| Show A babas narrow escape on the afternoon of july 6 the bouse boase of lars lara Bas mussen of clarkston cache county caught fire are with no one on the premises premises but an infant who was locked up in the house while the mother went to make some purchases the fire started in the back part of the house between the ceiling and the root roof from sparks which most m have lodged there in the morning as there had bad been no fire in the stove since noon the fire had got considerable headway before it was noticed there were but few men in the town at the time most of them baina out on then their farms farma at work the flames were first seen by a storekeeper named john thompson who rushed into the house bouse to get the child but found the doors locked he dashed it open and rushing into the room seized the infant who was lying iiri on a bed uninjured although the flames and smoke had bad already burst through the ceiling the situation was more perilous arilous from the fact that over a ed cartridge bad some cias cans of powder were stowed away in the loft The cartridges kept up a sharp cracking are arc the lead flying through the house bouse in all directions water could not be bd obtained soon enough to accomplish good out dui the boys and ni men u who arrived on the scene of the fire as soon abon as the intelligence reached them thein did good work the farni tare and other valuables were saved sayed mr estimates his loss at ac seven bundled dollars utah journal |
