Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-06-10 | Page 5 | Blaze Threatens Large Oil Tanks

BLAZE THREATENS I LARGE LARG OIL L TANKS IThe Ij I j The monotony of fighting grass fires was broken for a short time Thursday afternoon when firemen E were called to extinguish a blaze which threatened to ignite oil tanks in the rear of the Salt Lake Hardware Hardware Hard Hard- ware company North Third I West street Ignited by sparks from an acetylene acetylene acetylene acety acety- lene torch three tons of excelsior t was quickly consumed in a blaze about p p. m. m Thursday according according accord accord- E ing to fire department reports Efforts Efforts Efforts Ef Ef- forts of firemen led by Fire Chief t Walter S. S Knight prevented spread of the flames to several large oil tanks near by Value of the excelsior was 90 only loss sustained in the blaze I it was reported Friday