Show ONLY BLACKENED MASS OF RUINS MARKS MAIKS MA KS SPOT WHERE THE CLIFF HOUSE STOOD San Francisco Cal Sept 7 The fa famous famous famous Cliff Clift House of this San first attraction for tor tourists was burned to the ground grou d this even evening evenIng evening ing Fire broke out In the building about a out and an hour hourS later a blackened heap of ot ruins was as all aU that remained of the historic structure The house was wa built of ot wood and fanned by lively ocean breezes breez s the flames made such headway hea way before the near nearest nearest est cat fire company arrived that it was realized that the place was doomed and more attention was paid to saving adjoining property than to ta the burning buildings The e Cliff House had been closed for some S me time as the new les lessee lessee see John Tait Talt was remodelling the in interior Interior tenor Workmen were about the place until noon and then departed for tor the day da How the fire started is a mys mystery mystery tery tory This was the second Cliff Clift House to be ba destroyed by fire The building which was burned today was erected about thirty years ago by Adolph Sutro of ot Sutro tunnel fame It was owned bv by bythe the Sutro estate and was valued at at Tait Talt estimates his loss at 50 on which there theN Is Insurance The Cliff House was ranked as one of ot the best known resorts of ot America Lo Located Located Located on a rocky promontory beyond the tine Golden Gate directly above the lashing waves of the Pacific ocean and affording a close view of the seals dis din disporting disporting porting on the rocks near shore It was waa wasa a strong stron attraction for visitors and from its broad porches hundreds of ot thousands of peole obtained ob their first firstI view vi I w v of the mighty waters aters The mag magnificent magnificent magnificent Sutro baths nearby were not damaged |