Show I WHERE FLAMES RAGED I RESULT OF FIRE ON WASATCH MOUNTAINS A Number Cottages Would Have Been Destroyed Had the Flames Not Been Subdued r 1 When morning dawned yesterday the five square miles to the north west I and cast of Fort Douglas which were j j I burned over by the grass and brush j I fires of the day previous showed how fierce raged the blaze The real danger was all over the evening previous but here andthere all day yesterday there were small coils < of emoko ascending the embers having1 been fanned Jnto life by a strong wind up the ravines All of these small fires were Isolated however and there seemed to be no danger of a further spread it being seen that they would soon burn themselves them-selves out as there was no vegetation on cither side such as would feed them The hard work done by the members of the Tventythlrcl Infantry on tho day previous was very generally commented com-mented upon however by every visitor to the fort and there were many who went up there to view the ravages made by the fire Hidden from view save by those who thread the ravines to the north and east of the City cemetery there are several small cotages occupied by those whose business busi-ness calls them to live In that vicinity and that the blaze would undoubaedly have spread l to them had I not been subdued by tho soldiers Is almost sure In that case they would have lost their little all as they would have had but meager facilities 11 any to fight the fire Persons who came in from the neighborhood of Mill Creek Neffs and other canyons in the Wasatch range yesterday report that there have been several small fires In nearly all of these but that the damage done so far to the shrubbery and trees so been slight 1 All day yesterday there was a fierce fire raging on u mountain peak to the east and north of the fort and Its origin was n mystery to those who arc acquainted with the geog raphy of the Wasntoh as the peak on accessible whloh It was observed Is almost in |