Show un H STORE AND OPERA hause bl u RNE the most destructive fire that ever occurred in davis county over worth of property destroyed insurance v f CL 04 if R ani storo store anil I 1 bouso boas 0 in ill bountiful 1 were 1 a ly llos troyed by fire this oils artym oon n it is the most I 1 firo tua 1 l t hits has ov eroc burrd ill ii D IJa ay is county the loss is i probably more than tho the build ilig cost coat 14 it waa erected nearly Barly ii twenty yogis years ago and contract r rs 8 jay say it coull could not bo be replaced today tor tho the stock of goods in the store was probably worth orth in the neighborhood M of most of the A 15 W 31 ED P il G goody yere saved but no doubt ai aside bably dailia damaged gea IN nothing r othla could bo be saved from tile opera opera libuse hhuse scenery plano chairs chair s and everything wont went nothing 0 ro remains maltis now of tho the b building it I 1 I 1 d I 1 ni 1 0 except four tall walls the walls stood tile the fire remarkably well the top of tile tho side walls at the rear loan lean out a little and the f rout front wall is out on the northwest corner the walls will probably have to bo be tallon taken bow down n at least to tile the first story tile the heat may have damaged the walls so that they will be no good at all export ei wili williab ak to examine them 4 j mr Rai rampton ripton carried 2 worth of on the in ing and goods tho the origin 0 of tho the ineis firo unknown A number some three or four heard three reports in succession resembling M explosions 0 G plant who was painting lilt his now new shop ori on thu the at lot north noticed smoke moke coming out or of th the a roof ho he and hyrum sessions and john thurgood who wore doing C carpen carpenter tor work on oil the same building rushed bushed over to investigate an ali attempt was made to go inside of the upstairs wh tho the hose aut out the room was so denso dense with smoke that nothing noth g could bo be done then thea a ladder wits was placed against aln st the back wall and the hose applied through a back window but it wa soon evident that too building 0 could po no ba saved so every attention was paid to carrying out the goods aud and tota to saving totaling ving tile the adjoining buildings A Y XIT was kept flowing ol 01 thu roof of holbrook S medleys furniture store and albert Burning hams barber shop also on oil joseph knightonn Knigh tous tons bicycle shop and frank tailor shop mr Burning hams barber shop was finally pulled out into tho the street an immense crowd grath gathered ored people came from till oil parts of I 1 tile the town and centreville Cen treville the smoke could bo be seen coming out of the roof down by ts argyles near tho D R gry G ry the crowd worked like Z some were vry vary venturesome and took great chances on their lives it was all over in about two hours |