Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-11-13 | Page 2 | House Blaze Endangers Many Lives

House Blaze L Many Lives Tien nen Rescue escue Thinly in y Clad ad Women an and Chi Chil- I Ire n From UPPer Windows Gas Adds Add to o Flames Cause au e Not Nat Determined he I ie lives of more than thirty persons men women and n jR 1 were endangered this morning by fire which broke out K after 8 o'clock clock in m the basement of the Warren apart- apart o Fifth gifth South and Second East streets and smoke cut off off every avenue of escape and it necessary lor me e firemen to tot t 1 e occupants of the bu building ders ers The excitement which l' l t the scene is unparalleled It appeared for a though the fire lire was beyond l would destroy the build build- Ie he timely tImey response to o the nd- nd the quick work of the i under the direction of Chief serious Jerious damage and of several lives would the result The first cached ached fire headquarters at ock All of the central sta- sta aratus responded r reads ads Flames the apparatus arrived the ch had broken out in the the furnace had the first floor of the build build- large blaze fed by a ter ter- was t sweeping up the stair stair- Ii building was filled with I. I window was filled with men who with full elof their peril were calling ly 11 for help Meanwhile gas gasu u 11 the basement had the flames fed by a large o gas increased in volume gases ases ases made it more difficult rapped in ill the building to tore i Are re Spectacular Joseph Joseph Bowen Alfred Dell Del Del- l and Harry Pease zu members of the ladder truck isted ladders to the various and On one by one the women lr Iren n were carri carried d t to safety ty In the meantime other lad lad a line of hose hosee e streams of water were nt the flames in the base- base h he hogas gas was then thEm turned off the lire w Avas s' s s brought f families live in the apart- apart The ground floor of the theis is occupied by stores The Theare Theare Theare are those of C. C Harper J. J Frank Daly Dr A A. E. E Wal- Wal j r E. E B. B Kolb and andin in inch h i tolt e early hour at fit which occurred many many- of those in t were Yere still attired in their thing Seven children attin at at- tin flimsy were the ground by the firemen women similarly clad r oh h was taken from the the fire w was S 'S brought and a few minutes laie la la- ie e corridors were cleared and gas they were permit permit- urn um tP lp their apartments Determined lief ilef Bywater and insurance ers who investigated were determine the cause of the theether ether it was caused by hot in of the furnace wn The loss was IP Warren own owner r of Ulea the Ule theat a at 1200 which is covered nee nce h there are two stairways fire are escape reading leading to the sr si occupants of ot the build- build unable to reach them bethe bethe be be- the smoke and gas Two nen len in the apartment were ly overcome by the smoke d d. d no Injury investigation into the the fire is being made by by officials Frank or of ot the apartment when his version of ot the cause of ot fused used to discuss it