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Show - 163 - sta~pede. R young.man. climbed . upon. the roo f of t e building and scraped. out . the f ire . on. the shingles wit h is foot , t l e flames · eing. on. the . surface rendered them easy of ext ingu i hment • .. J\. number. o . men, . including Mr • . Henry Grow and a number of. firemen . ;yith. a ose , rusl ed to the Tabernacle . The ga te cbeing. locked, . .Vas ington Young climbed over and broke in -th sm ller. entrance • . . 1fuen. the roof of t h e building \Jas ga ined . from . the . interior, . it . fVas found that the f ire could not be reacn ed-without a. rope ~ - One was procured by George F . Gibb , .a nd . Ch~ rles Ce s t leton fas te ned one end to his wa ist , wa s J.o ·vere and raised to and from the point several times , -a d , . by.da:s ing water on the fire , deftly extinguished it .. . Brother . L ~ - J .. . Nu ttall, wa s on the roof a considerab le - time exerting. himself for t h e preservation o f t h e bu i l d ~ n g .. - . . . . . . - . . . . . . . - . EFI<'ECT 3. OF. THE EX.t-'LOS ION The explosion pla¥ed havoc . with the glass in a large number o f establisl ments. ~ 1it in a . r a dius o f t wo blocks i ran t he sce ne o f t h e . fire ; The following is a list of the he aviest losers , n ea rly all of whom estima te their own losses as bela ~, , the.' alc nce are. approximated : Z.C . I\11 . I .~ ..••.•.•...•.••..••..• · Hooper and Eldredge , •••••••• •• • • 'dm . Jennin Js & Sons , •••.•••••• •• J . ..., icha rd.s , -•••.•••••• • .• • · • . Din woo dey, . ................. . }1 . i\ rnold, . ...•....•.......... •. Little & .. Roundy , ..••...•.•.••••. ·1a rdy 3 ros . & :au rton, .••••••• • •• Ba rton & CompanJ , ..••••••..•...• D. James , ..........•.........• ·. D. H. "ells , ............. ~ · .... . o tudehaker 3 ros . , •.•••••.....••• - AS.::l embly I all , .••.•..•.••..•.. ·. T a b e rna cl e , . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . U.C . ... ail,t ay- Co ., .........••••.. Deseret irat,ional Ban k, •.. • ••.••. U. P . Exp ress Office, ••••••. . .••• .Z . C.M. L DrugDept ............. . Ga rdo ·rouse , .................•.. Thirteent' .iard Co- op ., .•..••••• fi rs . " • :a . ·,vilkinson, ••..•...••. L. e.-.cR . D. Young, ......•......... Careless & Croxall ...•...•..•... D. 0 . Calder ..... . .••..•.•...... C. C. ii SIDUS .::;) en. • ••••••••••••••• • ..V. alley fiou se .......•............ P . ., . Tl1adsen •• •.•..••••••• . ..... C on t r i bu t o r 0 f f i c e . • . . . . . • • • • . • . • . 1. I..'iadsen & Co •...•••...••..• ~ rs . hl . v. Young ' s .re idence .... r"~ rs . Hopt.;VOOd ...•.••••••••.•••••. Josli11 & ark ................. ·· Hee s ch & .ci:llerbeck ........... · • • $,5, ooo, 00 3, 000, 00 1 , 500,00 _l,QOO, OO 1 , 090, 00 9')0, 00 8JO, OO 600,00 7 50, 00 40,!», 00 -400, 00 400, 00 .300, 00 300 00 250, 0 0 2::> ' 0 250, 00 250, 00 250, 0.0 250, 00 250, 00 250, 00 200, 00 108, 00 100, 00 200, 00 400, 00 '150, 00 100, 00 oo, oo 200,00 200, 00 100, 00 $? |
