Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-16
THIRTY PERSONS MISSING.
Two Hundred People Were in
Building at Time Fire
Started.
Remains OF Victims SO Charrcd That
Identification 4 Almost lmposst-
hlc-Property Loss S125,0O0.

SAN Francisco. April 16-six bodies
recovered and probably eight or 10 9TH
.rs buried In the ruins; sis injured,
ooo fatally. and o. property loss Of
ua-D0o are the result of an early morn
i,q Gre which destroyed the st. George
MOTEL. O. lodging house for laborers, at
toward and Eighth streets, ana eight
small buildings.
The bodies taken 20 tho morgue vcro
4, chaircd that Identification was inn
possible.
ID s. Cartwright, a carpenter former
4, 90 Salem. or. and said 60 have pos
sasepd considerable money, was burned
I'D over the head and body, and no
hopes are felt Tor his recovery
Sine others slightly injured are.
Patrick Guorin, John Neil John Erick-
son. John Main. John Potts, fireman
James Rogers ard William Mckinney
ana Don Hagcarty and James Campbell.
Tine hotel was n threc-story frame
buuding and burned so rapidly that
none of the $50 guests had time 20
dress and many escaped by jumping to
he roof OF an adjoining workshop.
scores clambcrel down the ladders or
tho aremen and the Ore escapes. ana
RI least four jumped 90 safety into the
net held by the fire fighters. IL Is not
kno0n how many were unable to avail
themselves or any of these means ot
FIRE DISCOVERED.
Whnn the Ere was discovered shortly
afcr o O'Clock. Night clerk Arthur
gr1nhk. three or four other employees.
and Policeman w i. Kruger ran.
through the house arousing the sleep
inn tenants. In the smoke-hlled halls
lhev directed the half crazed people 10
ne exits. The panic that followed
made 10 ditncult for the tenants 70 ma
fhoir Wav through the labyrinth or
halls which threaded the 400 snESl
r1Cms,
Fircmeu and police worked heroicaly
and but for their efforts the loss Of
lie would have been much greater
Fireman James Roscs was one Uf those
who distinguished themselves he en-
tered a burning room and carried an
unconscious man down n ladder
Before the ruins had cooled fremen
began the search for bodies, Within
two hours five charrcd bodies had been
found and only a small portion OF the
burned area had been explored.
The st. George hotel was 2 Gimsy
wooden structure. put MP as an emer-
geuCv lodging house after The great
Gre N 1906 Tho guests were an men.
mostly labOrcrs.
There ars now six dead bodies "a, the
morgue. one Of which has been par.
TALLY Identified 10y means OF gold
filled tooth. ass that % "a man named
Johnson. recently from san Antonio,
Texas.
UNACCOUNTEp FOR.
Two hundred people wero in The hotel
when the fire broke out one hundred
and 90 of these were regular boaTders
md the rest transient. OF the regular
hoarlers 80 ae uuaccountcl f1r but
70 rs believed that many of them es-
capped IN tho confusion and have ucE-
Iectad To report their safety There
VAS O high wind blowing and the
Tellma street side ~ tine hotel fell
out crushing "a number OF refugees
emrks ADJOINING j. ls supposed inst
ho lire started iu q cabinet makers
shop next door.
A THRILLING ESCAPE.
ono OF the most thrilling escapes OF
many that was Witnessed was that Of
james r. Briggs. his wife and theiI
seven CHILDREN. The family occupied
tHH rooms on tho third door aud one
NJ tho seven children aNckcuel by The
lRut OF The nanas ran Co Tho adjoining
loom and awakened Brieg5 and his
Nit. Flora trH l5-yCar-o'd daughter
assisted hor father 90 crrry ana dag
ine four youngest children 90 the
street, and AIRS. Briggs, with The Two
remaining children, found the street
through some other oAi. Neither see
i0n OF the divided family was certain
or tho others escape ana for On timo
lho tcror-striclfen children ran
through the gathering coWdg seeking
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