Deseret Evening News | 1907-09-09 | Page 7 | Famous Cliff House Destroyed by Fire

I FAMOUS CLIFF HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE Son nn Sept 7 The famous fan Cliff House of this city San rs fleet first attraction for tourists was bur a ato 1 to the ground this evening veiling Fire b lor out In the building about 4 k kand kand and an hour later hater a blackened heap heat of lit ruins was all that remained of the tho hi hl i I torso structure The house hou was wall tu it 1 of wood and fanned tanned by the lively lIely n n an m breezes broezell the flames fiam made SUM sueh headway bead beI ay before the nearest fire company d that It wee wall realized that the theo place was o as doomed and more attention was wan pi told Id to 10 saving Ravine Ing adjoining property than to the burning building The Cuff Cliff Mount HouM Bou Bouhad had hod been n closed ct for some time Ume as u the tb now lease John Talt was remodelling delUng the interior Workmen were about boul the place piaN until noon oon and then departed for forthe forthe forthe the day How the fire started Is le a mys mye mystery m tery This was wan the second nil Cliff CUlt House to tobe t tobe be destroyed by tire are The building which was Wall burned today was wae erected about to m years rs ago by Adolph Sutro utro of 0 Butro Sutro tunnel fame tame It was wo owned by the tile Sutro estate and was wa valued at Tall Talt estimates estimate his hie hi lost lose HI at t 64 on which there is la Insurance 41 The Cliff House lIou e was ranked as II on one of n f the teat beet known resorts of America Located on a If rocky promontory beyond the lilt Golden date ante directly above abo the lashing waves ot of the Pacific ocean and affording a close case view 1 of the UIe seals seal I dis disporting dl porting on en the rocks near shore lIbaN It was waa wasa a a strong attraction for visitors and from Ite lie broad porches hundreds of ot thousands of or people obtained their UI lr flout ant view of ot the mighty might waters tera The mac JHC Sutro baths the nearby were ere not damaged