. residing at 6jI West Temple
street. Morgan ran iulo the barn, and,
throwing gunpy sacks over the heads
of the frightened horses, led them in
safety TO Second West street. Seven
of the horses were led ont bliudfoldcd,
there being only seven sacks, and the
other seven followed.
Patrolman George Phillips noticed
lgnacio Phiipo. one of the pro
urietorS of Tho Los Angeles bar, rush
into The burning building for the pur
pose of saving what he could. Patrol
man Phillips waited for the appearance
of tho man and when he failed 10 come
out IN reasonable timc the policeman
went into the burning structure, found
that the Italian had been overcome by
the heat and the smoke and had tainted
and was lying among the burning clu
bers. The patrolmau lifted the un
mau to his shoulders and car
ried him out of the burning building
TO the street where he was placed in an
and taken to 4 nearby ply
sician.
Department. Complilnented.
fFT want 10 compliment the fire de.
partment upon It's promptnoss and ef !
ficiencv and bravorv.' said William |
Bodell, of 364 West Eighth South street, |
an eyewitness of the fire, ''Assist !
and Chief Fitzgerald and FircmcD Joe |
Bowen aud Buck Shade were in the |
when the floor went down and |
they stuck TO their post like heroes; |
otherwise the property loss might have |
boon much greater.
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