Show WORK OF THE FIRE FIEND OGDEN CITY utah june 21 1886 editor deseret news at 1 this morning the WHISTLE BELL AND PISTOL sounded the alarm of fire and many of our citizens who had just been en folded in the arms ol of were readily awakened leaped feared from their couches and began to look for the locality and work of the tire fire fiend A lurid glare was seen rising in the north and a telephone message bore the information that the fire was at the place ot of JOHN CARDON in the south part of lynne about two and a half miles from ogden the fire was first discovered by mr james harrop the policeman in that pre he at once gave the alarm and proceeded to raise assistance and to stop as far as possible the work of destruction in the meantime the devouring element had sot got under good headway an cl considering that there was a stiff wind blowing at the time it is lor for eunaie that THE WHOLE PREMISES were not ruined As it is the lossis lossi s heavy the barn a shed a leanto lean to 31 and part of the dwelling house are burned and had it not been for the timely warning by the policeman it is probable that thai the family would have been either burned to death or suffocated about seventeen tons of hay aud some pounds of peaches were destro destroyed ed C besides other property the to loss sustained is estimated at present at near THOUSAND DOLLARS I 1 did not learn whether or not it is covered by insurance the ogder fire brigade was on the spot at the earliest possible moment and worked with their powerful energy and by means of the liquid element subdued the flames and prevented pie vented their further furt tier spread much credit however is due to Car gardens bardons dons neighbors who worked with a hearty good A ill and had bad done much to put out the fire before the boys arrived the tire fire is believed to be tue work of an incendiary and suspicion points to an individual who had been recently an employee of bardons Car dons as the guilty party he has disappeared from the WEBER |