Springville Herald | 1943-04-01 | Page 8 | Firemen Busy during Week

FIREMEN BUSY DURING WEEK The local fire department has been kept busy the past few days answering fire alarms in various parts of the city and outside the city limits. A fire at the Utah Service last Friday did slight damage to the coal shed before being extinguished by firemen. Boys and matches were believed responsible for the blaze. Chief Hastings Smith also reported re-ported a fire at the farm operated by R. H. Fackrell, owned by J. R. Norton on the East Bench, where a chicken coop was burned slightly. slight-ly. The fire was extinguished before be-fore any material damage resulted. result-ed. A straw stack in the fields west of the underpass, owned by Mrs. Mary Miner, was also burned this week. Burning weeds nearby started start-ed the blaze, it is believed. The fire department also answered an-swered an alarm Wednesday at the Joe Halvorsen property on Mapleton where a straw stack was on fire. A small boy and matches are believed responsible for the blaze.