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Show Hazard Survey to Hike S. L. Rating in Fire Prevention With the survey of fire hazards already started in Salt Lake City, the city soon will compare favorably favor-ably in the field of fire prevention with any city in the nation, Fire Chief Walter S. Knight declared Thursday. Chief Knight, chairman of a special committee appointed by the city commission to survey fire hazards In Salt Lake-City and recommend rec-ommend changes In building construction con-struction to eliminate the hazards, said the survey has not gone forward for-ward far enough for him to report definite figures, but "numerous" fire escapes have been ordered for apartment houses and multiple dwellings. Chief Knight's report came on the heels of a fire in Minneapolis, Minneapo-lis, Minn., In which 18 persons were killed and 40 Injured. Gerald Irvine, assistant city attorney at-torney and a member of the committee, com-mittee, reported the committee Is meeting with "excellent cooperation" coopera-tion" from building owners. According to records of the fire department, the city never has had a fire that Involved multiple loss of life, although several persons per-sons have been burned to death In separate fires. The most recent serious, fire In the city was the burning of the U. P. hotel, 380 West South Temple Tem-ple street, on September 12. Loss was set at $75,000 and 20 persons were carried from the flaming building by firemen. Fifteen persons per-sons suffered Injuries, two serious, but none died. Other members of the commlt-tee commlt-tee Include William J. Goodwin, chief building Inspector; Lloyd W, McClenahan, president of the Utah chapter, American Institute of Architects, and William F. Langton, field secretary. Apartment House Association of Utah. Harris E. Anderson, Inspector for the fire department, was desigr nated secretary of the committee. |