Salt Lake Herald | 1909-04-04 | Page 7 | Five Million Dollar Blaze

FIVE MILLION I DOLLAR BLAZE Southern Portion of Fort Worth Tex in Ruins Known Loss of One Life Fort Worth Tex April 1 Starting In Ina ina a barn bans presumably from a carelessly thrown cigarette fire tire this afternoon destroyed de destroyed destroyed property in the southern portion of at Fort Worth valued at caused the death of one person J ST J Newton of or Krum Erum Texas Texa and ren ron rendered rendered dered tiered several thousand persons homeless The fire originated at Jennings avenue venue and street in the center of or a fashionable residence district and fanned by a stiff sure wind was beyond control with within in fifteen minutes Spreading to the south it burned its It way through thirty two to blocks and continued until it had swept through the yards of or the Texas Pacific railroad destroying the railroad buildings and a i large amount of or rolling roiling stock where the fire practically burned itself out Three church buildings the Broadway Baptist and Presbyterian and the Swed Swedish SwedIsh Swedish ish chapel were among the buildings de destroyed destroyed destroyed as was the Presbyterian sanita sanitarium sanitarium sanitarium The patients of or the latter instill institution Institution tion Hon were all removed in safety The Texas Pacific railroad suffered The he largest individual losses Fourteen locomotives were reduced redu ed to twisted masses ma SM of ot steel and iron and several hundred box cars besides the round roundhouse r roundhouse house and other buildings of the tM road were destroyed