Show IL I Lo Railroad Shops Left in O Ruin by T Fire rire E DEFIES DEHES FOR HOURS i 1 oral aral Alarm Sent InD in D. D R R. R G. G W. W q tion 1 ing ling and blackened gird- gird i a mass of sodden embers lay marked the scene of O O general alarm fire troyed royed wood car shops Denver enver Rio Grande Grandea renver Il a railroad blaze ire one of the most cular in Salt Lake City his- his aged for three hours Friday and ind was fought by 80 fire- fire h rho saved ed near-by near property at t J of f the fire was not full fully ned but Fire Chief Walter Walte ht hl said it was not the wood car shops shop situated almost under th the South street viaduct b oses five livestock cars car car Cunningham master me me- for the railroad said thaEs that tha Es as Insurance adjusters ha had hadi i their work a wrecking Continued Continued on Page Three IJ Column One 1 tL RAIL SHOPS RAZED BY FIRE Continued from Page One o l would clean the debris bY Monday night ruction of a n new e modern building then will be started Idi tely he said I. I Three B Boy y Heroes ee boys were the heroes of the they They y noticed a bright light ethe building and knew it was aused used by torches so they ran ifT 6 engine house and told the thet t j her David Gerrard e el boys are Reginald Hay 13 43 3 West Sixth South street t Christenson 15 and his hiser hiser ler er er Ralph 13 of South nth uth West Vest street e first alarm was sounded at atm atm attn m tn City firemen and the rails rail- rail s fire fighting crew went into nat once and streams of water c being thrown on the blaze at f ill pm I. I Cunningham expressed a be be- hat flame from a torch dropped of a box car and caused ire o ands of persons swarmed to Sire re and nd traffic was jammed in Tanks Explode Climes Mmes limes shot skyward as tanks of Il lene Ilene ne gas exploded one after h her r. r emen risked their lives in their nt t but unsuccessful attempt to Ithe the shops building e fire apparently started In the Eif Fend end of the building and by me time water was turned on the thee e structure was ablaze flames y the y-the the exploding acetylene gas gass s pre re than half a million gallons fire a ater ter er were poured on the blaze ing g up hope of saving the i car shops firemen turned efforts ts to other shop buildings le ie railroad which escaped viry vary vir- vir y without damage Cites Difficulty Knight said difficulty was in fighting the blaze fuse use the building was of wooden covered by heavy steel e inside was gutted and the I exterior collapsed after the railroad cars standing on a ak k east of the building narrowly t ed l destruction They were just ed lust just as the flames threatened gulf them Cunningham Cunningham said the building been een locked when workmen left p. p m m. and that none had enI en- en rafter after fter that time ie ie I official report of the fire firem m mr off office ice showed that the first m at 7 p p. p m m. sent three engine panes to the fire Ten minutes engine company 5 15 responded At p. p m. m engine companies 3 rid 8 left and all shift off-shift mene men e called on a general alarm He last engine left the fire at ato o 0 pr p m. m Second Blaze he fire ire fire was the second serious t hit the Denver Rio Grande item stern in the last few months September 17 the railroads railroad's 1 house and shops at Thistle destroyed by fire of ed origin This property is be- be rebuilt F ff Cunningham expressed ap- ap to the fire department ItS its' work i blaze caused a serious inter- inter Jon ion of telephone s f the fire lire department because curiosity iss is'S Elva Smith alarm operator dispatcher was swamped with h hone ne calls asking where the thes Was was s interfering with her dis- dis duties b tie worst of it was Miss Smith that callers use our four tai lines reserved for depart- depart tal t t business and emergencies aad ad of calling Wasatch ij quarters arters number they ask thet the ator t r for the fire department tHat puts them on our special h. h I |