Deseret Evening News | 1905-11-17 | Page 5 | Had a Narrow Escape

HAD HADA A NARROW ESCAPE JIo III In Barn liy II 1 Ilek I boua yesterday noon the barn of John M I Whitaker er eron on avenue wu ln destroyed by h lire Tho The cause of or the e was wua the dangerous combination ot or matches The boys boss were wore ugene Dean and another small boy hoy ho They got gOl Into the barn anI began bt lighting matches The straw and 1 other In stuff Ignited Igniter mid almost Instantly there was uns a n hit big Jho rhe boys bos were sero In tho the loft and un able to get gel out Kenneth Kennelh Dalian 13 11 years earll of or age saw the tho flumes antI yelled lustily for help helI A t woman In III the Ihl em eni emPloy Ploy IlO 1110 of or tho the Dallas household rushed to toU U the thon of oC the young youngsters at the th risk of or being severely sel I burned carried carrle them out of ot the tho burning barn harn An n alarm was IU turned turne In but hUI the run vs a long bug onu that the Ih tl barn harn was wan lS destroyed before the tire apparatus ur or rh The distance front from headquarters hen la III about four fOil I miles but the run was made In about twenty minutes minute The Tho Th firemen lilt did good lood work in III saving paving flavin the adjoining property properly ty The Tha building was vas valued at CO and was nas os Insured hut the lo loss a to Mr r Whit Whitaker Oker aker will vIll be upwards of oC 1000