Salt Lake Herald | 1900-11-27 | Page 3 | A Fire on Wheels

A FIRE ON WHEELS HEELS V a Sulphuric Acid Blaze Calls CaUs Out the Department An incipient conflagration on ott wheels was wa the unique u ique cause cus of much excite excitement excitement ment meat on oil Second South street yester yesterday yesterday day afternoon and occasioned oc the call callIng cl calling Ing of the lire fire fre department The fire fre started in a of sulphuric acid caused cue by the breaking of one of the bottles which set fire fre to the straw straw and excelsior In the barrel in which it was packed The dray contained about abut thirty barrels of pf the acid and a a jolt jol of ot the wagon broke one of the bottles botte The acid aid set st fire fre to the barrel and sev several sv severa eral erl era men mn on the sidewalk fearing the consequences If jf the fire fre got to the oth other other other er barrels ran out and jerked jerke the blaz blazing ing barrel out of the wagon In doing doings so s William Thompson a colored man mangot mangot mangot got some annie of the acid aid on his trousers trouser burning large lar e holes in them and burn burning log ing his skin akin slightly