Show v 0 V V o Y v y w v V y V 9 CUI it J q 0 GERMAN CaER AN TOWN REFUSES TO O PAY PAS PA HUGE FINE F iE Young Yung Woman marn A At Railway Exchange a y e Re Remains ains A At t P Post s I Section of Union Passenger Station By Fire Roads Busy Housing Departments In Temporary Structure No New Building THE THE plesence of mind of Mrs Fannie McCarty Jefferson Hue nue telephone operator at the Ogden Union station was by local railroad officials today Mrs McCarty turned in the ala of the he fire at the station last night notified every department 1 i the building of the danger and remained at her post until tho forced her to seek safety At the time the fire fue broke out Mrs McCarty McCarty MCarty Carty was alone on duty at the switchboard Her act of not notifying the fire department and in turn the alarm to all aided materially in avoiding personal inJuries in injuries Juries and saved the railroad companies thousands of dollars in re rei and other valuable papers pacers officials said today Superintendent H L Bell of ot 1 Ogden Union Railway ay Sc Depot company com pany said today that the fire de the upper south section of ot th thI I building the tho offices of only th Southern Pacific cl clerks and Superintendent Su W 1 l L Hack being saved offices howe however or v were ere bad damaged by water wate The origin ot of the fire was WM und today and the amount o othe I the loss uncertain though It ma ml reach roach While It Is I the fire fre re started in one ODe e of ot the occupied by an employ e In ln the section s efforts to learn the proved fruitless I Sups nt B Bell ll stated t that ll th board meeting costing Would be held helt nor or Friday at which hh t plans t to neither either cither construct a n new v st t tion or repair car oge era the dins d sa ma og ss will L b made Carpenters revs were Here at v work ork to today re remodeling e the tho west gated enclosure o othe o the station v which will III be used tem ter as a waiting room A will be constructed and steam provided It Is announced George A Graves Grases chief of the tile fir department recommended that th largo large tower which was as partially deI do stroked strod b bi fire tiro ho torn do down don n I In ordet ordel that Ih lives hues cs of men j i work In the debris v not be endangered A crew crow of me was as to start tart tearing a awn away wa 3 the tov e shortly after noon tOday the offices occupied bv by the tl terminal m- m nal company compan com pan the tho Union Pacific clairl agent the tho telephone room portions of cf c I the offices occupied b the f Southern Pacific bridge and telegraph depart depart- depal departments t- t ments monts the offices of the Southern Pacific Pa- Pa Pacific special agent and looms rooms formerly used for hotel purposes were c e crutch el ly destroyed oyed b bi the fire The entire lower floor of or the tho ata- ata ataI nta I was dS not destroyed asas as was nas an- an emI announced Aside from damage due duc to tc I the thc wa water water er the ticket office waiting ailing looms rooms rest lest rooms the office of the te ti i station master and the cafe afe were y el 0 sp spared ed b by the flam flames s TIMM T MUL 1 II ROOMS I es or me toe Southern shops were ere at work o k today In mo moving ing records and other equipment tu to the th I rooms looms formerly occupied by the lire I United States Slates mall ser service serried Ice in the Brigham hotel hotl More titan I 00 men m h 1 were er used in this work worl 1 ho he engineering depal droll Ing t- t tIn In Ing es maintenance of nay ay special agent a 9 headquarters and the store account bureau of the rho Southern Pacific 1 Hill III all be quarter quarter- quartered ed ed at the Brigham hotel Dispatchers will III bo ho on the second I floor at the tho north end of or the staten staton building formerly oc occupied bl b the A t Supt Fred ired C and the trainmaster will III share offices office with s Supt Sept W H Hack k In the north section of the structure temporarilY QU D 1 IV IY HOTEL Timekeepers for the Southern Pa- Pa Pacific Pacific Pa Pacific transportation calculating bu- bu bureau bureau bu bureau reau and other employs wilt will remain In Room hoar 1 1 at the northwest section ot of the structure which was un- un unharmed Unharmed un unharmed harmed except fur for slight water dam dam- damas damage dam damage as age Offices for tor Superintendent Bell Continued on Page pas Two YOUNG WO AN F RE HEROINE a Continued from rage r One ha have hav been established at the freight house on Twenty-fourth Twenty street and Wall all M avenue Additional office offic space will be b secured at the tho Brigham hotel building It is announced I IThe The Union Pacific claim depart department ment will be located temporarily 11 inthe I the offices of ot th the Gunn Supply com com- company company I street pany on fifth Twenty Tv enty riles valued at thousands of ot dol- dol dollars dol dollars lars were lost In the th fire tiro by the ter- ter ter terminal er- er minal company Current files file howe how- how e over eer vcr er were nil all saved It Iq 1 reported ARRIVE II H V Y Pla Platt Piatt tt general manager u o of f the Oregon Short Line and vice president ot of the tho th terminal company Inspected l the structure I today in company with W V R ArmstronG assistant chief engineer cn en- en for tho the Union Pacific and uS D 1 DS S eado s engineer eng of ot bridges 08 and buildings for tor the Oregon Orce-on Short Line Lino Just Ju t what plans pluis pl s will b he be taken tale en at atthe atthe the board meeting are unknown at tins this time Mr Platt state stated William Parr hoseman of ot Central station was slightly Injured when the root roof of ot the station collapsed ral pair r nas caught by falling failing UmbelS timbers and suffered contusions and abrasions being extricated by fellow fire fIre- fIremen firemen men He Tins v as sent home by Chief I Salvation Sah Army lassies la ile and I brought out their famous timous doughnuts and coffee which won on the orl organization tion tion such admiration behind the fight fight- fighting fl Ins ht-Ins In ing lines In Prance France and each cich minand and others who ho aided In the ot of flames avers vere given Gh en the tho en eats ts tree free tand Covered with water ater and ice and the tire fire laddie addIes vc welcomed the hot coffee and they consumed con umed gallons allon ot of It Railroad men and others who aided In the work ork of ot getting records from om tho building were ere also treated to the th coffee and doughnuts free tree Mayor Ia or Frank Francis o oho ho was v as on the ground while the fh fire file e nas via raging notified the Sah Salvation alIon Army of officials tie In Is Isto to estimate the tho cost of ot pro providing the and doughnuts and send the bill to the city The mayor complimented complimented mentE-d mentE the Salvation Army workers for tor their promptness in arriving Ing on tle scene HOBOES GIVE GIn HELP Two T 0 young men who were wern touring the tho country via 10 the car box-car route were pressed Into service at the tire fire and aided for tor hours When the tho flames at last were here ere the young oung men Den were soaked to the skin The had no loom or funds with alth which to rent one A request was nas made mid b by fire firemen men toIa to Ia Mayor or Francis to allow th lads to reman remain In tho the city jail 0 over overnight U night No No replied the maor maior Tat Tal them to a good rood hotel and provide provid th iii Ti a room TELEPHONE OFFICIALS Mrs Mr Irs Fannia rannie McCarty telephone t of o the th trick from 4 p m en midnight said sald a man strange to lr h hastened Into the e exchange change office t th the floor of the station statton and told h ho to advise advis ad Ise the tho railroad officials of ot tl tI fire This was the th first word of ot th fire I 1 had she the said and I sent the alarm to the fire tire eta sta- station sta station tion and got cot In touch with Ith the tho th dispatcher's dis- dis dispatcher's dis office the tho other offices be beIng being benc Ing closed This ThI was nas as between and 7 SO 80 I started to notify the of ot and was busy at the th board the water ater from the th fire fir hose hos put th board out of ot order This was nas about an hour after th the first lr t alarm W We left lert the board about ISO 8 30 u Th The alarm was received at the cen central cen- cen central central station at p l m and within a few minutes all of ot the tho th equipment In Inthe Inthe the city had been called Into service by Fir fire Chief George Georte A Graves Grave H lIe He said Eald that when nhen hen h he arrived atthe ath at atthe the fire It was as found to have hav hM e started In two t 0 of i the tho th office rooms on the west est side of ot the building and that within a few moments moment the southern portion was wi 18 a mass ma s of o flames It was nas as Impossible he h said to determine deter deter- determine determine mine what had been the cause of ot the fire GLARE CLARE CAUSES C CL L RJ The firemen immediately surround surround- surrounded ed ed the southern portion ot of o tha build build- buildIng building buildup Ing up and within a short time Urn there there 12 streams of ot water being thrown on the flames flam s which fanned tanned by a 0 light breeze and running along alone the redwood on the second floor lighted up the vIcinity to such an extent that reel resi- residents r dents l-dents dents on the bench began asking the central cirl girls a at telephone tars If It the western portion of ot the city was on tire fire fir The flames spread rapidly from the thc southern end of ot the station to the th rooms above bove the check stand land In th thi main waiting room and despite the efforts of ot the th firemen continued northward along alone the second floor to the offices of W L Hack dh division Islon superintendent of the th Southern Paci Pad Pacific Pacific superIntendent fic tic and ond F r C Smith assistant super where they were held The clock tower within a e short time was a mass of ot flame flam and It it burning threw a flame flam about feet feel high In the th air Within a few fow mo- mo moments moments mo moments ments the tho Inner r portion of ot the th tower gave ave wn way the th huge hue clock dOCk falling and crashing through two floors floor to the ground round FOUGHT UNTIL MORNING l Chief Graves Gra continued ae ng the blaze blaza until 2 30 20 o'clock this morning when ho he h withdrew his men pronouncing the tire fire under sufficient control so that it could be b easily hand hand- handled handled led ld by the th crew from the th railroad shops Every firemen Inthe city was wa called out on duty within a few moments nt ot- ot otter atter af after ter the th fire tiro started f Shortly after atter the th arrival of ot the th tire fire firemen men men the tho terminal and railroad em- em m plo es were here ere put to work getting the passengers and their baggage sat y on tho trains all of ot which moved from the yards vard ards on their regular schedules The records record And much of ot the th equip equip- equipment equipment equipment ment In the offices office on the second floor were ere taken from the th structure The train dispatcher and his crew were driven from their positions soon after tho the tire fire had and short inert shortly inertly ly Iy afterwards took up and continued their work In the th north end of the tho RECORDS SAVED Otis Weeks division engineer of ot the Southern Pacific and a few qt hi his as assistant as- as lIue In to records rec records records from his office to the vault In th the northern end o ot of th the station Under th the direction of ot Fred W Gentsch ch superintendent of tb the car and hotel hotl department th the employee em- em ploy m-ploy ot of th the hotel dining room lunch counter succeeded In getting r of oC the th equipment and furniture removed removed moved as IlS well as a a large larf tock stock of supplies sup pile plies In storeroom I IAU All AU baggage and records were wr re removed r moved from the th baggage room was threatened with damage due du the tho water from the th floor above Thompson Corn general Wic agent Cent and his hi men ucc In get get- getting ting out all 11 of the th tickets and can from from his big hi office as 01 a well w ll u as ui an records record rc These were wr placed Jn JQ a large Jarge sate af guards appointed to watch It Th tock lock of ot the th Gray News N w company stand eland Und wu wen wa also alio saved The building of ot the tb structure started In 1888 and completed In HIT 1887 OFFICES IN LY To passengers p to purchase tickets ticket a temporary ticket office ottlee nos opened la In th dining room of oC the th Healy hotel Imme I r La t Tan 15 fo et cola a h i a bonu d lately agrees across a rOB rOB- the tho street from the sta 1 sta ata station tion the tho dining room also 1110 serving as asa asa aaa a waiting room for tor the tho passengers Rooms In the tha hotel will be used Itans It ans ns as announced to for some of ot the rail rail- railroad railroad railroad road on work nork ork until new nets quarters can bo be borro provided Id d 00 00 |