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- .T^f^dva o'clock on SaturdayPjEt—At° nnrl tilt forFnu^-AU-- was'given, and butfor,iSK ®a may^n* liad not retired to their beds, might^proved serious. The fixe originated m2 nnLsbedjbuildmg, west of the City Drugstore and adjoining the one known as theThuimond building. Fora while it was fearedthat in consequence of the absence of waterfour city streams being frozen up) it would beb difficult tisli to arrest the flames. Had itnot been tor the almost superhuman'effoittof 31 r. II. M. Taylor, a well known residentof this city who without hesitation enteredthe burning building through the window andat the list of hia life cut his way throughseveral petitions until ho reached the spotwhcie the fire was raging. Tho fire, whichno doubt was the work of an iucendiiuy, waastarted under the side ceiling of the unfinishedhouse and ran through the celling betweenthe find and second story of 3Ir. Thutmond'sbuilding, which rendered it difficult to reach“ in order to catinguiTh it A number of wellknown citizens used eveiy energy in their■ pou er to arrest tho progress of the fire, andat last succeeded, by establishing.a linajjyIFHich buckets of water were passed from thewell in the rear of the new restaurant, in Hr.Savage's building. The principal loser is Hr, T'hmwtmd, whose building was mjuied to the uuuiiut ut sir or set en hundred dollars; not junmed. Tho'ding store of Dr. Clinton was at one time in imminent danger, but the fire tvus checked m time to save it, and the loss
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Camp Doughlas Union Vedette
Camp Douglas, Utah, US
Mon, Jan 14, 1867
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