Ogden Daily Standard | 1898-08-06 | Page 5 | Another Early Morning Fire

ANOTHER EARLY MORNING FIRE J J OKee fes cigar store gutted by flames the alarm turned in after the building was one lured glare insurance at this morning kasht clerk morgan of the central hotel discovered flames in the building occupied by J J okeefe cigar dealer at twenty fifth street and turned in the alarm when discovered the names were in entire control and laird of fire were shooting high up into the air when the fire department arrived there was little to be done but they did that little quickly leaving a great part of the stock in the aront room practically nn injured except by emoke there were three rooms occupied by okeefe OKe ete one aa a business or balea room the second as a store room and the back one as a bleeding bleeping Ble room the building is practically a total loss as the fire was under great headway in all rooms when discovered okeefe was sleeping in the rear room and was awakened aa the flames got too close he got out with a scarcity of clothes by the back or alley way lie thinks that the fire caught from the electric wires the damage on stock is estimated at insurance the building is owned by the ogden savings bank and is a part of the one burned early in the spring at which time okeefe got a scare the insurance on the building is