Show HO upper section of town Is s damaged mile done by fire many floe insight attire as flames spread rapidly four hotels hotel rooming heue destroyed Emerlie emergency ncy call brings bring 8 L C county C fire equipment salt lake three hundred and fifty persons were ren rendered derea homeless and damage damace of approximately clone in a fire which swept through gha a section of upper ding bing ham early friday morning chilt hirough the combined efforts of the 1 salt lake city county bingham volunteer fire departments and the utah copper toad company a ny emergency equipment and tand the sou courageous conduct of the volunteer firemen entire upper bangham was saved from destruction TWO frame hatela and one rooming house were burned to the ground and two brick hotels were completely gutted the blaze blaze originated in the rear of th eNick panos grocery store at and ate its way rapidly in both directions albert newman drug clerk in the diamond bar noticed the flames shooting from the grocery store and sounded the alarm so rapidly did the fire spread that occupants of rooming houses and small canyon homes had bad no time to obtain their belongings many red fled in their night clothing only a few stopping long enough to grab a wrap to protect them from the chilly morning air five fire minutes after the alarm was turned in the volunteer equipment no 1 and no 2 arrived on the scene but blit even then the fire was shooting from the venice hotel on the right of 0 the ainoa grocery the flames alamea shot high in the air dud and leaped across the narrow street and ignited the copper and binghan hotels paced faced with the task of fighting the blaze on bothilde both aides is of the na narrow arow tortuous avenue acting chief william harris put in an emergency call for the salt lake founty volunteer department before the county equipment after a rocco kunof run of twenty five minutes from murray arrived the bingham volunteers had successfully checked tha blaze on the west side elde of the streets the new concrete exchange building of the Mount mountain din states telephone and telegraph company proved the obstacle that prevented the spread of the flames down the canyon the buildings the belongings the proprietor and the estimated damage follow copper hotel P H Pit pitches chos bingham bangham hotel andrew Gra malakis modern hotel G S underhill venice hotel mrs M J contratto contralto aluos grocery and rooming house nick panos henry wise building and rooming house henry wise home greek coffee house and pool hall mike Mach krikis chinese restaurant the fire Is believed to have been caused by an overheated coal stove |