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Show SEARS BUILDING VISITED BY FIRE Uoly-Blaze at Bennett Glass & Paint Company's Premises This Morning. Salt Lake, Jan. 1. Another disastrous disas-trous fire visited Salt Lake at 6:30 this morning and it is the worst the city has suffered in moro than 12 months. The fire was at the Sears building. 6 west Second South street, occupied by tho Bennett Glass and Paint company. With the exception of the ground floor and basement, nothing remains but the walls nnd tho charred interior, while tho stock on the ground floor and In the basement is soaked with oil and water, blackened and ruined by smoko and covered with debris. W. J. Bennett, Ben-nett, president of tho company, stated this morning that tho loss would be between 35ToOO and $40,000. half cov- orea ny msuruuie. The causp of the conflagration. In the opinion of the fire department officials offi-cials was either defective wiring or spontaneous combustion and started on th Focond floor, Igniting oils, paints, etc.. and rapidly spreading to the third floor and roof. Had it not been for the prompt and determined work of the firemen and policemen. Salt lake's biggest tire would now bo chronicled. And citizens who Jumped right in and helped" are not forgotten. Chlf among them was W. H. Bywater. former chief of the fire department. I who rendered valuable assistance and worked lndefatlgably with the firemen. fire-men. ' |