Show SMOKE EATER I 1 J- J f d tw 4 I 1 Chief Walter S. S Knight FIRE ARE LOSSES GAIN GAININ IN 1933 Three Large Blazes in Four- Four Day Period During Summer Summer Sum Sum- mer Sets New Record The four day period in late June that gave Salt Lakers their greatest fire tire excitement In years prevented 1933 going down in history as the year of the city's lowest fire losses Belief that two of the three disastrous trous Irous fires that r raised their red h In this short period might have been started by a 1 pyromaniac spurred police police po po- lice Uce and firemen in their probe but no concrete evidence of a firebug was uncovered Despite these three fires however losses for the year were only slightly over scarcely more than half the record high loss Joss of ot in 1924 I The low Jow record of w was s set setin setin I in 1932 Store Loss Largest blaze of ot 1933 was the 45 fire at the Western Furniture company com corn pan pany South State str street t June 21 21 This was followed the next day by an fire started by an overheated overheated overheated over over- heated motor in a toy airplane in the display windows of th the Utah Power and Light company South Main street streetA tr t. t A third blaze sweeping through the Salt Lake Costume company inthe inthe in on the Sales building 33 West Broadway caused cawed damage June 24 Transients sleeping on a platform at the base of the elevator shaft were blamed for this fire after atter an extensive ve Investigation The origin of the Western FurnIture Furniture Furniture Furni FurnI- ture company fire was never deter deter- mined Improvements Planned Plans for lor construction of an alarm office in Liberty park a new fire station near Seventeenth South and Main streets and remodeling of three fire stations already in fn use we feature Fire Chief Walter Valter S. S Knights Knight's preparations preparations prep prep- prep prep-I for 1934 Unless funds for the construction work are forthcoming from the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government the new building plans will be abandoned but remodeling remodeling eling cling will proceed at No 2 station 19 North Second West street No 4 I street and No 5 1023 East Ninth South street Outstanding In the fire prevention work of ot 1933 was wu the distribution of pamphlets among the city school children during fire prevention prevention i tion ion week and a survey of city prema premises prem prem- b isea by crews of firemen who recommended recommended recommended mended cleanup work to remove remove fire hazards hazard Alarm Increase Th The number of alarms alarm answered by 37 firemen during 1933 exceeded by 50 th the 1291 1201 turned In fn during 1932 Heartening among the alarm figures however was a decrease of in fn 1933 false a e alarms alums Only such alarms were received up until December 1 compared in 1932 The dry summer resulted in grass fires more than doubling those of the previous year in fa 1933 as compared to o in 1 1932 32 |