The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30
FIRE At PALACE J
costs $4,000
This Is Estimate of Loss by
Blaze at Popular
Resort.
CANDLE SAID TO BE
CAUSE OF CONFEDERATION
Suggestion Made That Fire 0r-
iginated in the "Third
Degree Concession.

The principal loser in the salt Palace
| fire the buildings OF which resort wei.
destroyed Monday morning. is freaeiiSSN !n siS
Heath: His losses VIII aPpr@"'ilr1s no Insurance.
| After considering the reconstructioh ~
the destroyed buildings, Mr. tiea5h say ~
Monday morning that me f,er IepT'1i nf coniee-
| ture Mr. Heath who is the Sole owner
and the heaviest loser. has been III. am
| his friends concerned as 10 '"e i'S"%
The true cause OF the fire has not been beer,
definitely learned, Runors are Motbn
as to incendiarism as the cause No.r-
ing definite regarding these various ru-
mors and theories is known: however, -: ~
all are without evidence whiin tha Tunors
| concerning the origin OF the fire is that
1t was caused by ,,workmen G enP!oys4h hicI, II,
the the fire started. they. il is said having
been seen working in that building and
using lighted candles. IT IS ,,s. suesSs'ea sfs
| lighted candle in the building when ieav-
ing 1t. and that the candle must nave
caused the fire. .s
of the concession. who say that no work
men with candles had been In the puild[r
Ing. Plans were on foot at inc titne ., on
| the fire to remove the concession TO the
| fair grounds.
Losses Sustained.
The concession was owned by the
| Trocadero Amusement company ana had
been closed for number OF days que
| failed to pay their light bills pending an
adjustment TO the reading OF the
meters. and resulting In the @ carren, rem pS Pie
current had been turned off OF that con
cession became known. the theory OF de-
| fective wiring was exploded.
| Among those who lost by the fire were.
Trocadero Amusement company, owners
OF the "Thlrd Degree concession, loss
Nashiyama's Japanese ping pong conces-
sion, loss $500, partly covered by insur-
ance; Fred Harvey's ice cream and nov
city stand, loss $500. with no Insurance;
J. e. Achorn concession, loss 5000, no In
| surance, Heath Bros, opposition summer
garden, loss $1,000. with no insurance;
music. loss $500, no insurance: Utah
Light and Power company transIormers;
poles and wires loss 5000 which, added
| to the miscellaneous losses, amounts toe
s4S.5S5.
Fitzgerald Discusses Blaze.
Assistant Fire Chief Fitzgerald. in dis
cusslng the fire Monday morning, said;
with the start the fire had before We
ruined condition of the buildings it is
difficult TO determine its origin.
However ! doubt II 1t was incendiary.
II was more likely the result OF careless
ness. l learned today that the Third
Degree the amusement place where the
fire evidently started. had not been in
no electrical current was used during
that time That eliminates the possibil-
| ty Of the fire starting from defective
wiring. understood this morning that
workmen had been at work in the place
until late hour last night: and. had
suggestion was made that when the
worEmen left lighted candle had been
overlooked: This appears the plausible
1--WE found 1t hard fire to fight The
alarm came to us second handed, some
one telephoning into the police notifying
gree and the roof Of the Salt Palace
were In mass Of flames. and then the
wind came up not only carrying the
It blew so hard that oftentimes It com
pletely broke the force OF our streams
| as we played against IT.
Firemen Are Relieved.
The hremcn who had been busily en-
gagged In fighting the fire since, its start
o'clock We're relieved by The day men.
were kept throwing water on the
smoldering ruins during the greater por-
lion OF the forenoon, much to the dis
swarmea to the ground aeda eariy rf1'i In The tho
morning for snapshots OF the remains
Of the historic landmark.
Inc buildings owned By Frederick
Heath were erected at an original cost
of $50 900 In 1899. by Frederick Heath
and md; J, r. Walker. Heath putting up two
'..' -oSe slh' w amer putting
up the remainder. w. A. NelGen was The
president OF what was then known as
the Salt Palace Amusement company.
This company went out of existence a
few wears later. and Heath became the
sole owner OF the resort by settling n
suit for $4,000 brought by the Walker
estate. for one-third interest in, the
resort.
Dissension arose in the Heath family
about a year ago, and the Heath Bros.
started an opposition resort Just south
OF the san Palace. in the hope. as Fred
erick Heath said. OF putting the parent
resort out OF business. Speaking OF the
matter. Frederick Heath said: They pul
now - 0'el
Francis Heath. the son who is the
manager of the resort interrupteS rho
statement of the father with the renoorl riie
mo. the fight is just about to star,
Now we are going 10 haxn snn,aISin.