PrintPark City Disasters: The Blyth-Fargo Co. Department Store Fire
A little after 3 a.m. on Sunday March 13, 1927, fire completely consumed the Blyth-Fargo Co. department store at 427 Main, a Park City institution for 25 years. Although firemen and equipment were immediately on the scene, there was little they could do. Park City had no water supply of its own, using instead surplus water from the Silver King Coalition Mines, never enough to fill the city's 450,000 gallon reservoir. It was cold that night and townsfolk had left their taps running to prevent freezing pipes thereby draining the reservoir. Fortunately there was no wind and only some siding was scorched and a few windows were broken by the intense heat, but no other buildings were lost. In a poignant coincidence, the bound copies of the Park Record show the final ad run by The big Store facing the front page story of its demise.
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