Show E C ITI hs m COSTY FIDE EARLY MORNING fihe FIRE DESTROYS MAIN STREET BUSINESS BLOCK alre farmen nen battle jn in zero weather against atte that threatens threat cne city estimated Estl mated at 1 A salt lake keOne ra one of the r richest business blocks in in salt lake was threatened with destruction early christmas mo whon when names flames practically cestro te beil the hooper el dridge 39 to 57 south main blain street mhd ahti damari hiis estimated by fire chief bywater By it at when he be surveyed the hie ruins the loss is only partially bovere covered d by insurance su rance the damage is estimated as follows western barber supply com company pany tu to candy company to 1 edward E jenkins to E L sheets martin coal company coop co op furniture company 2500 ashby snow 1500 led ice cream company 1500 trinket jewelry shop 2000 beasely music company owners of the building were E L sheets E E jonkins W R wallace john P F bennett and the francis armstrong estate the fire is ia one of the most serious in salt lahke L ake in th the past decade in many respects it resembled the lafayette school school blaze on january 10 1822 1922 when lh the sta state te street building was destroyed in the early morning forniti g I 1 with a temperature hovering below the zer the blazo blaze was far harder to combat than the school fire which caused damage estimated nt ht more inore than the cause of the conflagration will probably never be known chief bywater said no clues are to be had f atom tom tile the blazei blaze owing to tg the proportions it had assumed before the arrival of tile the department the alarm was tur id ahe fire I 1 derailment at a m the major portion af pf the destruction wrought by the flames was cen ered in the quarters qu artera occupied by the hazelwood candy company compan y anti and the western barber suii supply ply company 45 and 47 south main blain street respectively both establishments ita were vere devoured kiy the blaze the tiro cati eating 1 rift a path bath front from the rear entrance d of both stor stores es to the front doors taking all in its 0 bourse course I 1 I 1 I 1 the trinket jewelry shoal 41 J da 2 south gouth main blain street wis was one of tile the heaviest sufferers practically the entire stock being destroyed either by flames iames vr water the th coop co op furniture Furni company which maintained a salesroom bom over the stores it 4 r ana 4 43 sut south h main blain streets lost furniture in in the llazo the exact not being doter determined ter mined ed it tho the music company co with r fifty stored on the second io cond an and third floors of the building at 57 south main blain street suffered th the e I 1 loss or damage to many of the f instruments n fi I 1 |