Show THE OGDEN FIRE regarding ogden odena s big fire yesterday the only newspaper of the junction city said aalde of the salt lake 0 firemen remen this morning when the two detachment of the salt aske department came running up the street from the depot the cheers of the crowd rang out in deafening chorus assistant chief donavan at a glance took in the situ aam and followed by a halt half wore acore of men with two lines of hose axes and piker entered the through he north entrance from which the ogden boys boy a had bad been driven a short abort time before and their of efforts were soon followed by success as the white smoke again attested it soon became evident however that the only way to properly reach the fire was by mean merob of the serial ferial and the men were withdrawn and ordered up the ladder their actions were the very antipodes of those of the ogden fir firemen emeri disordered ranks showed only too plainly their lack of a head the salt bait li L iker ikera lis scaled the walls walla by means of the lad ders and circulated throughout the building after fighting tue the fire from the north and west for some time they descended to the basement w where here the flames were gaining a tremendous headway the fire having fallen down the elevator and ventilating shafts it was a seething cauldron cauldren caul dron of flames flame but the water thrown down the manholes had bad the desired effect by this tim the mm men on the east nad extinguished the tire fire in their end of the basement and nothing but a saoul jering mate of ruins ruica remained at 12 the fire was out and save for an occasional spark being fanned into flame by the nigh high wind nothing remained of the greatest con fla gration ogden O teu has ever seen but the ruins it had bad neglected or been unable to devour there are many opinions as to the orian of the fire one of which is that it caught from the flue and another that alighted cigar thrown into a waste paper box in the water closet on the fifth floor shouldered ed for several hours and then blazed up the fire being drawn into the ventilating flue and then conducted to the loft this thin last theory is tue generally genera liy accepted one as architect fife states it was impossible for fire to be communicated from the shaft or flue ex chief H W rhodes rhode was baj informed by private dispatch yesterday of the fire it was rumored on the streets last evening that mayor lundy had received a dispatch from him dated at findlay ohi which tersely stated the opinion of the community in these worde you never miss the water till the well runs dry ob how the people longed for that little redheaded ob lefand chief and lain his men who had bad in times past earned their reputation by sheer good work or even for the old volunteer department with modern apparatus how such lecam potency as shown yesterday oan can be tolerated is almost inconceivable the business men should take action at once Ule discharge charge the nincompoop who has bought his position by his hia party work not earned it recall the man who had made agdens fire department its pride and its boast keep the present insurance rates which h have avo 81 already saved thousands of dollars to the city and make itself secure from the results of such carelessness and ab saute s lute k know now bothi nothingness D guess as was yesterday displayed the directors of the utah los loan and investment company principal owners of the burned building hel 1 a meeting last night and decided to rebuild without delay A few of the individual losses are as aa follows painter murphy and valuable papers no insurance beitman brothers SW 2000 insurance 62 2000 fred halverson Ansur insurance atice W W fife insurance american america u remedy company 2600 2500 no insurance J M W langsdorf 2000 oo no in aurance eu su ranee rance J W mcnutt insurance 2600 2500 james L loar 2000 insurance ogden investment company on tu guiding iding fully insured utah loan trust practically no loss as an bank fixtures are but bus damaged maged ja AW putnam fully insured the stock carried by mr putnam was valued at H W smith no fio insurance ray bay davis democratic records record st 10 estimates esti mateu ben E rich 2600 2500 no insurance judge miner fully insured C C richards Ric narda 2000 amount of insurance unknown evans rogers no insurance A H nelson nalson no insurance or dr conroy 1500 no insurance dr dalrymple 1800 insurance ju J u ge brors C roa ro a 1200 ben ternes estimated dr perking 1000 dr german district clerk the various insurance companies and the amounts of their losses are as follow phoenix of london 2000 2300 guardian of london too 00 Fir Fire emens menla fund san francisco north american of philadelphia boo nix of brooklyn 2000 hartford of hartford hartford 2000 hamburg bremen 2000 trades Trade aoi of chicago lion of england Eng lanct GOO sun of england aum palatine of manchester patriotic of ireland westchester N Y rochester german new york glen yien falls Palls N Y american N Y rus siran national of germany 2600 2500 |