Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-06-23 | Page 8 | Fire Attacks Army Tractor in Gun Exhibit

FIRE ATTACKS ARMY TRACTOR IN GUN EXHIBIT Tank Corps and End Blaze Baze Parade Plans Fulfilled I raid Herald O Ogden Ogden- en June 22 Fire 22 of unknown origin oris-In started this morning on tho the two and one-half one ton tractor carrying an antiaircraft gun sun part of the thc equipment under ui Charles Andrus An- An Andrus drus that stopped in Ogden en route to Cheyenne Wyo 0 With the ai aid of oC the the five men me comprising the tank tunk corps and alid tho the fire department the blaze was extinguished but not until it had put the tho tractor out ont of or commission The Tho fro fire started at the thc Union station station sta sta- tion Uon shortly after the tho tractor had been unloaded for Cor parade purposes As soon as us the machine was sufficiently cool tho tank corps took it apart and repaired the damage damase done by tho the fire Ire The parade was held as scheduled Its all in fn the tho days das work worl was the I laconic statement of Lieutenant Andrus An- An I drus The Thc equipment no none no of or which has been overseas but which has been used In the United States for testing testing test test- ing lag purposes consists tg of oC one ton six-ton 1 Renault tank one ton three-ton Ford tank an antiaircraft O fio millimeter sun gUn on a a self propelled mount one seventy five millimeter I field piece on a two and one-half one ton Lon artillery artiller tractor one 15 millimeter siege gun ono one ton live artillery tracton tractor tractor trac trac- tor ton one ton ten-ton artillery tractor and anda a ton three artillery trailer Following the parade parado the equipment nt I Iwas I was HUNI u un on nfl t iv hp-iv t f I City Hall square where it St was the mecca of at au ad ui a me III HI i. u u U.-j U. j jIn In O Ogden den who ho h had heard that It would be here It also drew drow a a. large crowd croud of older citizens