Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-08-04 | Page 1 | Sprague Wiped Out

SPRAGUE WIPED OUT TOWN devastated DEVASTATE BY FIRE big railroad shops and fifty stores and dwellings burned loss will reach beach TRIBUNE TRIBU Nr SPECIAL I 1 bolge ida aug 2 A statesman special fronk from spokane says rays the business portion of sprague forty miles west eest of spokane burned today to day and the town will be practically wip wiped ed out the flames started in the northwest portion and fanned by a clerce wind quickly destroyed several build ing in its path it then lumped jumped to the lb northern pacific machine shops wilt re extensive works have been in operation for repair work for three branches and the main line load in eastrin washing ton the shops hop and roundhouse round houie with fill a core of engines icehouse and depot were consumed and the lire then cri mosed the track irack to tile the mouth where the main business part portion ion of ane lon la ja located the facilities tor for fire wre were limited and nothing could lie le done to stop it fitly fifty stores dwellings hotels and is tables are in ashes the wires were doun and cation was waa not established until a late lale hour special trains went from spokane w nith lah hose but arrived too late to be of much service the loss to is ebli trusted at three quarters of wm a million illion apayor bandeen Ban dern of sprague communicated munica ted with mayor bell of spokane asking for food and tents for the homei I 1 acs aas people which were sent gent immediate ly sprague nail has a and mainly depends urion upon t the he ral railroad I 1 road shops for income it la Is also tho the county sent of lincoln county the blow is all the more severe because the shops will probably never bp be rebuilt the northern pacific having tor for isome time been 1710 ing them to spokane kanc this will undoubtedly be done now and the town will never recover from tile ha blow