The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-02-15

Lessee, Brigham M. Hobinson and a
Japanese attendant with dificulty
made their way out Of the building,
The Ogden Canyon Sanitarium was
a mass OF ruins. The loss Is total
and there is not vestige Of the
building, except brick wall at the
rear Of the main building.
At about 8 o'clock this morning,
Mr.. Hobinson and the Jap were
awakened by dense smoke which
filed the entire building. They rush
ed down stairs and finally CROPPED
their way to the Outside. Telephone
communication was cut off by the
fire and the alarm did not reach the
fire station until about s o'clock,
when the night foreman at the Utah
Light & Railway power house, a
short distance west OF the sanitarium
telephoned to the fire station.
Chief Garfield and his men in the
auto truck made a fast run of three
miles. reaching the place shortly af-
ter o'clock. but the building was
then practically burned to the ground
The department was entirely help
less as the building was outside the
fire hydrant limits and no water was
available. A bucket brigade was
formed by the flremen and water
carried from the river to the burn
ing house. but to no avail as the
fire had gained such Roadway that
1t was impossible to check It. None
Of the furnishings could be saved
The chief stated that practically
within two hours Of the time the
fire was discovered, the place was
reduced to ashes.
As near as can be determined the
fire started in the east end Of the
structure which was used as kit
chen The canyon breeze from the
east carried the flames with great
rapidity over the building. The
building was of wood and burned
like finder, the flames shooting high
in the air. lighting the mountain
sides for great distance. Residents
in the eastern part Of the city, who
were up at that hour, saw the whole
gorge at the mouth of the canyon,
brilliantly lighted by the blaze.
The cause Of the fire is not known
It Is presumed though that it started
from a defective fue. The entire
structure was heated by coal stoves
The private baths in the rear Of the
main building were within brick
walls, now the only part of the build
ing standing.
The property Is owned by the Og
den Medicinal Springs company, com
posed of Ogden people, the officers OF
which are Brigham NJ. Robinson
president and James II. Riley, sec
rotary and treasurer. who. with Jas
Pingree, form the directorate.
The officers OF the company state
that the loss is from $4,000 to $40,
900, with insurance $1,000. The
structure contained 81 sleeping
rooms, 20 OF which were well fur
nished; five large rooms on the
} ground floor, including kitchen, din
ing rooms. office quarters and par
lor The sleeping rooms were on the
upper floor. the building being two
stories high. The Sanitarium con
tanned two large plunges and twelve
private baths, besides dressing rooms
and other apartments.
The Sanitarium has had rather &
checkered career, due largely to liti
cation from the time of the buildinf
of the place until about two years
ago. 1t always has been considered
as one of Ogden's most popular
: health and bathing resorts--a genu
inely attractive place, where man,
people visited for the bathing priv
leges and the medical benefits oh
tanned from the hot mineral waters
Those interested In the propert!
say that more than s65,OOO have beef
+ spent on the grounds and buildings
the structure being erected min,
3 years ago when the Ogden Canyon
+ Resort company built the origina
4 Sanitarium and made other improve
a ments. A few years after that tim
I the Ogden Investment & Realty CON
g pany took over the place. Then tn
Ogden Canyon Sanitarium compan,
I got control and finally the presen
c company purchased the property
In the early history OF the SAM
t tarium, the company owning 1t be
a came involved in the sum OF from
I $4,000 to $4,000, the late Thoma
4 Kurtz furnishing securities to llqui
q date the obligations. A mortgage
y was given on tho property and after
] the death OF Kurtz foreclosure was
had, Jerry Kurtz, as trustee for the
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