Show B LOSSIS LOSS lOBS IS SUffERED IN OGDEN Spectacular Blaze Destroy Destroys Destroys De De- De- De stroy Peery Building and Threatens to De Demolish Demolish t L Section Section- I DEPARTMENT STOCKS ARE I Every Bit of ofin Appa in in n City Struggles to Control Control Con Con- 1 trot Flames Police and V s Give Aid I OGDEN March 15 Fer 15 Fear that W. W E. E Cunningham 62 a roomer roomer a at the Arlington hotel had lost his life in inthe inthe inthe the fire was waS expressed expressed here hele this afternoon afternoon aft aft- when J. J H H. H Knauss wh who w was s recently eppo his hs guardian I said he had been unable to find any i trace of the man despite e a wide search Cunningham was familiarly I known as Bingham Bill the nickname nickname nick nick- name being derived from the fact that in former years now s the nick nick-I en engineer engineer on- on of a Bingham Garfield railroad locomotive He is said to have been very feeble la lately ely and it itis itis itis I is feared that his inability to move swiftly might have resulted in his being swallowed in the flames OGDEN March 15 Flames IS-Flames Flames consumed consumed consumed con con- a a total of in iii property property prop prop- ert erty an and goods here early this morning morning when when the most spectacular l lar r bl local his history too gutted the theT T D. D JI n. PeeT building on Washington Washing Washing- to ton toi avenue between avenue between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth sti- sti streets ts complete complete- m l tel te- te l lv ly destroying stocks and furnish furnishings legs ings of or the Last Thomas department department depart depart- ment meet store the Wistaria candy store and the tle Arlington hotel housed In the structure Defective wiring was given as cause of pf the blaz blase Only about bout one half one half of ot the loss is Is' covered suraJ T f EI por ours ut'S every e pr ry ryVal Val bit biot oY app apparatus apparatus ra ratus in the city struggled grimly to prevent threatened destruction des ruction of ot the entire business section of ot t the e city At dawn the fire lire was still raging along the Wilts Walls lIr of the de destroyed destroyed destroyed de- de building while firemen police police police po po- po- po lice and volunteer helpers directed I their efforts to protection of adJoining adjoining adjoining ad- ad Joining property Proprietors of ot the various businesses businesses busi bust nesses Involved estimated their losses as all follows Last Thomas stock valued at Wistaria can candy y store stock valued at Arlington hotel furnishings furnishings' worth and D. D H. H Peery Pery estate building valued at II B. B Folger Folser manager of the Last Thomas Thomaa company stated that that- his firms firm's loss was covered 80 SO per cent by insurance The candy store and hotel losses were fully covered but the building carried only about 23 25 per cent Insurance on more than half of ot the total los loss FLAM FLAMES ES ESCAPE CONTROL The fire lire broko broke out at 1125 o'clock last night in a display windoW window window win win- dow of or th the department store Passersby Passersby Pass Pass- ersby turned in an alarm but be before before before be- be I fore fire tire apparatus could reach the I scene the flames fed by highly combustible stocks had gotten be beyond beyond be- be yond ond control A s the tho conflagration raged police and firemen aided oc occupants occupants occupants oc- oc of or the building to escape Hose lines were run in from every angle and steady streams of water poured into the leaping flames lames and soaked walls or adjacent structures in the hope to save awe them from the destructive element Sky Illumination illumination tion from the gigantic pyro pro at attracted attracted attracted at- at thousands of residents from whom volunteer workers were pressed into service Cont Contents nta of or ortho tho the building not actually touched by the fire were rendered valueless value value- valueless valueless less b by smoke and water While tumbling walls completed the work of ot demolition POLICE SERGEANT INJURED Police Serg Sergeant ant E. E C C. C l' l fared a wrenched foot and injured d back in a II fall taU while rescuing Gus from the latter's room oem In Inthe inthe the tho Arlington hotel Fireman A.D. A. A B. B Hamilton Detective Ed Butterfield Butterfield Butter Butter- field and Policeman George Gcorge Finn rescued five women and children guests of the hotel With these exceptions the hotel guests awakened awak I ened by Mrs lIra D. D W. W Crocker proprietress pro pro- I made their own wn way I scantily attired from the tho upper I floors of ot the burning building lire Fire Chief George Georgo A. A Graves di directed directed dl- dl I the fight against tho tue flames Police Pollee reserves held the crowd browd of ot I fire fans Cans Cans' In check Finally tho the blaze blazo was brought under control with but little chance of or its spread spread- Ing leg One wall of or the Lewis Jewelry store adjoining the Peery building on the tho south sO partially crumbled under the tho heat hoat An incident to the fire was the temporary destruction of telephonic facilities duo clue to severance of or one of ot tho the main cables Use USG of ot emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency systems and hurried repairs however soon corrected this In point of ot loss losa last nights night's fire Is said to be bo the most exp expensive local blaze blazo In more than a decade |