Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-24 | Page 1 | Huge Fire Consuming City in Nevada

hUGE H FiRE CONSUMING C N MIN CITY IN NEVADA A Reports Received in Salt Lake Tell of Blaze Which Threatens Threat Threat- ens to Wipe Out Town W WITH the entire business dis district dis- dis I dis-I V V wiped out and in imminent im- im imminent imminent im im- danger of the conflagration tion spreading to the residence part of the town Caliente Nev nt at an early arly hour this morning was sUllIn still sUll in flames The Tho estimated loss Is nearly Tho The first Is said to have havo started In Bucks Buck's pool hall hail about last ast night from an unknown cause and to have spread rapidly to the neighboring neighbor neighbor- ing buildings The was entirely destro destroyed ed and as far as could be he learned no mail was wag saved The amount of the loss here was unknown Other buildings wiped out were CalIente Caliente Cal Cal- lente Mercantile company compan total loss about Clems Clem's pool hall loss lossa about a out Smiths Smith's drug store motion 11 picture theatre with no insurance Iris cafe and bar a 3 total Joss loss East Side bar 1000 total loss lose with no Insurance Peoples People's Cash store total loss logs no Insurance drug store total loss no Insurance and Dentons Denton's cand candy parlor with a loss of or 2000 Caliente is a railroad and mining town of ot about 2000 population Just across tho the state lino line from southwestern southwest southwest- em ern Utah Its location In the bottom of ot a n. small valley protects It from practically all but the most severe winds and It Is believed belle that most of oC the residence part of the town may be besa sa saved Representatives of the Salt Sail Lake Los Ides Angeles railroad which maintains division headquarters there declared that no damage had been reported to railroad property At 3 o'clock this morning morning- the flames were not under control As far as could bo ho learned no one ono was injured but on account of or the darkness a check of ot the population had not been ma made o. o