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Show I OILY RAGS CAUSE OK FIRE 1N? BASEMENT Spontaneous eombusion ignited oily rags In the basement, of the Salt Lake I lard -ware company's building al 52 West Second Sec-ond South about H:30 Wednesday morning morn-ing and for a few minutes not only the hardware company's establishment, hut adjoining buildings, were tinea toned with possible destruction, f Night Watchman Manning discovered smoke curling up the elevator shaft and sent In the alarm. Acting Chief Ayland and Lieutenant Elkram, with ten or twelve firemen from headquarters and station 2. bioke In tho rear door and, " groping thMr way into the basement , through the dense. suffoeHl.hjg r.moke. "Xiluguishcd the fiercely-burning rags with ilfty gallons of chemicals. The loss will reach $75. Fearing a disastrous general tire, Acting J Chief Ayland called out the apparatus from all fire stations. The company later sent, three or four boxes of cigars to the' firemen. |