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Show - 162 - . East and Sou t h Temple Streets . The ala r m 'I'Jas given and the Fi r e Briga de, wi t h t heir a pet r a tus, 1;ere s p eedily on the s pot and got a couple of stre ams on t 1e f ire as quick~ y as pos s ible . ~~ lker Bros' Fire Compeny end t hd t composed of t.1e employees o f the UtaH Central ailroad ~ere al so s oon an the ground, "'nd all worked ·energetically to extinguish t he bl az e . There being a L.~ rge number o f s l eds .on Mr . Clu vson 1 s premisei, and t he agons a d ma c inery being largely of an infl ammGble c ha r a cter, the. f la es spread with great rap idity, c e tching .the Council House a t an early stage , and communicating to Savage ' s nrt Ga llery and Sorens on & Carlqui s t •s furn iture star~ . · ' .- N EX.t-'L03ION Unfortunet tely Mr . Clcoson had stored in a iron cart , or mo v e '"' le mugazine , a qu a ntity of po\ der. It . 'Ju S loc a ted n ear the gate , a t t e north est corner of t l e grounds , and i~ appears tha t no one happened to think of tle ne cessity of .J'1ee l ing it out on to the street , but when the flames surrounded and the roof of the s1ed fell in upon it , the d anger bec ame a p c rent to some p a rties , \Jho s outed to the crowds of people w16 a thered around to run, a an explosion was inevitaole . The warning c ame none too early, as it occu rred almost immedia tely afterwards , causing a succession -o f terrific reports tha t were he ~ rd all over town and cre ated ge e ral ala rm among t he citi~ens , . cau sing thousands who were asl eep to avta e startled f r om t heir slumbers . 'uVh~n the explosion occurred the sig t was g r and beyond description . A gre a t mass of fl eme and bu r ning ma teri a ls s hot high into the air, illumi na ting t he country around for ~a ny miles , t h ro wing fi rebr rnds in ever- d iree- _tion , -wn ich fell upon t he roofs o f buildings , p l a cing them in i mm i n ~ nt jeopc rdy . T'he explosion ·;a s f ollo·.-,ed by a c rasl;l o f gl ass , the 1 indows of nearly every building wit h in tne d · stance . of a blo ck or mo re , beins sniver~ d to atoms . By t he concus s ion, t he 11est ends of 3a vage' s J> rt Gallery and Sorenson &: Carlquiet ' s fu rniture store partially gave ~ay and~ portion . f e l l in . ntt or n ey ·. h ittemore, wl o \Jas removi· g goods fro~ Mr . ciavage ' s came near being buried in the debris • . Mr . Harry ~ orld, Mr . l Oet ch, Mr . Do~ie r , Mr. ~ arlow , ~nd r r • . F . run ord were in the sam,e building wo r k ing to save prop- · erty . The suS!l and glas ~ o f a SllO v windo 1; f ell upon ,ft r . Dozier, w o received a terrible gas in t he l ead a d ne c k , from v'/'1 ic1 t 1e blood f lo-:.,ed in a copious streom . The writer noted t 11e time 111en t e explosion occurred , being t nen just h nlf <...S t t welve , nearly t we ty minutes after t e f ire begc • |
