| Show bic bia FIRE IN THE TENTH WARD THE work OF AN incendiary shortly after 3 on friday morning the citizens were start starthel lei lel from their slumbers by cries of fire and tho the ringing of the alarm bells thole tholo ewas was no need for anybody to ask the LOCALITY of the nire lire for soon a hugo huge mass of flames could bo seen shooting high into the air in the southeastern south eastern part of the city on the face of the slope siope which rises to what is known as the tenth ward bench for about thirty minutes the whole city appeared as if brilliantly illuminated and the sky overhead was overcast with a lurid light THE tiie BUILDING was the residence of mr lians hans na N chlarson a scandinavian it was 51 54 feet long iong 0 by 44 41 feet wide and the main portion was three stories high including tile the basement the walls of the last named part of the structure were composed of rock and the remaining or upper portion was of frame on the arrival of our reporter at the spot during the progress of the fire he sought MK MR whom ho he found sitting alone on a pile of wood at some distance from the building 0 looking sadly upon the work of destruction mr fr chlarson stated that himself and some members of III ili his hia f amily family did not retire to rest till one 11 this morning about three bebas he was awakened by some of his family who had discovered that the building was on fire and ind were raising an au alarm he lie at once jumped from bed partially dressed himself and ran to the outside he took in the situation at a glance the lower part of the frame portion of the building was already denvel in flames iiames flix mes which appeared to have taken too stron strong 0 a hold to admit of saving the house III in the meantime his family which is very large THEIR ESCAPE as best they tiley could being unable to take anything with them but what they stood up in it some being even only partially dressed himself rushed over the rocks which iro tro are ire thickly strewn around there without shoes or stockings and got ota a ladder with the despairing kope hope of endeavoring to cut away the burning part of the building but all efforts to baffle baffic the flames could not be other than vain for in a few minutes the building appeared to be one great mass of fire THE TAE eibe FIRIS BRIGADE turned out were promptly on hand and aud did what they could working 9 manfully to save contiguous buildings from catching fire ac the alert Aler tand and pioneer hose companies and the tile NNa wasatch satch engine company were there tilo tile apparatus however was of or but little use owing to a scarcity of water in the loea loca locality lity AN ADJACENT HOUSE a 1 large bull buli building ling be belonging lonin ionin g to mr jens larsen iarsen Wid eiborg narrowly escaped taking tire fire the roof was covered with det wet wet blankets and find the heat beat from the burning building was so intense that the steam could be seen rising from th the e roof other roofs were treated in the same bame way that of the residence of mrs graham and another small house home the tiie latter tile tilo property of lir mr Cli cil chlarson larson both a few rods east cast of the tile fire mr chlarson sat pat on his liis smaller house J saturating the roof while the fire in the other was at its height and he said that while there ho be felt as if ho he was being roasted 3 A few lew days a ago go mr chlarson was offered ered SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS fr f r the place but refused to sell at th thu at figure rhe the rho house was new hagim having only been finished last fali fall and fourteen rooms in it wl re excellently furnished the besides the building weilt arnou amount tit to about 00 milking n total towi loss boss OP OF loo JO the tile place ww was insured to the amount of sapo mr chlarson ean cali form no rio other opinion than that the firo was the result of threats llad been made fora nor for a long timo time by a certain to burn buru him out and andt nia via liis was mhd second airiel vo ro ish ieh if thib teve first attempt which was unsuccessful fu occurred about three wee weeks ks ago at that time thile the fire was kindled in the basement and was dis discovered by the smoke ascending through the floor to the room occupied by his liis mother in law at that time timo tic lie saw a 1 I man inan lurking around the premises and SHOT AT HIM nim without cucci however this time it is thought that a quantity of inflammable material was placed under the porch and the villain who did tile the devilish ilish work probably set fire to the building at the northwest and southwest south west corners almost simultaneously so ai aa to make sure of accomplishing accomplish I 1 ng his object there was b but ut one stove in the house at the time in the basement aud and there thero had llad been no fire III in it t after four yesterday a afternoon ate besides the fire commence commenced on the outside of the building 0 A wife of mr chlarson wa was s ILL 1 IN 11 ned BED when wilen the fire broke out havi having ll 11 g given b birth r th to a child only six d days a ya ago a and aud n d it is thought that the tile exposure incurred in removing removing her from the building alid arid tile the C excitement ac ite caused bythe bytho by the event will endanger her ilfe life owing to the combustible chai chal character ac of the material of which the most part of the building was composed p ased the fire lire was of but SHORT snory DURATION in fact it might be said to be vin vir vir vin dually over by about fifteen minutes to four there being nothing left standing above the bas basement eident a at t hut timo time but a couple of brick chimneys which towered up from the red embers like tombstones over the remains of the building building of which within an hour they giad fiad had formed a part notwithstanding the untimely hour of the night flight a largo jargo number of men and boys besides the men of the fire brigade were attracted to the spot and appear appeared eI to be willing to render what aid they could under the circumstances it is to be hoped that the INHUMAN SCOUNDREL who caused the destruction of the property and who might have caused the loss of the lives rives of a number of innocent people will be clis discovered covered and receive tile the punishment lie he deserves if ir indeed the law provides an award sufficiently se vere vero for such a wretch when such demoniacal characters are aro ca caught aught at their work of a dose from a double barrelled barrel led shotgun shot gun could scarcely be said to be any worse than they deserve OGDEN ouden the junction function of oct 4 has complaints of poor tion on the C P B R ar E from corinne for people coming to conference the same paper has the follow ing thomas luty this morning shot and killed a skunk will h after he bad skinned it weighed thirty two pounds he came down to the tithing oace shortly after and must have iret his for there was a mst mst powerful gerful effluvium effla vium in that neighborhood for fou some timp time look out for the cha nulon and carry a patent clothes pin for application to your nose A shabby genteel iren tren lee iee man made a 51 sight ht lid nil take tike vest yesterday erday enday afternoon in distinguishing g between the tuo pronouns and when the tho cars came camo in he be seized a well weil tilled calisse and started away with ith the greatest barele he was suddenly halt way to iho tithing office by a gentleman the valise as his own property properly upon amoro a more cai cat eaul examination examIna lion llon he became satisfied of his bis nil nii tike tiko k blurting blurt ln out 1 I declarck declare arcy arci stranger I 1 must have beeri bern stone mindl but id have sworn in any court that th that atvas was my lug luc 9 pare gage ho he relur returned neti neil to tho the car and discovered ils his own va valise li ac which ly limited in its contents york tho following is s an all extract from a letter from E elder eider ider lder W C staines to a gentleman of this city dated New rew york sept 23 2 I 1 am happy to inform you that I 1 have been teen very I 1 in my emigration business we have bad had a high old time lime on wall strem street for a few days past I 1 never saw people BO so much like crazy folks and so many of them on saturday you could scarcely get down the tho streets tore tor lor crowds a number of whom were only lookers out on but they too were excited when a houe hous ewas was reported as a having suspended these people would shout 1 div zis giving 1 4 rig tig tho the name odthe of the rm la li busted bustel gone up etc money honey cannot be had at less than ono one one and a half and two per act ix per ner r day and that would break aw an thing in ILL the tho form of hanks banks bishop sharp arrived ve yesterday berday and is well bros uros hammer and riter are hero here and well I 1 expect the last company will leav leave 0 here about the tho last fast of oc october tolar and that I 1 will leave eave abut ab ut tho the first of november my bly be beaith health althis Is first rate |
