Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-05-17 | Page 1 | Freed Storehouse is Destroyed by Fire; Loss About $3000

r. r FREED STOREHOUSE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE ross ABOUT A storehouse e belonging to the Freed Furniture company company Was as destroyed by fire at noon with a loss of about The structure stood in the rear of the Freed store building in Third South street It was full of furniture matting matting matting mat mat- ting excelsior and what ca caused sed the greatest loss Joss a large shipment of feathers feathera feath- feath ers era which is had Just l b n n placed in the house Th The origin of the fire is unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known but Lester Freed believes that it was caused by toys boys smoking cigarettes cigarettes cigarettes cigar cigar- ettes and throwing the burping burning ends into the stray excelsior which was scattered scattered scattered scat scat- about the outside o ot of the building It Itis is believed that the fire started on the outside of the building as it is known to have hae worked its way from the first story near the side wall to the floor above The alarm was s sent nt in hi to the fire de department department department de- de at 11 1130 30 Nothing in the building was saved as the fire was a very hard one to fight Chief Devine of the fire department said that a building covered with steel sheet ing as ao this building was was the most difficult of any in which to subdue a fire tire A brilliant spectacle was presented by the flames when they burst through the roof of the building No insurance was carried on the structure or its contents as the goods there were uninsurable in character Lester Freed estimated the loss at close to of which he figures the contents of the structure at 2000 and th the building to cover cOEr the balance The adjoining buildings were In no danger at any time on or account of or the rain which had dampened the roofs sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently suf suf- to protect them from fire The roomers in the Palmer house the rear of which is within a few rew feet of the burning structure were considerably alarmed by the fire and some of Or them were making preparations preparations' to carry their belongings out into the street The fire department was early on the scene however and the fears of or the Palmer house people were allayed when they saw th that t the fire tire had been gotten under control