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Show 6 FIRES START ' OUT PREVENTION - WEEKTOR CITY Programs Arranged for Schools and Civic Group Fire prevention week opened on Monday In Salt Lake City with firemen fire-men turning the full power of propaganda prop-aganda on to ths red monster re-sponslble re-sponslble for 10 000 deaths yearly In the United States, but they had aix biases to report Sunday and Monday. While Fire Chief Walter S. knight and his officers were preparing programs pro-grams In schools and before civic organisations. Firs Alarm Operator Fred Gulbranson scrutinised six reports re-ports on minor blazes, which included in-cluded a freight car, an automobile, a straw stark and threshing machine, ma-chine, rubbish piles and dwellings. Biases Reported Monday morning's blazes were reported re-ported at the resident of William H McMillan, 288 Ninth East street, where sparks from a chimney started start-ed a small fire that caused a $8 loss, and an automobile that caught afira In ths 300 block on Twelfth East street. Damage waa alight. i Tramps occupying a freight car on Union Pacific tracks at Sixth North and Fifth West streets Sunday Sun-day night started a blaze that caused $15 damage to the car. When a bon- i fire spread to a rubbish and lumber pile In the rear of 30 Ninth East I street Sunday at 1:43 p. m, $10 I damage was done. I A tractor in a field at 1149 Cor- ' nell atreet backfired Sunday morn- I lng and set a straw stack sblaie. A threshing machine also went up in i flames. Damage was reported at I $200. I Sparks Cause Loss Sparks from a chimney caused ! $25 loss to the residence of W. J. Timpson, 153 North Fourth West street, at 1:59 a. m. Sunday. Included in antlfira propaganda will be a special school for apartment apart-ment house Janitors and night watchmen at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Wednesday, under direction of Bat-i Bat-i tallon Chief L B. Egan. I Battalion Chief J. K. Piercy will I conduct demonstrations around the I city with a miniature house, which 1 will show proper and Improper wlr- lng methods and other fire factors. During the week all public buildings build-ings will be Impacted and all school children will conduct special fire drills. |