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Show FIERCE FIRE'' mm Din Children and Matches Cause Blaze which, pis troys Property Pro-perty Valued at $900 Thursday afternoon about 5 o'clock a fire brbjee out in the barn of Chas. Lundgren in the eastern part, of the city which resulted in a low of more than $900. The barn and its contents, together with a tyarn belonging to Henry Mackelprnng were entirely en-tirely destroyed before the flames exhausted themselves. Several small Children, boys and girls, had bijen playing in the Lundgren' barn, supposedly .with matches, one of the children chil-dren stating that some of the number had matches, but it was impossible to learn just which was to blame, iij a shed on the east side were a carriage and a buggy, one of which was covered with a canvas. It was here that the children were playing and the supposition is that some one of them dropped a match on the canvas. That tjiis theory seems plausible is bor jjojbut by the fact that the children jiad been nailed from the barn and were eating their afternoohmeal when the flames were seari ilo burst from the sides of thrbarn. The alarmafwks, quickly given and hundreds oi&itfcana aruJKcd barn were two hljgs, in addition to the carriages and a quantity of hay, two sets of harness, and other things. So fierce did the flames burn that it was impossible impossi-ble to save anything and it Was soon apparent that the Larn and contents were doomed. When the flames from the Lundgren building were at their height the barn belonging to Henry Mackelprang adjoining caught fire and was completely destroyed in view of hundreds of people who were powerless to render any assistance. Luckily the contents of this barn were removed before the flames attacked at-tacked it, thus confining the loss to the building. The loss to Mr. Lundgren is estimated at $750,. of which $400 was for the barn, $300 for the carriages, $40 for the harness and $10 foi the hogs. Insurance in the sum of $200 was carried on the building in the Home Fire Insurance Co of Utah. Mr. Mackelprang estimates his damages at about 200, of which $150 was for bapi and $50 for fences. This fire should serve as an object lesson to the city and steps should be taken immediately immediate-ly to secure better fire protection. protec-tion. The loss in this instance could easily have been confined to the Lundgren barn, and even a part of its contents might have been saved, had it been possible to attach fire hose to a fire hydrant, hy-drant, i The loss in thi instance alone amounts to enough to pay for several hundred jteet of fire hose. The city counqil 'should begin as soon as possible to install fire hydrants in different parts of the city, even if only one or two at a time With several hundred feet of hose, a iew hydrants would insure much greater profit pro-fit I tection than is now enjoyed and the work could be extended as fast as the city's finances will permit, until a sufficient number of hydrants were installed to afford complete protection. It's too late to close the door after the horse has been stolen. It will be too late to save the next building if we wait until the fire gets started on it, so let us be up and doing. |