The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-24
|ames Start in Basement Early This
Monday Morning and Burn Fiercely,
Causing Loss Estimated at Frem
$4,000 to $4,000
lESTS OF THE HOTEL ABOVE ALL MAKE
Es THEIR ESCAPE WITHOUT BEING INJURED
epartment Does Good Work, Responding Prompt
ly and Turning Many Streams on the
Blaze Shortly After IL Starts

reached fully dozen streams were
played from various points of vantage
and at $50 o'clock this morning the
fire was reported under control.
Lodgers Discover Fire.
The fire was discovered b.: roomers
il the Bungalow hotel, which is con-
ductcd by Mrs. Nellie Campbell. A
telephone message was at once sent to
the police station, and in turn trans
mittcd to fire headquarters. a gen
eral alarm was sounded and the en-
tire department was soon on the
scene, with Fire Chief W. II. Glore and
Assistant Chief Fitzgerald personally
directing The en-
When the FIRE was discovered it had
evidently made good headway, as the
entire auditorium of the Daniels the
atcr was filed with dense smoke, which
was quickly permeatiug tho store rooms
and hotel above, SO thick did the
smoke become throughout the entire
building that it was only with the
greatest difficulty that the guests in
the hotel could reach the, street.
vt about 1880 clock the flames
broke through the main floor of the
theatcr, but by this time the hremen
had several streams playing at this
point and the spread was somewhat
checked
Daniels Estimates Loss.
In the rear of the basement portion
of the Daniels store was Il large store
room. where Max Daniels. owner of the
building store and tbeater. had
practically all Of his summer stock of
clothing and furnishings stored. Mr..
Daniels this morning estimated the con-
tents Of the basement as being worth
about $4,000, with less than 10 per
of N
the store rooms was consumed by the
flames. while the remainder of the base
ment stock WIS badly damaged by
smoke and water.
The south annex, used for the ladies
furnishing department, escaped dam
age until long after the fire had been
discovered. At about . O'Clock flames
broke through from the theater, but
were quickly checked not, however, be-
fore considerable damage had been
caused
The north store room, occupied by the
men S furnishing department suffered
damage only from smoke and water.
Max Daniels has been closing
ont his business, preparatory to devot-
ing bis time entirely to his tailoring
establishment on West Second South
street, and his theatrical interests.
Being dark for the past two weeks,
do tjc ltSult VI luc OI lDe AL
CARTS Musical company to the Shu.
bert theater, there was no elaborate
costumes or property effects in thu
theater at the time of the FIRE, other
wise the damage might have been
! much heavier.
At 1880 O'Clock Sunday night A,
Fl. White, special watchman employed
! In the vicinity, was in the basement
! of the theater and saw no evidence of
fire, Mr.. Daniels visited the store
early in the evening and passed again
at II o'clock on his way home from
the Garrick theater, where be had
spent the evening. Two hours later
the basement of the theater was a
seethlng mass of flames.
The Daniels building is Of the FIRE.
proof type of building. and was erect.
G. two years ago by Max Daniels at a
cost of about $4,000. The building it.
self is fully insured.
The thcGaer Is leased to the Bunga,
low Theater company, of which Max
Daniels OWNS 5l per cent of the stock
and Max Florence the remaining 4a
! per cent