Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-02 | Page 5 | Fifth Fire Call at American Fork Threatens Home

Fifth Fire sIle Ile s Call CallI a aa I a at American Fork or f. f e. e Threatens Home or A FORK July 2 Only Only quick action on the 1118 part of or the tho American Fork lork fire lire department saved saYed residences and buildings of or tho the ar area R. R surrounding the homo home of ot W. W H. H Tuesday afternoon when they were welO menaced by a 3 rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly spreading grass fir fire The Tho fire started by small email boys bos Boon oon got out of ot control When hen the lire fire department arrived I tho whole corner of S Second cond West est and First South uth was in flames Tho The fire fhe was extinguished after a afew few tew minutes of ot rapid work Today's lodas fire firo was vas the fifth an answered answered an- an In tho the last eight days equaling an average for a 3 three month period In fn 1929 or one fourth 1 of tho the total calls caUs lust last year ear During During Dur Dur- ing the last w week ek tho the department answered calls to the tho Ellison CleanIng CleanIng Cleaning Clean- Clean Ing company compan where th they y checked a 1 aCiro Iro Ciro endangering tho rho whole business block to tho the homo bomo of ot Ernest Sea Sea- strand they saved a. a garage sar garage gc from Crom S going up In flames names to Saratoga Saratoga Sara Sara- toga toa resor resort and to th the chicken farm o ot of James Tattersall where ro the they extinguished extinguished ex ex- extinguished a fire firo ona chicken coop saving paving 1200 chickens from tram roast- roast ling After the tho fire firo today Chief t IrvIng Irving Irv Irv- ing L Jj Pratt of or tho the local fire department de de- do- do urged that people use uso moro caution when burning grass or 01 rubbish and to notify tho the fire firo de department department department de- de if thc they were contemplating ing ns burning burning- grass so 80 that the truck might bo be on band hand to to- tobo bo be 1 ready really incase In caso case of ot need