Show ABOUT WORTH 0 DESTROYED B IRE WEDNESDAY the bountiful coop co op one of the best stores in davis county and about three fourths of stock of goods destroyed wednesday morning Z only insurance iou ill unc one of th moat disastrous alres uns ii ia its history wednesday when tho the cco 1 rop op store land band n bunt three foin fourths theof of its sto stock ak or oi goods wore burned nned bi the alio stock of goods wits was estimated at when stock was taken on tile the or of lust last month but large lago shipments of lats lui is und embroider em embroideries broide ries garden soe Js i spi ihrig jog goods etc lad nt ar rud nitice bringing the up tip to ilbong the buil jing wis was valt valued aed at to 32 12 brill bringing brilling ing he total value or ol the property up ill to or 17 47 deduct deducting ing the goods that thai saved lit at their reduced value on oil of being soine what damaged thoy have it loss of about the buil dim was ios tired with the noine fire co of 1 toll all for and there was 4 worth of 1 on oil ih the goods good s with otilea tito the origin of ot irois mcf is un leown ii I 1 te r e em V q v D I 1 alic w koyn combustion bustion are arc given fis as tho able ca causes aum s charles Oli arles I 1 lu lie proprietor pro rictor of the ilia davis county comity t electric supply co who for seventeen years ns as a ip aber of the alie fire do dei nt jit if illa halt lake city nad who otere anteri nt eri ib Imil din and worked vork bd close t 1 1 abe place w here the fire 1 d to tile spontaneous tall coils coingus coin colli bus bils ta t it 11 theory george Thu thurgood rood 11 one of tho the 1 tj l who was co boillin illin to open awas p was the first to discover the f fm re ile he observed sill smoke olce oozing it of a crack where ahel a ill an addition is joined oa 01 to the part of the building at tilt rear and out oui 04 a window on oil the roof nearly mr er ilia elevator ele ator shaft when lie he wait some distance down tho street 1 I hastened to the building buil diny t open ilia front frolli ioor door entered aad ex lined kinod tile heat illg stoves and t aind them all right lull but found founds i it there was a fire down in ili tile I 1 aselli ent in ill the vicinity of the ele vator shaft jolin john IV V A lawson ilia hie night wit cli left about ton toll minutes to to t in the morning but john jhn stoker file Inal manager lager of the store lad had arrived before mr ir law soo sni left after making a fir firo in one of tile stoves mr stoker W 11 ll A over to wallace sessio sessions Sessi ois as barber shop t to 0 got get it shave as mr stoker had not been able to be at the store since friday on oil account ov ot heing being laid up at home with la gr grilho crippe ilpo tile barber lad had one half of mr faco face shaved when oliver rickert happened along 1 il J notified hin him eliat the store vis vas v is on oil fire george thurgood gaye gave the a daryll which ai ell was picked up by miss iks ajnik Fearn fearnley rhioa 11 i f loy v 0 0 opera 1 era 1 l tor for tile the it 1 phone co 1111 hai i its axi habisc ill iii tile mitchall Mit choll building I 1 josl a tross the street front from tile store she klie could get it 11 good view 0 ol 01 1 the fire sliu she rapidly called up ill f hourly lie alin al IN overy everybody body ill till thi town ind and is fis ii a resul tit was mot long lon gitil there was un till itin I 1 it csc i IS e ronad on oil tile no Noti tinie inu was lost nearly overy body not got busy the building yas was vatere 1 front find and bauk back and 1 ivin dows oa tin the aides hadders were nvere leaned against tin tho building on oil tile abe olit outside side in ill order to gut get through t the windows on oil tile second floor thur L brood was tile first nian illan to to tackle tin the upstairs ira stoker and nu im niL rous othel 3 joi led him hill and worked until they thiry ran great risks of boing being oven over anio voine by the smoke which lad had become be collic very 1 dense I a I 1 I 1 s a the greater portion of the things on oil the south side of tile building both top and ai bottom which consisted consist cd principally of dry goods gents clothing jewelry lacus faces etc were saved but scarcely anything on the north side of lie he house where the 11 groceries Illo cerie hardware ote etc were kept no one could tell just what junices handes un ices they wore were taking almost I 1 from the bol beginning ginning that the building was MIS so deso de do iso so with smoke that one was liable to be overcome drop down unnoticed and later be a burned up thero there ans a keg of powder 1000 worth of loaded cartr cartridges ilges ud aad a large tank of coal oil and other colbus 1 bibles that was liable to explode dittl at any ally tinie time the cartridges did keep up lip a great cracking when the fire got to raging in ili thu main room this fire demonstrated that bountiful does docs not only aced its hydrants installed but also a good volunteer tiro fire with it a good bravo brave level headed diki iii f if there lad boon been a good I 1 with a good experienced man on oil the grouia to 1 have directed the on ort of the crowd it is very probable that I 1 I 1 evell W with ith tile the at land hand tin tilt building might inight have been sav el an ail experienced leader u with ith it few trained men could corta certainly do more than ali army arni of 1111 train ed cd the flamel beeline fierce alerce whon when they begun began leaping through th alio 4 roof alio iio heat became so intense for anhilo when the lire fire wits was the tato worst that it looked liko like tile H I 1 joining buildings would go and possibly the whole block had it not bec beci i an ail ideal illy day the alio dis ister boull corta certainly have been very enuch worse As it was tho the people in the business houses and private residences made every preparation to abandon their pro pory pery if lio lie lie fie got any worse help could easily have been had lid frocil 1 roin salt lake as it was over an ail leour before the fire came callic through the first firs A floor and it was two I 1 hours before tile the building was waa con I 1 summed but probably on oil account of not having tiny any hydrants I 1 installed yet it was ivas thought they could oot render much assi assistance 0 so they wore not lot sent for Mars lial proved himself an efficient ent suad thoughtful j offic officer iff icer L i about tit the a fire in ili k koen lj mg people out of danger lie ile did not lot leave the promises premises until ill all alie I 1 lie walls that it ho considered daa berous had been pulled down or I 1 wa y ads cds we bound 4 IJ A W 4 0 braced brace the front of the buil building dill tind the front portions of the side wills walls are arc down tit alio room in the mitchell building which was y the sian mana 1 grant music co as well as an room have been secured and the store will open up lip there for the present As yet no directors meeting niec ting lills been lold held as richard String hain oneff the directors aid vice pros pres ident is in ill tile cast and bishop stoker ilia hie president and largest owner in ill the coni company pally is lionie home sick in bed 1 this is a bad blow to the fifty OV more sharli as well as to i or more shareholders as wal is as to tile town its as this store always sold old goods at very prices anve employment to quite a number I 1 of persons and was a credit to tile town and county it has beet bacu about out a half a century since it 11 was first started |