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Show Carr Fork Is Threatened By Blaze; Firemen Successful In Averting Conflagration A fire which broke out at 10:20 p. m. and required two hours' work of 50 firemen to extinguish did an estimated $10,000 damage to the three-story Grand apartments apart-ments at 19 Carr Fork Tuesday evening. Starting point of the spectacular spectacu-lar blaze, cause of which is unknown, un-known, was the three-room apartment apart-ment occupied by Mr. and Mrs-Kenneth Mrs-Kenneth Nell on the third floor, who were not at home at the time. Firemen were fortunate that there was no breeze, and are to be commended that their efforts kept the flames from spreading, as at times fire shot 12 to 15 feet in different directions. Seven hose lines, 2000 feet of hose, and all city water lines and the Utah Copper company water line, were used in fighting the fire. Eight families occupied the apartment house, including the owner, Mrs. Nettie Parissenti, and her son, Paul, 16. Also located lo-cated on the ground floor is the Carr Fork barber shop owned and operated by George Klonizos. Other occupants of the building were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zdunich, Mr- and Mrs. Noel Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hancock, Mr. ' and Mrs. Joe Castello and child, Mr. and Mrs. Ben McAllister and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. August-ino August-ino Sicoli and child and the Nells. The fire was first discovered by Eric Alius, who resides in a home at the rear of the damaged property. He immediately notified noti-fied Mrs. Parissenti, who, with her son, ran to the Nell apartment apart-ment and broke a glass in the door. They saw the seriousness of the blaze, turned in the alarm, and with Lawrence Hancock notified no-tified all other tenants. Furnishings in the Nell and Hancock apartments were owned by the occupants and was a total loss, while the balance was owned own-ed by Mrs. Parissenti, who purchased pur-chased the property three-and-a-half years ago. She had $500,0 fire insurance. All the furnishings in the five-room five-room ground floor apartment occupied oc-cupied by the Panssentis wa? salvaged without much damage. Several of the tenants removed a few personal belongings before they were driven out by flames. Portions of the building that weren't gutted by fire are almost a total loss from smoke and wa-r ter damage. Residents of the top floor lost all of their belongings, as the flames drove them, out, in some cases, before they could dress- The Salt Lake county fire company No. 1 of Murray sent a crew and a truck up after someone some-one called them. None of their equipment was used, but was in the city for use if fire broke out in another section. ' A fire inspection was made of the Parissenti property about three weeks ago. It was found to be in first class condition. o |