Show FIRE IN HELPER LAST TUESDAY Plot Is fg Seen by Peter Be- Be zone Baker Who Declares he be Tins Has Been Beal Threatened for for- Refusing Co Give Giro Money Flames sweeping the business section sec sec- tion of Helper Tuesday threatened I the entire town and caused approximately approximately f damage II Nearly Nearh people were made homeless homeless when a rooming house and the Little Utah hotel were I ed il No one was hurt Foll Following wing a ten-hour ten fi fight ht by the fire departments from Helper and Price and the Denver Rio Grande railroad apparatus the conflagration was extinguished ed I The report was current that black hand organization was responsible for for the fire which was declared to bear all the tho marks marls of at having had In- In i I j I I t I t origin I It The rhe fire started at 1 o'clock Tuesday Tues Tues- Tues Tues-I I day clay morning in a bakery alry al ry operated by byI Peter Fire kindled in the woodpile and said to o have been neatly neatly neat neat- ly laid caused the flames to spread rapidly to the e frame building As the wInd iud sprung up down the canyon the flames swept south down the main street of or the town suffered a loss of approximately A rooming house owned by Anton adjoining the bakery was next consumed with a loss of more than Guests fled fied into the I streets The Tile residence of B. B was der destroyed destroyed de de- de- de r with a loss of More than fifty guests hurried to the street In their night attire when I the Uie fire spread to the Little Utah hater adjoining Flaime's residence The hotel owned owned and and operated by byM M M. P. P was destroyed Thirty thousand dollars was lost on an the building and more mor more than on the tho fixtures Stock owned by C. C A. A Bre- Bre valued at was de- de Shortly after the fire broke out the fire fire department at Price was taken seven miles to aid in fighting the flames flames The Denver Rio Grande equipment was used to pump water from the river and to this the citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens accredit the saving factor of the occasion A federal investigation is liable to result following statements made b by victims who is a prominent prominent prominent nent figure In iii Italian colony in Helper says he has been threatened b by an organization to whom wham he be re refused refused refused re- re fused to give money |