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Show the fire: Probable Amount Of Loss. The fire nt tho Clift House was got under control, by tho arduous lalxirs ! of thc Grc department at nlut 2 I o'cKx-k ye-torxlay morning, hut it was not until :Mvt eight that it way fully 1 extinguished, and thc steamer ceased to worje. All night long did the firemen fire-men work nobly to wive, and to their exertions is duo thc fact that the hotel is not now completely in ruins.au j that thc adjoining buildings, if not the entire block were saved. Although at one time during thc night : it looked as if nothing could prevent a general contlagration, yet the tire was confined to the Clift House alone.tlie only damage done toother houses being from the water thrown on them. At this time it is impossible impos-sible to tell the amount of the los, to the house and furniture, but it has been heavy. probably between $ 10,000 and $."() 0U0. The walls o( the building build-ing remain firm and uninjured, but the mansard story and the third Moor arc entirely burned; and in one or two ruome on the second tlxar ha thc lire burned through and fi ll on the ground floor. All of tho partitions and ceslings, are thoroughly saturated with water, and the rooms not injured with the fire will have to be repla.-tered and refinirfhed. Mr. Clift, the owner ol thc building, places his loss at between i $20,000 and $ij,000, which is insured to thc amount of $12,000. The lost-to lost-to the furniture cannot be estimated. The house W;is finishiM and furnished m superb style, thc cost of the furnishings fur-nishings being upwards of $'jo,000. u the suddenness of the alarm and the great haste to remove thc furniture furni-ture and movables, tilings wcro noi I uaudled gently ; costly bcdsteails, 'urjius and chairs, were tumbled oiu 1 without regard to their safety; fiut , Axmiiister, Brussels and tapestry ear-pets ear-pets were torn up and ruined; mir- ! rors were demolished, and in fact everything was more or less injured, rrob-ably thc loss -to the furnishing? ought not to be estimated at less than fifty per cent, of tlie value. The insurance in-surance on this part of the loss wat hut $3,000. The damage to the adjoining ad-joining buildings will not probably exceed S300 or $-100. When the alarm wns given very few of tlie guests were in the house, but almost all of thc baggage was thrown out and saved, though many were unable to find their goods until morning. Many of the guests were provided with accommodations at the Walker House, although some remained re-mained at thc scene of the fire all night. Of the action of the lire brigade too much cannot be said in praise. Although Al-though there was an amount of grumbling and fault finding on the part of some, which is always the case with a certain class, never did men work harder and accomplish more with the facilities at their command. com-mand. Thc steamer stopped but once during the whole night, and then but long enough to shi:t the hose to another position. Thc Vigilance Vigi-lance hand engine was kept at work until 5 o'clock in the morning, when one of the brakes broke. The Wasatch Wa-satch hand engine, from tho 20th am, was eany on uie grounu, unu did good service in throwing water as long as it was thought neccsssary. The hose men. and thc men with the hooks and ladders fearlessly fought thc flames, doing all that men could do, and they accomplished much. From the chief engineer down, every man did his duty, while numbers of citizens worked bly from the first till the last. Considering the general disorder which prevailed, there were fewer accidents ac-cidents occurred than might have been expected. Chief engineer McAllister Mc-Allister was injured somewhat what on the foot, but not seriously. Howard Spencer received several cuts and bruises. W. Sullivan narrowly escaped being burned to death, a portion por-tion of the burning roof having fallen on him, but fortunately he escaped with a few cuts and bruises, not of a serious character. W. Hall, of the Alert hose company, was picked up insensible and carried to the W;dk.T . House, where he remained all night, lie was quitt unwell yesterday, suffering suffer-ing from the effects of exhaustion and a severe cold which ho caught. There were other parties who received slight injuries, but no one was dan' gerously hurt. As usual at such occurrences there was some stealing going on. Guards were placed over the baggage in tho street, yet a number of articles were stolen, nnd thc thieves succeeded in making good their escape. However it is thought some of them will be apprehended. Taking everything ' into consideration it may be considered consid-ered fortunate that what at one time bid fair to be a great conflagration has terminated so lightly. |