Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-15
BELG|UM'S WHITE
CITY DESTROYED
Exposition of 1910 Swept bv
Flames But Danger Of Fire
Is Now Past.
TO BE CLOSED, THEN OPENED
Loss Not So Great rs First Estimated
Most Priceless Art Treasures
Not Injured.

BRUSSELS. Aug I5.-'fhc ruins Of IN.
burned sections or BeIgium's exposi.
ton OF 1910. destroyed by vesterd, a..
hre' are sim smoking. although ali
danger OF "A renewal OF the irc is past
Al meeting earlt today the execu-
i've committee Of the exposition de-
cded to close it for few DAYS in
.'ue' TO clear away the ruins Then
tne exposition VIII be- rcopened.
1t Is impossible Ia the present con-
fusion to estimate closely the losses
| IN the fire which last night wlped ont
while sections ~ the fairy like arcbi-
lecture ana causing the loss OF two
"NeS' nut the damage will run into the
millions Of francs
me losses however, viii not no 40
great a. was - first thought. ,yhen N
Gurlhg the excitement OF the con
's,a ,,',i o they were roughly estimated
The entire Belgian and British sec
HuHS' the whole kermesse OF Rr,1s-
sells the Coney Island or the EXPOSE
uon with water chutes. tobogran
7lIHeS ana other special entertainments
gld rythlng west of the Avenue des
N"tl'hs were destroyed hut BY heroic
work OF the ftremen and troops In the
early hours OF the morninr and the
use OF dynamite In blowing up hutld-
lngs ln the path Of flames, the IRE
was checked
AMERICAN SECTION SAVED.
Practically everything in the Amer
l'Hh' Danish Russian. Norwegian.
Austrian japanese. Turkish and Swiss
sections was saved ONLY the facades
of the Italian ana spanish sec,ian \
ana about one-third OF the entire
french section, the latter Containing
a valuable art collection. were burned 4
Fortunately, the most priceless art
treasures which had been loaned to
tle exposition on acquired by it. in
iEluQlhs 5000 Gobelin tapestries. a
large exhibition OF jeWelry, many
paintings marbles and ancient furni-
ture. We're removed by the police. fire.
men ana exposition employees. beyond
The reach Of the flames. and the Dill
aging criminals who attempted ~
take advantage u the Disaster
The reproduction of the house oft
Reubens az Antwerp 1.-THE Official pa
Niion of the city OF Antwerp contain
ing masterpieces OF Flemish art of the j.
Rcubeps period. cuiled from the gal 4
lerles Of the world-was not even =
Is
In the Belgian and British sections X
thai practically nothing was saved. &
A gale carried the fire through the 4
lNermessc. damned with a SUNDAY IA
'rowd ~ nearly 100 900. with such speed q,
hat II is considered a miracle that III
me panlc-stricken masses got out with 81
loss mo- greater than two killed and II,
20 Injured III
BRITISH LOSS HEAVY. IN
The British loss is very heavy. /. q
Includes Tudor panellngs from the n
'oronto museum. costly Morlaix TIA
'esiry and priceless furniture from H
ne collections Of Bernard More. on w
Mich hc refused to set any price n
hey were Insured for $500. 900 Most Nt
r he French drcssmskers' exposition. M
'hich was insured for millions. was
lVed ft
\ few Of the wild beasts I'm tho H
lenageric which escaped suffoca ton. Tx
ere shot by the keepers. who found r (.
hem covering In fright in various Nf
arts of tho grounds. Hi
The exposition managers announced W.
nat in spite of the confederation and Af
ie destruction Of so many features OF HI
ie fair they hope the exposition will n I.
main open. hI
WHERE WHITE CRY STOOD Elt
Belgiums White city stood near tho hE
nd Of the Avenue Louise, the fash- 4 N
nable park drive upon the west side \ II
Brussels. which leads out to the X II
'auuful Boise LaCambre The ma N
'nal building that OF the Belgian y m
elton. rose majestically on a slight \ n
ovation facing the main entrance. EX
b the left Of the main building wasEU
o. Kermcsse. N
4 magnificent qusdri-iaterat of the VU
rdeus was surrounded by the four n NJ
nccSstous Of France Germany. Hol- UN
nd and Italy The Italian pavilion USX
is built after the Renaissance STYLE T.
the fourteenth century The Ger 8
an section was grouped around the
ain pavilion Eight large halls were n f
voted 10 exhibits OF railroad com n E
mics, agricultural machines. art and X
uCation. The Netherlands section n
,ludcd an elevated road bed
Dnc of the most striking features OF q H.
e. French section was the palace ofU f.
riculture and horticulture, specieIWkX
vilions being devoted TO Tunis, Mad NE
ascar. Algeria, western Africa and n
do-thlna #NX
'ho Spanish pavilion offered a re- n
irkable reproduction OF the Alham- Wl
a palace az Grenada The Court b W.
Lions and several Of the ruins Of me-
tie were represented. IN which theN VX
anish government exhibited soma NX
It's national treasures, such as "a HNI
stry. paintings armors and Jewels d
tho former royal families H
King Albert inauguratcd the colonialN ~
ton Of the exhibition on April 80 Ia M