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Show - 164 - ascertain the fpcts , which are , tha t only from f ifteen to t wenty were at Black Rock , conducting a p a rty , the bulk having come in long before the fire began, and were on the ground wor ing wi t h gre a t energy . Dr . H. J . ichs rds whose r es idence is in close p roximity t o the bur ned district , managed to s ave his and conti guous bui l di ngs , by keeping a const ant stre ern on t heir more exposed parts from ~ ga rden hose , ha ving extingu i shed about t wenty i n cip ie nt blazes on the roo fs by t l is means . T.I:!..B O.,IG 1'- , ETC . The origin of t he f ire is snrouded in mys tery, t he general i mpres - ion being t a t it was started by an incendi ary . No f ire vas kept in Mr . Clawson ' s building, and the t 1eory of malicious inte nt i s the mos fe a si ble t eery . It is one of the most dest ructive fires t tlt has occurred in the history of t i s city , there laving been bu t one more so , in our recollection-- t a t of t he bu rni ng of tne 1 C:l tional Bank Building erected by .1arren uussey, ~1 ic occu r red on November 16th, 1875, and i nvolved a loss o. ~ ;;::OO, 000 . Jucn sympa thy i f elt for t he pa rties vho ctre t he heaviest losers by this calamity , and it is to be hoped t at t l is ge nerous sentiment will t uke a subst a~ tial turn . " ~ On the 2 he spent the day wit1 his family in vi sit i ng at the horne of his wife ' s parents . In the evening he wrote an article for the Deseret News' and listened to t he argument in the Belle Harris c a se on a petition f or a qrite of Habeous Corpus . |
