Show cl PARK CITY LETTER the great rest Fire Crescent Train wa beautiful camp dead frauds etc E EDITOR HERALD at half past 7 this ey evening ening the echoes of pa park rk city i y were again awakened by the shrieking ari eking cfall of all the engine whistles the dread alarm of fire the tile major portion of the inhabitants were down at the grove upwards of a mile from town celebrating the X fourth and there was a disastrous delay m n gelling getting out the hose THE BEAUTIFUL CATHOLIC CHURCH was discovered to be on fire and there being nothing to arrest its progress the building and contents were consumed consumed leaving only the massive massive foundation to mark where the sacred edifice once onee tood stood imi lm mediately adjoining and connected with the eli church ach on the north was THU THE SISTERS HOME which was soon enveloped in the holocaust nd ind wholly consumed A large log and framo frame dwelling about thirty north of the home was partially burned but was caved from destruction by vigorous vigor ous app application 1 I 1 of the aqueous fluid which had just reached the desolate des desolating ing scene through a 3 inch hose pipe p ipe belonging to the city 1 THE TOTAL LOSS will not fall far short of which is partly covered by ansur insure i ance the capacious I 1 basement of the c church if urca mostly aboveground above ground was occupied d as private apartments for the priest and rooms for advanced classes of students the audience floor was occupied durin during 9 the week for select school purposes ees THE FLAMES STARTED near the organ but how they were lighted seems profound in mystery two or three of the sisters were in iq the church but a few ini minutes before the fire was discovered and saw no signs of fire that thit it waa wait the tho work of an incendiary is not believed by the citizens generally and spontaneous combustion esthe only remaining theory THE MEMORIAL BELL ri katir o u luu church by mrs wife of our late U S marshal came down crashing through the flaming mass of timbers composing the steeple im bedding itself in the batemen and is completely ely ruined the organ in the church and an elegant grand square piano piano in in the sisters home were yer consumed an upright piano phino in one apartment of the home rome was saved most alost of the furniture clothing books and other dersom personal il property of the pants of tile buildings were burned or badly injured THE CRESCENT TRAMWAY two surveying parties are now out making surveys over diffie different rent routes for the tramway from park city to the crescent mine one knevi ri a Th chaness Than aness canyon the other via woodside canyon and the rails ralls and ties are fire on hand for its construction st as soon as the route is fixed upon theetter The enter enterprising R rising managers angeii ofell of tho crescent mean business and it is not a little owing to energy and foresight that tha t park city has be become comel I 1 THE QUEEN QUEE 24 OF OP MINING CAMPS with a fair prospect of attaining some soma importance as asa a summer report resort on account of her delightful 91 situation i tua tion salubrious aam atm atmosphere os phere pleasant homes and courtesy of bf her citizens she has now a population of about THE TIIE FERRY SMELTER is being re fitted with new fur furnace tiace and find hot air blast and will probably be ready fur for starling starting up on oil cres dicent orea ores next next week wiek oreg ores from the lower levels of the tile antan ontario 0 show considerable lead and it is now a serious question whet whether hIthe the contemplated contemplated pew works shall be for mil milling ug or smelting smelling sm elting THE GLORIOUS FOURTH was lio honored nored by a general gathering at the tile grove rove ho horse racing base ball beer and other amusements a during durig the tile day and dancing in the evening that blackmailing SUIT about the townsite here instigated by a couple of reprobate salt lake lawyers is as dead as the utah eastern I 1 railroad and BO so mote it be 4 AMERICUS A MERI meni CUS PARK CITY july 4 |