Emery County Progress | 1905-07-29 | Page 2 | Big Fire in Washington

BIG FIRE IN washington the town of connell almost de strayed by fire connell wash two thirds of con nell s business district Is in ruins the alre had its origin in dr gallagher s office in the connell pi ogress build ng at 3 30 tuesday afternoon by the ex of a bottle of acid A box of matches ignited the wallpaper and then the roof the blaze was dincov ered too late although a strenuous fight was made by the citizens the losses aggregate with conald erable insurance the firms burned out are connell progress dr H G gallagher s office I 1 C derstin drug gist S F younce meat market P L deal barber F Fredenc ksen jew eler W H residence and harness stock bank of connell baille bailie H taylor and J kasper general merchants H G furni ture wong soo restaurant connell hardware Hard waie company W arahill real estate warner finney saloon the weather was very hot and a number of volunteer firemen were prostrated nine families are ren dered homeless