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Show BOYS AND HATCHES CAUSE "FIFE WASTE" Alarms of ten Ires, none of pertien-lar pertien-lar importance so far as actual loss waa concerned, hut each of which was somewhat threatening in character, were turned in yesterday afternoon and last night. Dried -grase,--birrned to a crisp by the bent of summer and ig nited by sparks or - bv boys- with matches, caused the greater number of alarms. The tlrst was at 2:30 o'clock ia the afternoon, when the roof of a one-story brick hunse at S West Mouth Temple street became ignited by sparks. The house is occupied bv O. M. Tucker and the loss wss 250. The motor engine and the hone truck from station No. 2 responded re-sponded with Aasistnnt Chief 1'itiger-ald. 1'itiger-ald. Heven minutes later -an alarm waa received re-ceived from 1118 Hon th Thirteenth East street, where small grass (re threatened threat-ened a number of dwellings. Boya playing play-ing with matches started this lire. No. 7 hose responded to this and there was no lose. At 8:41 o'clock yesterday afternoon a one-story frame house at 1220 Wi satch avenue, near Heventh Routh and Kleventh West streets, became ignited from a grass tire. The neighbors wer fighting the fire and were so absorbed in their work that they did not call the department. A grocer three blocks away telephoned the alarm. hiaf ftlore and the equipment from station No. responded. The house of J. M. rhrie-teneen rhrie-teneen waa damaged to -the e ltour -of 17. Hnvs and matches started a small grass fire at 732 Mouth Kighth Kast street at 1:01 o'clock. The equipment front station No. S responded and there was no loss. Another Brass Ire at Belmont avenue. between Ninth South and Tenth (South streets and Tenth and Kleventh East streets gave Assistant Chief Fitagerald and tha motor engioe a run at 3:42 o'clock. Thera waa no loss. Bovs and matches caused a Ore in the on storv frame hern at 1302 West Ninth North street owned by Josepk Springer. The barn was destroyed. The loss wss $41). Assistant t'hief Fitzgerald, Fitzger-ald, the motor angina and Na. 2 hose and truck responded. This Ira was at 6:13 o'clock. At 6:S3 o'clock a grans Ore at Eighth Mouth between Twelfth Kast and Thirteenth Thir-teenth Kast atreets gsve the men at No, 7 a run. There w little work and ao loss. - No. 7 kad another ran at. 9&i oVlock to extinenish a grass 6 re at Ninth South and Thirteenth Kast streets. The same company was given another run at 10:08 o'clock to McClelland avenue, ave-nue, between Tentb Kast and Kleventh Kast on Ninth Mouth street for another grass (re. There wss no lose. The last ran for No. 7 waa at 12.5") o'clock last night for grass Are on Tentb Kast and Eleventh rkmta street. Thera was no lose.. -- ' . |