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Show If8 nnd Prutly tho Wazo began to abate. It was Homclimo however brf lho inlw)ilalJts WlW calmed down and an invoice nutdo of th losses that will reach $10,0(10. Of this amount Wrench losses wiu reach $8000 and those of llershein, fcOOO the livery stable having been saved without material damage. A number of persons who were lodging over Lawrence s store when the Maze broke forth found themselves hemmed m tho furnace, and in .dropping frora the windows sustained slight abrasions. Otherwise Uo . .laniage was j sustained by them, although tho escape from cremation by some of them w'as decidedly and mi-comfortably mi-comfortably narrow. The past few hours have been tho most exciting oues in the annals of the camp. Mr. Lawrence who sustains the heaviest heav-iest blow is attending at tho grand jnrv in Salt Lake. PARK CITX IN FLAMES. riourlghing Camp Nearly Destroyed by an Early Morning Blaze. 'ark Cm-, Sopt. 11, Tho shrill iek of the whistle at the Ontario H that pierced the crisp air at four !ck this morning, directed atten-" atten-" a sheet of flame that was rapid-nveloping rapid-nveloping tho largo two story frame 'ding owned by James Lawrence, 1 formerly occupied by him ' the purpose of a gen-;,1 gen-;,1 merchandise establishment. A r moments later a delegation of the "P'ojces at the Ontario w ere upon ' stene, aud the thrilling struggle be-" be-" The men fought with iron will 'letermination, but the blaze had "ed itself so firmly among the rafters the battle was a hopeless one. 11,1 this point the flames cx-;1''1 cx-;1''1 themselves to Thomas rsheiin's store. and it be-11 be-11 'o dissolve in tho lurid sheet. r m that point they swept across the 'Tow thoroughfare to McDonahue 'linn's livery stable that was ,;C'd with the most dangerous The outlook was of the t aiarioing characUr. The town doomed, apparently, and its people ia'c stricken. The inhabitants, be-""lnS be-""lnS that the entire camp wms to fall '"ore the blaze, began to pack their "fsonal effects to the sidewalks and " 'hem in shape to flee before the ;DIH'i- Merchants ordered out wagons every description, determined to save little they could and hun-otls hun-otls were assembled prepared ' lt,n'l a helping hand. This raged for uear a hour when ' e t!ames tint had swept tip against a JCe bnilding began to spend them-lvesia them-lvesia Jutile effort t0 get within. 1 tho meantime the fight was ' "wmrated on the frame btiild- |