Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-20 | Page 7 | Man near Death in Fall Trying to Quench Fire

IMAN MAN NEAR 4 DEATH I IN FALL TRYING TO QUENCH FIRE Thomas B By Bytheway lh the ewa way 56 was reported re rc- rc- rc ported near death in St. St Marks Mark's hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital Monday from cranial Injuries suffered Sunday in a two-story two plunge from the roof root of or his home homent at nt 51 Center street where he had gone one to combat a n chimney fire Ire after acter turning in an alarm Bytheway an Oregon Short Line employee apparently slipped sUpped while walking on the tho roof fell to the sidewalk and suffered a fractured skull Firemen from engine company No 2 found the unconscious ous man in front of or tho the apartment house I where he lived lind a few minutes after an alarm had been sent in from that address s. s While two firemen took Bytheway to the hospital othera others others oth oth- ers era extinguished the thc blaze with 15 loss to tho the building The fire firo started start start- started II ed from chimney sparks