| Show T r FLAMES t J AND EXPLOSION F a A T CAUSE LOSS OF Salt Sat l Lake Take Visited tali d by b Y Most lost Io Disastrous Conflagration tion tiou in lu Its History f Oregon Ore on Short Line Building Entirely Destroyed Four Flue Fire Firemen iL men Severely sevet ly Injured Explosion Caused by Chemicals h t t 4 1 t THE LOSSES Loss 4 Oregon Short Lin and lOR loos Mine e nd Smelter Supply Co John E and W J Menzies Salt Lake Soda Water I t Spencer Clawson I t t f tf Utah Electrical Q 3 2000 T J L M 11 1000 1000 7 Hempstead Estate Q C ilea o St Paul S SOO Insurance not given T a t T wed Injured In II the Oregon Ore H gon Iron Short Line building on Oil the Ule th Ulee west eit e t de dc of Wt Temple south or of S ond South was destroyed oy iy i y fire and x ye yesterday ter a morning the High School hool was Wa damaged and JId the th Dooly block narrowly escaped destruction destruction tion The Tb Ion s is r d at with insurance amounting to This is 18 the tbt t 05 u fire In the history of oC Salt Lake Lak Of Oi the ti e pst eat mated loss loes in is ed to the Short Line O figure is 18 put i t My Iy speculative as a I the great greatest en t loss is in records which can Gln an annot not bf be replaced or as in the case of the ra deper ment menta of maps and n notes r that cost hundreds of ot thousands thou thousands sands of or dollars to make and that could not be I i t ne for tor less lees The injured i bp y the n nare nare are Assistant A Chief Iet Ba nT Id McCarthy Ca in Loved Love and Foremen Sans Moreton Mor Moreton ton and Otto Wit et Mc McCarthy Carthy IK is the moat most seriously hurt gift be wll II recover The Th orl of tile t a fire Ire is ill unknown It 11 v was as a first fir t discovered di e by Walter Claw Clawson CIa Clawson son wh vho ho was sleeping ring in m the roe roar of oft Spen t p no T i r Maw sons whop wholesale Who sale dry goods store n the t he first Hour floor of or the Short line Ime hl The al alum rm was turned An W at 3 44 H a m The names spread all aU over r the build building buildIng building ing a th marvelous rn n rapidity So Sol quickie quick did they leap from room to room that chief hiet Devine the bul was as largely largel fined filled with gases gen rated orated by chemicals chemical in one of ot the on tb th the first floor WINan Vl fifteen ft PI alter after ter th the first alarm the nt was waa on 00 its It ray yay to the fire Are When the tte firemen arrived t the ie e flames flame seemed t be e confined to the thet basement t a ai at a the southwest o corner cornel of or store or 01 in the northwest t corner of the portion occupied by the Mine Smelter 5 ply company compan The firemen fought vigorously but the tho bui became rapidly engulfed in flames flame Assistant Chief McCarthy led his uen en into the heart of the build building building I ing to TS tt t the conflagration at close clo I rt t Suddenly d there was a roar r w I 1 he b nd was Avas rent Walls al s fell Debris was blown in every direction Fresh Fro h impetus was Vas given the flames Assistant Chief McCarthy and three thee of 0 I his kis men man pore ore re struck down They man managed managed managed aged to escape Assistant Chief McCarthy heard that lone one of his Us men was still in the build building buildIng ing and anO In immediate peril of his life i With the blood bloat streaming from wounds that might prove mortal he started arted s i kick back toward the raging flames He lIe was seized and held back as the man manh h he sought to rescue had emerged Then Theft he ha fainted from less of blood As soon as the t e flow was as checked checke anti and ha h had re recovered covered co er d consciousness ho ko returned to 10 the bottle battle b with the flames He wa was finally restrained re by the physicians at al almost ati I i most by main force The Che three firemen men menI I I who had been injured with him Continued con conI I I tinned to fight fi ht the are fre re although they 1 were partially disabled di 1 The cause rause of the explosion is in dispute dis dispute It is stated to be due to either I powder or chemicals owned by the i I Mine I Smelter Supply company I IThe The Short Line building was as shrouded I II with dames fames which were spreading ro rothe o 0 othe I the High school and to the Dooly build in iii The decrepit engine was unable f to throw a stream above the third story of oC the Dooly block This building also aleo would have been destroyed had It not been for fr the stand pipe system with I which it s equipped Aided by b this the firemen fire nen were able to carry a stream RUINS RUINS OF OREGON SHORT LINE L YE WEST NEST TEMPLE STREET FRONT 11 ae A As s w z al alas as asa asaS a aS t J I i f j y yr r a r s N y vY M N ply a Photographed for The Herald gerald by Pries FrIes Brothers Street to the roof and save the building Hard fighting brought the fire under control and by 8 the buildings surrounding the Short Line structure were out of danger The High school and other neighboring buildings suf suffered suffered but slightly The Short Line officials and clerks were installed yesterday afternoon in temporary quarters in the Dooly Deoly block and elsewhere The railroad carries carrle its own insurance the Union Pacific Ore Oregon Oregon I gon Short Line and Oregon Railway e Navigation company paying a certain amount annually into the joint J int Insurance tp ur urance I ance fund which is much muo more ore than sufficient to make up all aU money mOn loss I |
