The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-26
Fatalities Are Feared.

The spread of the fire was so rapid that
there was no time to give warning to the
foreigners until some were awakened by
the smoke from the burning window
frames Dominick LavieTa. one of the
roomers. was distractedly looking for his
brother until nearly morning. He said
he was awakened by the flames as the
window of his room cracked, and jump
ing up hastily he called to six others who
were sleeping in the room and then ran
to the window on the north side and
jumped to the ground. Clad only IN
trousers and shirt, Laviera kept on run
ming, None of the men VINO escaped from
the house could tell whether there were
others who were overcome by smoke be-
fore they could escape.
AT 1.1O lust twenty minutes after the
alarm was turned IN, the lumber mlH was
a mass of ruins. with pieces OF machinery
heated to a cherry red looming up gro
tesqueIy above the masses OF flames. FL
forts to prevent the spread Of the fire TO
the Los Angeles bar saloon building on
the east were Intellectual, as the heat was
so intense that the firemen could not get
near enough to direct their streams with
any precision. AS the fire from the lum-
Der mill cooled, the nremen Were aDiS 70
drag a line of hose through the saloon
and thus fight the fire from the rear, ana
If looked for a few minutes as though the
+v-o-stOry brick building could be saved
O'Clock the roof of the brick building
went In and carried the floor with 1t.
Five minutes later the walls toppled in
al the rear and the building was a total
Policeman George Phillips entered the
Los Angeles bar after the proprletors
had abandoned the building, and 1t was
supposed that everyone had gotten out.
one foreigner was found at the rear OF
the barroOm, however. and nearly suffO-
Gated ard much the worse for liquor, he
was dragged to the street by the police
man. Just as the policeman brought ms
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directed a stream of water that way and
Phillips dropped his man. The water was
apparently just what the man needed,
and he regained his senses and ambled
off
When the fire in the lumber mill was
at its height the heat was so intense that
it broke the windows in the City restau-
rant and the general store OF II. l.
White directly across the street AVN
ings in front of both places caught fire,
but they were eXtinguished by bucket
brigade, and aside from the plate glass
fronts neither establishment suffered
much damage. The RESTAURANT is owned
by Hcckett & Woolley, and both places
Before the fire reached the property of
the Taylor-ArmstrOng company, someone
entered the barn and released nine draft
horses and turned them loose in Second
West street. The last seen of them they
were headed for the business district.
Historic Old Firm.
The Sierra Nevada Lumber company
is an historic old firm. 1t was founded
thirty years ago, and ever since
has been one OF the principal COM
panies in this line of business in the
city Up to two years ago the mill
and lumber company was one con-
Germ. The controlling interest at that
time was with ]. H. Bardwell and II.
A. Lynn, the founder of the concern.
Last May the mill and lumber yard
were made separate properties, and
the lumber yard was sold to j. H
Baker & Co. for about $4,000. Messrs.
Bardwell and Lynn retained their in
terest in the mill, but not in the lum-