Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-23 | Page 9 | Six Narrowly Escape When House Burns

SIX NARROWLY ESCAPE WHEN H0U5EBURHS Mr. and Mrs. Max . 0. Knorr. and 4 Children Flee From Burning Structure at Early Hour " Mr. and Mrs. Mag O. Knorr and their four children, the oldest 10 years of age and the youngest f years, narrowly escaped serious Injury In-jury or death early thle morning when their home at Jl Met South Temple street burned to the ground. The family wae In various vari-ous rooms of the house sound laelesp mien lll 1 Urg VartrJIn the' upper part of the one-story, five-room five-room structure. The cause of the fire Is unknown. Knorr waa awakened about the same time other members of the fsmlly were, according to the atory of tha fire related to neighbors, and found the house filled with smoke. The incessant blowing of a locomotive whistle a block distant dis-tant awoke the Knorr family, probably prob-ably saving their Uvea... They wet Just able to gather up a few articles ar-ticles of clothing and get nut of the house before the roof collapsed. Ths hours Is . a total . loss. amounting to approximately IJiftO. acoordlng to firemen's reports; The latter'a work - was- considerably I hampered by the distance which they had to carry fire lines and also the lateness In receiving ths alarm. Knorr, when he got Me family to safety outside the burning house, ran to the horns of O. B. Drechael. In Euclid avenue, and telephoned ths fire department. . The alarm waa received at 1:47 o'clock. The family waa sheltered at a neighbor's neigh-bor's house until clothing could be obtained. Klre believed to have started when a apark from the flue lodged between the fireplace and the house wall damaged the home of J. B. Maxwell. 11 Fourth avenue, Wedneeday night at t:t o'clock to the extent of tit. The hlaxe waa aoon extinguished by firemen who responded to the alarm. ,