Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-07 | Page 15 | Army Balloon Proves First Aid in Forest Blaze |

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Date	1919-06-07
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
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Article Title	Army Balloon Proves First Aid in Forest Blaze
Type	article
Date	1919-06-07
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Page	15
OCR Text	Show Army Balloon Proves First Aid in Forest Blaze ( Cliicu no Trlbuno Spociil Service.) WASHINGTON', Jlmo 6. Tho army balloon sorviro has rtls-coveved rtls-coveved its first fore.ft firo wlilcli was extiiisiiislicKl wilhin seven niln-uU-s. Lieutenant Donald C. Catli-cart, Catli-cart, post adjutant at Ross Tleld, Arcadia, Cal., tlio 'war department announced, oporating a balloon in cooperation with tho forost sorvice, discovered tho fire on the Lucky Baldwin ranch at tho foot of Siorra Madro mountain. lieutenant Cathcart was in sn observation ob-servation at fin elevation of 1500 feet when ho saw tlio firo. Orders wove given by teloplione from tho balloon to guards on land, and within soven minutes tho fire was extinguished, the only destruction having bson two carloads of barley hay.
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