Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-24
MYSTERIOUS Fire Responsible e Tor
Some Exciting Scenes in
Rooming House.
NIGHT ROBES IN EVIDENCE e Y. l]IE:j' G: !.
rirc,ncn bring Out Guests fron; ll
threatened tsulldIng-Damnsc
Placed mt $4,000.

tbpatar building, go south state STREET.
The furnishings inttlic Bungalow hotel.
and the stock of iDanie!s's clothing
.t,rc wi! not be over $1,000. He says
that 1t is possible 1t Will not reach
y that amount
the fire proper did the most dam
age 10 the south cpd of the building.
II VAS there that the frcmcn. confined
The flames, and the hotel upstairs in.
that portion Is completely Quilted. Inc
stock Of the clothing house that was
m The basement is Dauiy saturated with
wafer and much damaged BY smoke.
Al about o'clock this morning an
Intoxicated individual wendell his way
nm into the bungalow motel and ac-
costed Mrs. Catherine Hlscy, VINO, with
8 Mrs Nellie Campbell, has u lO-ycar.
lease on the upstairs. He INFORMED
Mrs. Hisey between lllccougns that the
building was on fire. MRS. htscy
laupned at the man. He went out mut-t
terlny, and Just II few moments later
another mana sober one-intormed
4 them that smoke was Issuing from the
theater building downstairs about mid
Hay back from the street toward the
rear. (, Ia IL,
THE fire department responded quick.
IL and in few minutes had several
streams OF water playing IN the Gase- :,
ment. The odor of gas was present
strongly and Chief Glore, with assist
ant chief Fitzgerald crawlcd5 oil their
hands and knees into the cellarWa5 70
Z discover II possible the seat OF me
flames. When they discovered the
fire they directed that work be con-
= Vra rp n n
mart of Tho building realizing thatii 1t
\, once caught the back portion with us
large omen spaces the theater and hotel
were doomed. 4
ROOMERs' HASTY EXIT.
The two chiefs then directed the at,
tcntion to getting the roomers out OF
inc hotel. They rushed TO. all the
q doors ana notified the sleeping ones
md helped others to drag trunks ana
ctner wearing apparel TO the street
Mrs Leila Leo was sick in room In
the hotel and had to be carried out by
4 fireman. 1t is thought that one of
her ribs was broken as she made an
attempt to rise from her bed and 4es-.
cape before the arrival of the fireman.
Che was taken to another, hotel near
and n physician called !, 4.
Room 2s in the hotel was occupied by
Mr. H. Honey. He lost everything he
had in the place and this morning said
JONAH Mrs. Kelsey and. Mrs.
Campbell, boil, lost considerapies by
SMOKE and water OF their personal be-
lprcings
They estimate that their furnishings
pre- damaged to the extent of at lenst
$1,000 and the insurance they carried
amounted to only $4,000.
MASS or WREcKAGE.
Chief Gore says that the building
Is anything but fire proof. Some OF
the work in the place. he states. is of n
freproof variety but the structure in
the main is of wood. The floor of the
auditorium Is today a mass OF wreck
age. The seats are, many Of them.
damaged. and in one place, where the
fire was fiercest the floor has fallen into
the cellar. In the rear OF the building
on the stage, nothing was damaged.
The theater has been dark for the
past two weeks since the Allen Curtis
stock company moved over to the Shu-a
Y bert. There We're no scenery or other
stage effects In the building at the
time. AZ
Firemcn and Max Daniels barely es-5
capped injury by the explosion of gas in
tNleE uuSellltllt. fhE.1 lJdlllcld w as icuuE
ing the iiremen, and showing them the
i formation of the structure Iii the base
ment when II loud report and con-
crssion knocked them all to the ground.
They all laid still expecting another
shock, but none coming. they made
their way out Mr.. Daniels was taken
home in a taxicab early In the morn
: Ing completely exhausted. :.
Until the tirelncn5 can clear away tho
debris In the basement the origin OF
4 the fire will remain Il mystery. The
i Bungalow hotel has a. heating plant
In the basement near where the worst
damage is done, but they state that
there was no fire in the furnace there
Yesterday. None of the rubbish in the,
basement caught fire.
DAMAGE TO STOCK.
Today the hotel and pretty little the-
ater present n wocful picture. Water
" dripping from large holes In the
plaster und upstairs In the hotel every
ming Is ruined In the south side OF the
house, In the basement the Daniels
clothing store had large and valuable
sock sock of goods. Most of the damage to
WIS stun is from water and smoke,
me tiremen having kept tho flames
away from the front part OF the house
y. " running lines of hose into the base
! 'n Wy through the front entrance.
.,S npslalrs the clothing store on both
M t,o OF the theater entrance are lit
We damage except by water and
. smoke A, II. White, a nightwatchman
va, says he made a trip through the cellar
anaer the theater at As O. clock Inst
Hsn. and found no signs of fire or
r n,n men, Fifteen minutes later the
p p,aco was q mass Of heavy smoke and
ns.nes were showing through The side
5eniahcc on the little alleyway "a .ths.
rear ar OF the building. 4. - II }e"'
,,,mhe fire department worked ,,.,tt !,
N Mn, on tho fire iand by 3 q. clock The
ho,s, es were under control. Today man.
m ~, u INC department were tearing
sparts 'p i, and extlnguishing va,grant
Bl,nra,aM,cr e and there. Roomers in the
ters an, were busy finding other quar-
tossed ~ go sSu,ieeting belongings they had
= me strectin their nlrhtciothas i M
,n n.ax Daniels states thnt ~ = J, y.
con, on ms stock will only q, ver n ,,a,,
mot VI tne loss. He says TINT Ia dp az
ma rsSt,liatc the loss on Tho hm,,d,,,
~ ", u,dnt know What s,,ra nca ,,.nt
nni,ssu on the structure beca,,sa ~ 4
3ioornds ~ were In tho safe ana Shc In dn.t
iownnr iy % states that he lis tie sole
Florence ba ne building. and that Max
yence. honn IN ~ 16 interest 81 He Mr.. Flor
hn e bungalow stock ron1 pnny si x, ~ ~,
trai ,su only paid $50 on the n osk Us
a,n n,S mad no interest until INC mi
ie building was erected two Yea Z.