| Show Disastrous Fhe L i Strikes Delta V t All AH Units of Wrights Wright's Y Variety Store Taken by Flames with Total Loss Insurance Carried Carrie V Saturday morning between between anc and V 9 o'clock proprietor tor Spencer Wright had just stepped fr from m inside after opening the store to clean windows and sweep the sidewalk when it was noticed that smoke was issuing from fromI I th the building aI and d flames inside He Heran Heran Heran ran within but hut even that soon the f V smoke was 50 so dense that he could not riOt even save sav his records or or any material being d driven iven back by the suffocating V smoke V V Mr Mi- Wright s says ys it it Is is his opinion that tl the fire started V fn in the flooring flooring- under the l large arch connecting the two main compartments He thinks it it w wa was not flOt caused aused by the automatic s stoker stok- stok oker ok- ok er Cr but more probably by defective w wiring wiring ring r ing along the fl floor or The he 1 loss upon Mr I Wright was practically practically practically total total insurance nce was carried but nothing was salvaged from the flames Th The building is owned by R. R I. I Mills nUs now nosy living in n Salt sait Lake City Mr 1 Mills J c carried insurance ce V V The writer saw y the fire fire in its ts very early beginning and noticed that it was yas The fire might then have hav been put out h had d we water pressure and ample fire fighting equipment The fire truck did not come com until after several several sev sev- eral cral minutes V V A solid bric bri k wall separated the Quality Market from the Wright Variety Variety Variety Va Va- Store which held by hard work t the e flames were kept from spreading into nto it Fire fighters manned the roofs of adjoining buildings and hose and buckets were played upon the fire The goods in the Style Shop were taken out as there was ample time so that there was no loss to that stock Fire fighters manned the Hotel Southern and by spreading wet blankets blankets blankets blan blan- and play of hoses no great damage damage damage dam dam- age was done to the hotel In the course of the fire a charge of dynamite dynamite dynamite dyna dyna- mite was exploded in tn the ruins the cone concussion concession broke many plate glasses i and sm smaller ller panes across the street and next door plate glass was broken brok brok- en from the Con Wagon up to the Tel- Tel Teli i I luride Lucille's Beauty Shop was hurt badly all the glasses being blown j j inward Some of the plate glass in the V Banque Hotel and Cafe were broken and one of D. D Stevens store The day was calm calm calma a very fortunate t thing for had there been a high wind as is is often the case in our spring weather the flames would have got beyo beyond d control Word Vord spread quickly to Fillmore and E. E Vance Wilson Vilson and Francis Kelly drove over to see the I f. f fire Ire This fire again shows the inadequacy V of fire fighting protection in our town and it is a good argument for a water system with high pressure The BrookLawn Brooklawn Brooklawn Brook- Brook lawn Creamery put on a big hose and under steam pressure pumped water very effectively The Stor Story of the Firo Fire Grew I IThe The farther away from hime the bigger the story grew in the Salt Lake ake papers the loss was put at 40 OO with people watching the bucket brigade Mrs Belle Warnick iek Warren heard over the radio in San Francisco that Delta town was all in flames Iames and the loss had then grown to 0 Insurance adjusters for th hc various companies having placements were in town own Monday londay and later verifying losses on n policies N The Big Fit Fiz in Delta occurred on n Feb 8 1922 That fire swept everything everything every every- thing thing hing in its path on n the north side of Clark lark Street The loss was stagger stagger- ing The citizens rebuilt better and bigger The block became well built in and a credit to the town V It is not known at this early time what plans arc are in consideration for forthe forthe forthe the rebuilding or purchase of the premises burned but from well authenticated au au- nu- nu sources such an all outcome I will no doubt be forthcoming I ceo CCO Bo Boys s 's Help Fight Fire The boys worked hard in combating combating com corn bating the flames they came caine in a group nicely organized and their ef efforts efforts of- of forts were effective They mounted the roofs of adjoining buildings helped helped helped help help- ed in the bucket brigades and in all manner possible gave credit Is due them A number of buckets l hose ose and other other other oth oth- er fire ire fighting implements implement were borrowed borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed from the various firms among V whom were the Con Wagon D. D Stevens Stevens Stevens Stev Stev- V ens and Gardner Koiter in the excitement excitement ex ex- these things were not return return- Continued on back bacle page |
