| Show EX ey lausi N S S A F I 1 RAILROAD HOTEL AND anch LUNCH ROOM DESTROYED montello west of ogden Is the scene of a destructive blaze caused by a lamp the railroad hotel and ana lunch room at Alon montello tello was totally destroyed by fire fl re at I 1 ibis morning and it required hard borg on the part of af em aloyes ploy cs to save the freight and passenger depot telegraph offices and adjoining railroad property the hotel and lunch adom room was one of 0 tho the largest on the southern pacific sya sy a tom tern toe building was a two story frame structure and burned so rapidly that little or bione none of the contents was saved but all occupants were gotten out nicely without serious trouble 1 ahe fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp in the lunch room and a few minutes later the entire building was in flames A new lighting plant was recently installed in oe ahe building and the old lamps were taken out but soni something ething went wrong nith the apparatus of the new lighting system and the old lamps were brought into requisition again until desired changes could be made the ne loss will aggregate several thousand dollars and the absence of dining and lunch room will be a source of inconvenience to railroad men and the traveling public until the ture is rebuilt which will be as fast the material can bo be secured the property Is under linder the te manage anent of the harriman hotel and dining 1 car system superintendent lewis ond and his secretary p r ir paulson left for montello this afternoon to size up tha situation and they will then continue on to san francisco on other business |
