The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Special 10 The TrIbunc.


PARK CITY. Dec, l2.-Six men were
injured. one man Is missing. and prop
erty valued at S2S,2 200 destroyed by u
fire which originated in the boiler room
of Maple Hall, a rooming house, II
$3.50 O'Clock this sftcrnoos. The in
jured arc;
JOHN HAYES. leg ffactu;cd, inter,
nal injuries. condition serious.
ROBERT HANLEY, badly burned,
may die
y. !. WATKINS, severe burns.
WILLIAM COLLINS, artery IN right
wrist severed.
JOSEPH JEFFORD, scalp wounds,
burns.
PADDY SULLIVAN, scalp wounds.
Z burns.
That many lives were not lost IN The
eonfaGration is due largely In the he
roic efforts Of the six men who were
injured. These men worked V9lent-
IS in The blazing roomiug house
until all bat one OF the thirty
iyc roomeTs had safely reached The
street. Many Of the tenants were asleep
81 the timc the flames were discovered
and score werc forced to dec from
The burning structure clad only in their
sleeping apparel IL was bitter cold in
the street. the thermometer registering
eight degrees above zero. and there was
much suffering until the victims could
be removed TO nearby residences and
given attention. There were three wO-
men and several children inoNaplc Hall
at the time of the fire and all suffered
severely from shock and exposure. Mrs.
,John Hayes, wife Of the proprietor Of
T. he TOonlnc houEp y.ns UTpS rpTtsI
Excitement Is Intense.
Hundreds of persons were along Main
street near Third street when the alarm
of iirc was heard. John Hayes discov-
cred smoke in the building aud after
searching through tho basement of the
rooming house, located tue blaze I'm the
boiler room. He at once FASTENED up
STARS 10 warn the tenants but within
\ thrcc minutes lhe entire structure WAS
cnvclopcd m flames and il was with the
greatest difficulty that the occupants
made their way through the smoke and
lire lnto the street Robert llaHlev
Paddy Sullivan. ~ j. Watkins, William
Collins and Joseph Jeitord were close
by aud rushed through the house aWak-
ening the sleeping tenants aud plotting
the half dazCd men and women to safe
~ The work OF rescue consumed about
Ter minutes at the end Of which ,imc
The building was guttcd aad the walls
ready To collapse.
Paddy Sullivan was the last person
TO leave the house by rcgulur exit
IT WAS as hot as a furnace - said
MI. Sullivan after nc bad been revived,
and the smoke WIS Overpowcring
eonld feel my strength leaving me rs I
staggered through the lower hall toward
The front door, which | barely managed
10 reach before falling. About twenty
ieet from the door | half stumbled over
!; man who was crawling on his hands
ahd knees, bat making little Roadway.
was too weak TO drag him out and ~
afraid he persisted in the flames
! Suffers Broken Leg.
John Hayes was on the second story
Si the building when tho stairway col
ispsed, cutting off his escape lie mad
put one alternative aud That was 20
lumy from a window, which hc did.
HIS leg, was broken aud he was injured
'intcrnaly.
+ Meanwhile, 2Oo0 persons had gath
cred in 5hc street outside. il was Il
weird Spectacle that was presented by
me knots Of women and children bud.
aicd together. wrapped in heavy gar
nnc,i,s nr;s to Eecp OUT thc bitter cold.
Ninrrs IN their diggings clothes
watched the work OF the FIRE fcnd aud
assisted the Grcmcu in checking thc
,o'Usc oi the flames, which were rapid.
~ Spreading TO the buildings on thn
north aud south OF Maple Hail But
INC lire had gained such start that
she work was difficult aud slow.
!, About clock came the crv that
ihe water in the reservoir was giving
oui; The DalYWcst und Daly.JuIac
NILS were promptly notified and both
plants were closed down Immediate.
". This action on the part of the mill
suoernteDdcnts doubtless prevented 4
much heavier loss Of property. for with
lg
Volr stopped the water supply again be.
cane normal
Realizing that cunnagration threat.
ened TO sweep tho business section Of
inc city, Superintendent j.. T.. Talbot
ol tue Daly.Wcst mine and Supcrin.
tendcnt NJ. j. McGiIi Of the New York
~ once ordered their men TO the scene
Oh The blaze. with instructions To lend
ggvcGv aid to the struggling iircmcu
ihelr assistance was valuable and with.
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