Show SHUBERT I THEATRE TRE BURNED I Loss Estimated at Sustained When Flames Destroy Playhouse ELEVEN NARROWLY NARROWLY ESCAPE FROM DEATH Historic Building on South Sout Main Street Str Is a Total Loss v Buried under masses of or brick and broken beams three firemen escaped from the ruins of ot the Shubert theatre with their lives when that building was destroyed by fire which originated on the st stage ge of the unused theatre at o'clock tl this s morning dc destroying the building and entailing a loss of A family comprising seven even sevenpersons persons was from tram the burning building under spectacular circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances when the flames were at th their lr height Three men sleeping in an adI adjoining ad- ad I joining building were warned of ot their thur danger by an alert mes messenger eDger boy and eSc escaped only a few before th tM room in Iii which they had s slept ept w was w s crushed like an eggshell by by the tho falling walls Wails aUs of ot the theatre The fire firc re is believed to have ha or ill on he stage ta e of the theatre which had hadnot hadnot not been used med since T Tuesday E E. EIE Me- Me hes hesy has a n weekly lease on on- on the build- build inc inz in and aud had conducted a moving picture pie pic ture Ii show h 0 in the theatre but hiLt det deter determined mi mined ed because of lack o of to close the house His Hi rent Tent was was' paid to W removed cd all aU ot J his eft effects Tuesday and notified d time the Utah LightS Light and Railway co company 4 u shut abut off on the time electric current on on the following day da- daHe He lie notified big his fireman who handled the furnace in the theatre building to put out the fires Wednesday Wednes day and there had bad bc been n no DO fires in iIi the building since since that time Tt Ti Tt is s stated by men nien familiar with the building that the doors were insecurely in JD securely fastened with antiquated locks leeks and that tramps and vagrants ha e been sleeping on the stage C. C L Lis Lt is considered likely that the fire originated onig mated from this source So far as a n is Known no Ji lives s were lost If tramps tramp were x sleeping in in the r and were kill killed d their bodies have not been found in the ruins ruins Alarm Is Too Late The Fhe be fire file was not dis discovered o cred until it had gained great reat headway Patrolman Thomas C on the tho lower Main Mai street beat heat saw the flames leaping l ap J through h the roof root and turned in mu 10 an n alarm over the police signal system When the fir fire crews loft headquarters the sky was reddened by the glare of the flames flame all the Chief Chic William IT II water By-water 3 I equipment from headquarters with the exception ex of the auxiliary steamer and and ana the apparatus arid and crews from stations 2 and 7 responded to the alarm Be Bej tore fore the thc firemen arrived however howE the whole holc rear of of the building and the roof were a mass nines of flames Tho The terrific ton tor- rifle rub draft raft c caused by the heat hedt carried burning om embers rs high hi h in in the thc air ail air dropping dropping drop drop- pin ping them on the roofs of the surrounding sur sun rounding skyscrapers pers and office buildings build build- ID ings S and spreading the zone one for lor fori i I block in every direction Lines of hose bos were run to the thc stage stag from either side of th the tho building and another line ine was Vas by ly tho the crew up ip the tho fire escape ou on the south side aide i e of the thc he building It Tt was when the fire was as at it its height in in tho the r rr u of oC th the b building and after atter the flames had bad eaten caf eat eat- roof that Inspector e en ni through the tho 00 ri Anderson gave the alarm that a fai h was w was was' s' s asleep in the thc room at the tur front of the tho building on tho timo second loor v Baiker Family Saved Inspector Anderson Captain Andr Andrew Andraw T and members ot of Captain Eikrem's Eik- Eik Eikrem's rems rem's em a crow including A. A H. H lammond nd A A. A A. A Carlson Carlon and DI Driver DIer er Isaac Chilton rushed wl with h ha a i line to the P part of the building oc o oc- oc cupic bv by E. E A A. Barker Darker and his hia family fame fain ily ly Wh While Je a 8 part of the tho crew crow corred corred cor- cor cor- cor cre red the rescuers with A stream of ot water wa- wa ter er or Captain Captin and amid Inspector Aner Anler An- An ler er ou on smashed the doors lea leading ing into hc thc Barker family family's s rooms C Continued on page c 32 2 SHUBERT THEATRE SHUBERT c Continued l from PIC tC 1 Barker and his uk wife hail had been cn awal awak wal- wal elff only a 1 moment before bv liv Ih the bc vol 01 limp of or acrid smoke c that hit hind fl filled tl III their TOm rooms Without time in If which to 10 dress the time members of or tho the were wrapped in blankets t and iod Dd quilts quilt's and carried fu to ft 11 safety ili The 11 members of the I. I are JC Mr Ir anti fl E. A. A Bark r I McCann llarI r 1 13 years oiti Barl Barker r S years oM old Jor I 1 1 years old I warl r years f rs oh 11 flo Barker larker I j 7 months montils old oll When the timi carried Mrs Irs s. s Barker liar Bar ker her and time the tlC down the stairway stairway stair tair way 1 and 11 Barker followed t through h the blinding smoke and Mid the r red l glare of tho the fire th time the crowd that hd liti been hicen attracted I by hy tho the cheered tho time firemen fremen with wih I f r retry I r Firemen Ar Artt Caught There Wen ro a number of thrill thrilling es s. s aJr when Firemen J. J Tilton iari Kar tarl Smith and Ben Kilpatrick were h by time the te soul south ii wall wali wal which buckled outward outward out out- ward nt at t 2 0 O 0 clock Thene firemen fremen were on the the iron ion playing a aline aon 11 line on the time interior of the building which was wa n a roaring furnace There Then was not oot aim an instants instant's warning the wan wall caving Mid and carrin carrying the tho three men muon en to what seemed certain death ileath J It-ane It ane Chilton Philton relief driver was WF on tho the stairway at tho the landing handling the ho hose e. e He lie escaped with slight 1 ht injuries The Thc other men meD Karl Earl larJ Smith a R driver of tho the steamer J n. n p. p Morris and Ben Kilpatrick man pipi-man on tho the auto engine en on- glue gine JiDe were beneath masses of brick broken timbers and the ruins of or the theion theiron theiron iron ion iron tair stairway n Smith was wae only onh partly bulc harlot burled His heavy leather coat coat nerved as a a shield and amid prevented the tailing falling bricks from break rc k- k ing his bone bones helmet was WIS battered and flattened like an 01 old tin tn canant fan can anti and ant this hits saved Ia ed him from Irom a broken cn head Smith mth succeeded In dl digging himself out lUt without aid ald and then lien rem remained IS nt on all the job despite his painful bruises amid ld the shock of the tho fall until he lie le succeeded In ve rescuing Kilpatrick While hit both were weak from the shock hock the they able to 10 clamber out of t tho the ruins with the aid of oC other oIlier firemen Their comrades pick pitk them up where the they hey fell fel tel after ater being drag dragged ed to safety latt Chion Chilton who was bruised about abut the lOgs was taken with the other men to headquarters headQuarters where here they were examined b by a n clan cian can Unless It I Is 11 developed that they wore vote Injured Internally the they will 1 be b able to resume active dut duty within a few days 18 None one Is Ie apparently hurt seriously thou though h the they are are sore some from their bruises Messenger Boy 01 Prompt When the wall fell CeU a 1 cr cry was raised that three men sleeping In Schmidt rt restaurant In tho the bull building adjoining the tho theatre on on the south had ad been en killed kled The roof of ot the tho building w was wag crushed b by the mass mass of brick and mortar and It was WIS believed believed be be- that they thew were burl burl d. ll A ger r bo boy whose name has rot ot been open learned knew that the men were asleep In the Iho building and IntI wakened d them They Tiey had reached rech d safety about ten minutes before the wall wail wal fell fel Their names were not se- se b by the tho Ore fire department nt Lieutenant David Dald Mills Mis ad and Ed Anthony were holding one line on the north sid side of or the sta stage e just und under r the proscenium arh arch and Lieutenant Joe Bowen and Fir Firemen Fremen memi Otto OUo Smith and Bert of ot the auto crew were holding down own another line InQ on the south side of the arch at the te h line when the crash of ot falling timbers thundered about II them and the air was M filled fled with brick brIcks and mortar splintered nl timbers and other wreckage Some Good Hose Lost Lieutenant Bowen W was wa struck truck across tho the legs b by a two Inch Inch plank and was doubled up like a a. a jackknife Ills his Ils com corn pan Ions h had Iid d thrilling escapes and ad cannot understand how the they got out alive alvo An In Instant before Ul the roof and wall wal fell teU there was a premonitory crackling and Lieutenant Lieuten ant alt Bowen shut off oc the water When themen tho the thomen thomen men were forced to drop the hose tho the W water ter having been shut oft off or the did not and tle they escaped injury from brick and amid timber that source surce The Tho mass of ot bric that fell reU on the tue water lines shut shut oft off the tho water In both lines Jnes and the men were ere forced to leave heave the lose hose hOle in tho the ruins and and crawl through h the Inferno of or charred timber tim Um- ber bent Iron and broken bricks bricks still tl hot and smoking to laet safety Lieutenant Mills and at his crew were cre not Injured they too being protected by bv the tm timbers er which fell cli fel above them forming an arch o of safety abYe Onh a R few tev minutes tel before oJ the crash Dan I A. A A. A Carlson and Jake Jaee Jae Grimm had left lett Lieutenant Mills having been ordered to the front of tho lie building Chief Bywater as Boon eoon as 18 he hI could G get getaway getaway t away Iway from tho the fire hurried to headquarters tera to ae see fo that tho the Injured Inured m men rm-n n were well cared for and ad had bad hl medical attention Mien atten tion tiomi and then r returned to the tho tre fire The crews responding to the charm alarm 1 kept on the job until o'clock this morning morIng ep when hen they were ere ordered back to their stations Flatten and four tour other men mel were d detailed to watch the bul building and Ilc keep two tTO lines In readiness for use It If the flames should b break ak out again These These- men were relieved at S o'clock b by two mn rele e a mono men and at 1 10 o'clock these men were called caled back to their stations that th tho building Is f Bywater ater saYs says bul nl own owned b by th the tho Burlington syndicate an eastern tatern corporation and nc I was wan a Y tt at t tf Tho The loss Is I. I estimated at at f though it I 1 i It likely that the walls wals must b bra brazed be ra raze raze-d d because of the terrific heat It I Is I. understood that there was WM Insurance Inane Inane- ance anca ancl K E. F. F P. P WIckes fiscal agent Ilent In is I. I not In n the city and these details cannot be bt 1 learned d definitely until Ti lie le returns Charles Bates Batel owner of the lie Ju Judge se building but but- fet ct holds the n lease leavo lealo and had ha subleased It Ito t to o I IX 1 Th The building I n W was S originally the St. St James Jame hotel anti and was waa ag leased to William Gurl Gurley several years yeam eart ago and operated as a stock tok then tic This Thil lease lenee Itne was 1 t taken ten over b by Max Ma Florence at the time Dime Florence Florence Flor Flor- For For- ence took toot over aVel the tIme Utahna hina Utahna parle amusement amusement amuse amuse- tho site of ment enterprises enterprise I. 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