Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-05 | Page 1 | Fire Ravages Studio; One Dead, 45 Hurt

FIRE RAVAGES STUDIO ONE DEAD 45 HURT Flames Sweep Over 40 Acres of Warner Brothers' Brothers Movie Lot tot I BURBANK Cal Dec 5 Fire JP-Fire ff Fire swept Warner Bros Fir First National studios here causing one death injuring in in- j juring ring 45 persons five seriously and doing damage estimated at before it was vas extinguished early to to- 5 day I Albert Rounder 65 year old old ear fire chief of the motion picture studio died at a first aid station of ot heart failure which doctors said was induced induced in in- by the excitement of ol the con con- tion Rudolph Hoop an an actor and Nick studio workman were most seriously injured Hoop suffered a broken leg minor burns lacerations and brutes bruises cs when the false fro front t tol of ol a motion picture set collapsed d on him received a broken right leg burns and bruises The other injured injured firemen firemen studio and film extras were extras were treated at the studio hospital for burns bruises and lacerations Officials of the film plant said the fire swept over about half haIt the 80 acres occupied by the studio but that the area ravaged by lameS flames was least import important nt to the production of pic plc tures For a time flames threatened to sweep to the front of the lot occupied occupied occupied pied by sound stages states administration Continued Two on Two 1 DEAD 45 HURT HURTIN HURTIN IN STUDIO FIRE Flames Ravage 40 Acres of Warner Brothers' Brothers Lot at Burbank Continued from rUe Page One buildings cutting rooms developing rooms and laboratories Had it done doneso so officials said damage might have run Into millions The blaze destroyed d many outdoor sets damaged the transportation building and threatened for a time timeo timeto to o spread to two sound stages Wind Fans Flames Fire apparatus from Burbank Hollywood Hol Hoi lywood and Los Angeles aided studio equipment in bringing the flames under control Discovered by Director Michael Curtiz as he left a sound stage with 75 extras the fire then just a of ol smoke moke was a raging inferno by the time ime the first outside equipment reached the studio The extras who had been working on a picture joined forces with firemen firemen firemen fire fire- men in battling the flames Fanned by a brisk wind the fire quickly raced through several temporary temporary tem tern and outdoor sets ets including the famous New York street treet set used in filming many pic pie tures ures Firemen said they thought the flames lames might have originated from sparks parks in the machine shop which was destroyed with the tin Un carpenter and plumbing shops