Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-20 | Page 16 | Turkey Flock Escapes Blaze

TURKEY FLOCK i I ESCAPES BLAZE BLAZEI I BENNION More than 00 turkeys narrowly escaped wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale lIale barbecue here Fri Friday ay morning morning morning morn morn- ing in Ina a 8 blaze that hat destroyed a feed stor storage ge building owned by Willard Turpin Tupin Bennion on West South street Damage to building and contents contents con con- con I tents poultry feed can c n and brooders brood brood- i ers was estimated at 1000 by Fire Chief John W. W Cla Clay Salt I hake ake county fire department No 1 I Mur Mur- MurI aAn a I ray An overheated stove was blamed for the bla blaze e. e Mr Turpin had bushels of corn In the building in addition to the poultry feed and was drying the corn with two heater stoves Chief Clay said Alarm was sounded at 7 0 a a. a m. m Quick action by firemen saved three coops and between 00 and and turkeys which got hot under the comb but will survive The coops which escaped damage were only oldy a few feet away from the warehouse which was destroyed