Show t Version of f Two Cities 4 11 J d r z S Sr r r yV y i q A t 4 1 Y t x i Ln a q I p r y p 1 4 a a n nS S S 5 rah S a cu f 4 VIEW OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY EARLY MORNING SALT LAKE CITY FIRE Home at 1464 Dexter street which h w was s partially razed by flames Blaze Razes S. S L. L Home dome I Ii I INS INSO bonefo O fou f Chicago's fire fighting equipment was called lout out Wednesday to battle a blaze which h swept a story five-story downtown building and in- in I streams of morning I rush-hour rush traffic c. c By midmorning fire fighters brought the flames well under con con- trot Elevated trains entering at the north end of the Loop were halted halted halted halt halt- ed while firemen men played streams played streams of ot water from the elevated platforms Billows of smoke po poured red over the surrounding area Streams of water water water wa wa- ter were played on the flames from water towers from adjacent buildings buildings build build- ings and from a fireboat in the Chicago river Street t car traffic was rerouted and automobile traffic stopped at atthe atthe atthe the north section of the Loop delaying delaying delaying de de- de- de laying thousands in reaching their j jobs bs The Geiser Office Furniture company occupying the story five-story building was completely burned out put Origin of ot the fire was not de de- Water from some of the fire hoses poured into the near-by near Wells and Lake streets underground underground underground under under- ground structure where Chicago's new subway is under construction Workmen quickly erected a clay dike and with the he aid of pumps prevented the subway from being flooded The number of persons persons delayed in reaching their employment at downtown business houses was not immediately estimated but the figure figure figure fig fig- ure promised to run into many thousands Miss Emma Allison 49 49 negro pastry cook suggested a possible origin of ot the fire when she stated she had seen a pile of rubbish burning In in the ally behind the furniture building early this morn morn- morn morn- ing big |