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Show CHILD STARTS BLAZE; DISASTROUS RESULT AVERTED But for the timely arrival of a woman j neighbor, and her prcHenco of mind in Immediately turning In a fire alarm, and 1 the prompt response of the fire depart- I menl. tho three little children of Mr. and Mrs. J. R, Mitchell of 1360 South I Fifth East street, would have been , burned to death In the Mitchell residence ' early Sunday morning. When the dc- I partment arrived smoke was Issuing from J a clothes closet which had been set on fire by tho youngest child, and the flames were rapidly enveloping that part of the house, wlille the little tots, loo fright- j encd to move, were standing huddled In the hallway as far from the fire as j they could get. Tho department quickly j extinguished the flames with only slight ' loss." I Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell wept to Ogden, I Saturday, leaving their children In the care of an elderly woman neighbor, who J slept at. the Mitchell residence. Early Sunday morning, beforo she had arisen, the eldest, a boy. sot up to start the fire in Iho kitchen stove. In building the fire ho laid some matches upon the stove, within reach ,of the youngest child, who. 'IH grabbed several of them and, running JH Into the clothes closet, started a tiro "all -lH his own,' as he proudly proclaimed. 'iH The (lames gained headway rapidly, 'iH and drove, the baby from the closet, at i'H trading the attention of the two olhei 'H children, who began to cry and scream. This aroused the caretaker, asleep up- stairs, who ran to the head of the stair- (H way and. Instantly comprehending the danger, turned In the fire alarm. The youngest child Is 2 years old and the eldest only 0. |