Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-22 | Page 11 | Policeman Rides Flaming Motorcycle. out of Garage

y Policeman Rides Flaming Motorcycle Out of Garage Daring young men who ride horses through rings gs of fire were surpassed for valor Wednesday by Motorcycle Patrolman Charles J. J Larson He Ho rode a flaming motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle out of the public safety department garage When backfire ignited gasoline that had spilled from the carburetor carburetor carburetor car car- as he started his motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle Patrolman Larson was faced with the dilemma of letting it burn while he went to the other end of the long garage for a fire extinguisher or or getting the flaming flaming flam flani- ing machine out from the cluster of about CO iO automobiles So he grabbed the motorcycle by the horns Jumped aboard and gave her the gas Roaring up the ramp so 80 fast that the flames couldn't singe him Patrolman Larson held his legs aloft as ho he bounded out onto the vacant lot Without bothering to stop his mount he bounded off while garage garage garage gar gar- age attendants came with fire lire extinguishers With the aid of firemen the flames were extinguished extinguished extinguished ex ex- ex- ex but the snow white machine was turned into a blackened blackened blackened black black- ened mass of of machinery