Show destructive FIRE the Scott Auerbach building on east temple street tree was destroyed by fire feb 8 the low in ii estimated ti mated at partly covered by angur anoe several members of the fire depart ment met with painful accidents accident though jhone are necessarily fatal A narrow escape from death also alio 00 oo furred when miss smith was waa irom abo abe burning barning building by assistant chief donovan and electrician vail the alarm was waa sent eat in by telephone from A C smiths drug store atu at it it was wa stated that the fire are was wae somewhere aonie where between first fint and second south streets and the firemen bremen were bothered somewhat in finding the location of the fire the firemen made a good run considering the she slippery alip pery condition of the streets reef but bat the be am bad gained such headway that their efforts to extinguish the blaze and aad save the building wale not successful ine alamp alarp alarm of fire was wai turned in to the department shortly before 11 last night the lire fire was then confiDe ci to the rear of george M scott colo coa store etore but from that time on it spread very rapidly and when the be fire bra department arrived on the scene it had bad assumed such proportions that hat the streams of water poured into the tb building had bad little effect on OB the izing flames flam the condition of the recto prevented the firemen from fro traveling traT elleg as a fast fait as ai they other win wife would have hare done which fact faath together with the difficulty of getting BB aw alarm into the be department permitted the fire to got get a good start the flie wae vat by this time burning in the auerbach portion of the building bull BB as well wail a as the scott boott section from the first alnut it was seen that the whole building aiwas wai doomed and the efforts of the firemen were directed to prevent me flames from spreading to adjoining buildings for nearly an hour hoar alter after the fire started the flames were oon conald to the interior and theo then they broke through tb rough the iron roofing and shot hot skyward lighting up tb the a immediate neighborhood the iron root roof served to restrain the flames flame to some acme extent the boss wagon was wai the first on the scone and was followed by the rest reit of the department from station no IL 1 effective Eato tive service was wai ren dered by bj chief of police paul and two of officers who rigged a are line sad kept back the crowds that pred forward in their eagerness eager nesB to ee the fire it was wa announced that there here was waa a quantity of powder to in the building and this had the effect of clearing the vicinity of spectators who retire J some ome distance giving the firemen opportunity to go conduct the work without molestation the fire abich appears appeals to have started near the center of the building had bad extended in both directions and the entire build building ing by this time was wa in ia flimel ames having passed from the wood work in the belle to the roof the serial aerial truck was wai then than wheeled In tion and an effort was made to holm it but bat it was waa found to be too far the building to be of any use ire the abe object was waa to go pour poor the cateron water oo 00 the roof anu ana let it 19 run down onto the fire and the next thing was to carry boss to tite top by m means as ni a of scaling ladders lad den home reel no 2 was waa taken to second south bough str 01 1 and a line of boss boe carried over ove r the be buildings bull dinga and turned on the rosr of the abe structure while another line was waa carried ever joella park parks s store from frea where a stream was waa thrown over into the me flames fla iaea two treat streams were still till being played on the front ot the building and as aa the water was waa found to be retting netting low the engine was wai bot sent for by half balf pait one o abe entire building was gutted and everything w waa either burned or rendered worth low by water and there was a narrow from death in connection with the fire lat joist might bight when the fire alre was waa burning fiercely the screams of a woman were heard board and soon coon the he form of miss A C smith was waa observed on the top or of we the burning building miss smith who la Is a music cuilo teacher occupied rooms on the upper floor she was waa awakened from sleep leep by the stifling smoke and rushed rubbed in the hall ball and to theat airway but finding escape in ID that direction cut off by the abe alre she ebe ascended ed a ladder through a skylight used by photographer madeeh and appeared on the roof sue slue was first seen on the northern side aide of we the building bull dio near the street waving some of her clothing which she bad hurriedly picked up as she abe left lef I 1 her room A feeling of horror swept over the ibe crowd which bad been attracted to the he soon oene a ai the othe chances for her escape from death looked very tory ominous it was aea seen that it if she be was wai not rescued soon boon she he would either jump from the build ing or be jover oTe come by the me intense intones beat as aa she was already enveloped eloped in abe smoke and the fire was waa issuing forth from the roof behind her bar A lobeer from the crowd browda aroe when assistant chief donovan and Eloot ri clan charles T vail ben begu to put into execution a plan of rescue they first ascended to we roof of the noble mercantile company oom panya s store and aad from there to the story building the burning structure they had reached this point by means meana of a ladder which wiloh they drew up after them and placing it again tat the scott boott auerback building donovan ascended aBo ended amid the smoke and in a short bort time emerged with mite min smith whom he be carefully carried down the be shaking ladder many cheers cheen were given during the descent to the ground and miss smith was waa then taken into a store and drs penrose Pen roie beer and baldwin gave her bar proper attention asbe was wai completely prostrated by the abood and it is thought she ehe will be some time in recovering entirely abi wax was afterwards after warda removed to the wasatch block during the program of the fire elso charles T vail was waa badly hurt by a fall from the third tory story ot of the building he was at the window trying to grasp a linie of boss haae when in some way he fell to the ground his bia fall being broken by striking in a network of wires from which be rebounded and fell to the pavement pa remont his were a A first fint thought to t be fatal but he became cone clous in half ball an bourand ho it wall wa that juries were painful they were not necessarily fatal he received a severe blow over the right eye and nil his right wrist erlat was wai burned by the wires wire with which became be came in contact he was removed to st mark marka a hospital captain sullivan of ef the hook and ladder company was wai also alao injured by being truck struck on the bead with a beam irom the falling acot had it not been for the tb fireman bat bal which he wore he be doubtless would have lost lirt his life assistant mike donovan met with an accident this morning while working at she he scene of the fire he was wa on adder at the third story of the building when the ladder arave way and he was wai precipitated to the ground striking tri king on hla his head bead he received a gaib gaeb on th the temple and two on the back of the head had he be was waa removed to st mark marks s hospital where dr boble sewed up the wounds and bandaged ban daRed them and he be to is progressing favorably the fire Is supposed to have started in the elevator baft and ran upwards upward and chis theory to ii substantiated by the feet fact that the fire went so 0 quickly clear to the top of the building the heaviest beers by the fire were georgem george M scott Co Calloway A aco co A B R derge there were also many other occupants of the upper stories who lost loat smaller amounts the total lose on and contents conten tg is estimated at about a large portion covered coverd by insurance nearly every insurance company represented to in the elty city except the rome home and utah had policies on the building orits or ite contents the heaviest losers being companies represented rep rented by hugh Ander andeson An denon song W B Z co and d A B S jacobs jacob the home had policies which expired a short hort time ago go with calloway Cal lowy co and A B R derge grant cops COB outside companies escaped very tory easily only the tb Ame american having baring on the of matson the photographer all the companies were advised by wire and everything erera thing will now stand still till the various barlous ad adjusters lusters come pouring in from the east and west |