Show TOOElE FIRE LOSS i REACHES Blaze Originated From Un Unknown Unknown Unknown known Cause Ga se in Warehouse of Bowles Evans MANY VOLUNTEER HEROES COVERED SELVES WITH GLORY Special to The Tooele Aug 14 and devastated by the fire tire of ot Saturday night which swept over a portion of the old town of ot Tooele the ruins were yesterday visited by nearly everybody In both the new and old town All day long people walked about In the ruined section and discussed the conflagration of ot the night before They speculated upon the losses sustained discussed the probable origin of the fire tire guessed as to what have happened had hadnot hadnot hadnot not the buildings been thoroughly soaked by bya a drenching rain Saturday afternoon and praised the work of the volunteer firemen whose heroic work checked the flames anti and saved both towns from what That hat appeared to be total destruction Just how the fire started is as much of a mystery today as it was Saturday night It is known however that it started in the Bowles Evans ware warehouse warehouse warehouse house It Is the general belief that the had its origin in someone drop dropping dropping dropping ping a lighted cigar olgar or cigarette in the inflammable material about the floor of the place Partially Insured Conservative reckoning of at the loss losses places the total between and which Is about coy cov covered ered by Insurance The fire tire was spectacular in many man re respects and was fraught with danger on every even hand The volunteer firemen from both the old and new towns took desperate chances but the proposition which they were called for forWith fori ft i With the wind blowing a gale and the fire well under way before it was i discovered the situation was waR drastic Everybody has a word of praise to today today day for tur the fire laddies and the people are generally generall grateful to the manage management management ment merit of ot the International smelter who dispatched men of the night shift from the smelter to the scene of the fire tire These brawny bighearted men rendered valuable assistance The be begrimed begrImed begrimed grimed faces of the smelter workers could be seen everywhere doing ev thing in their power to check the flames which were licking up every everything ever everything thing in their path The worked hand and hand with the vol volunteer volunteer volunteer firemen and finally checked the flames which seemed many times bent upon getting beyond human control and were headed for the newly built up residence district where many or ornate ornate ornate nate and valuable homes are located One of ot the most strategic pieces of ot work of at the firemen was the tho tearing I down of the St Clair Glair saloon which stood directly in the path of the flames and had it not been torn down would have served as the communicating link to conduct the flames to the residence district beyond There were many man acts of ot personal bravery Patrick White and Frank volunteer firemen especially distinguished themselves Everett Glenn had his hands severely burned while fighting the flames James Gardner manager of the local Bell Telephone exchange rendered val valuable valuable al assistance in spreading the alarm It was he who notified the peo people I pIe in the new flew town of ot the fire tIre In Inless Inless less lees than four minutes the hose com corn company company pany from the new town had seven blocks and had their apparatus on the scene soene in the old town If It there has ever eer been any rivalry between the towns It was forgotten in the common danger The firemen worked like lIlee so many beavers There came a time when the water from the hydrants seemed to lose its pressure The firemen put the old time hand pump apparatus into com corn commission commission mission and powerful men made the theold theold theold old machine groan with animation While the fire was Wall raging in the Bowles Evans warehouse there were Intervals when there was a veritable fusillade of ot shots caused by the ex explosion explosion explosion of at cartridges The report was circulated that the warehouse con contained contained tamed powder and a tank of ot gasoline this however proved unfounded In any event there was no explosion of any moment Peter A Droubay is s the heaviest loser His building and und stock of goods were totally destroyed with a loss luss of at about J partly insured Mr Droubay said today that he would re replace replace replace place his building by the erection of a anew anew anew new brick structure The loss to the Baron Clothing com corn company company pany panT Is estimated at The insurance Insurance insurance ance covering the property was al allowed allowed a lowed to lapse a few days before the fire tire The damage to the Bowles Evans Eans warehouse is said to 1000 no insurance ance antic Eight billard and poo pool tables in the Droubay building were destroyed The loss on this account is fully rull covered by insurance Sackett Nelson esti estimate estimate estimate mate their loss at with 1500 Insurance St Clairs saloon carried no Insurance Insurance insurance ance The loss Is over The J JC JC C Pennington real estate office was walS a total loss to the amount of 2500 no insurance The plans of ot many of ot those who suf sut suffered suffered heavy losses are not very well welt defined today Some of ot them however have stated that they would immedi immediately Immediately immediately set about to replace their build buildIngs buildIngs buildings Ings with more substantial ones |