Show Ii t Temple Fire Does Little I t tI Damage Towns Fortunately Fort the fire in t the e temple temple tem torn pie tower tover caus caused d' d bi by lighting last Sunday Sunds morning did little damage other than to give the people of Manti ManU and Ephraim a n thrill tse will not soon forgot forget Although tho the fire burned for more than forty- forty five minutes unmolested ted in the tho frame work of at the to tower er top l where it was fanned by tho the breeze it made scarcely no headway and was easily extinguished when once tho the fighter could get to it Due Duo Duoto J t to the great height and nd what a Deemed at first its y yit It seemed that it would be necessary necessary sary to allow the wooden part atthe of at ac the tower to be consumed and rd then arrest the flames fr from m reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing the main part of the building Little damage however wa was done either from fire or water ater The east tower of the temple is ii feet h high the upper thirty p k feet or more Is constructed entirely entire entire- ly h of wood Crowning the tower e of is a wooden post centered b by an Iron rod to give it solidarity It ItI r I was this rod that attracted the 0 lightening which struck fat at 5 30 0 a Sunda Sunday morning during a a. passing a shower The lightning followed Into the little attic of the tower ver starting the fire rire causing the n south n b Un o west corner to burst into flames The thunder crash brought man many b people out of at doors and some one oneZ saw the to tong towar r burst into flame Z and gave the alarm In less than thann five minutes from the sounding of t n the siren the city hose was on tho the grounds but there were no near fire hydrants to accommodate the hose I l The Temple and grounds are supplied sup sup- up- up plied with water from a private 5 system and the supply was low at 11 hat t-hat hour due to the sprinkling n s system stem operating during tho the night Ample small hose from flom tho inside of the tee temple was assembled but ut a i low water pressure made the cf effort o rort 1 useless Another difficulty was v due to the fact that the room j just st fire which has he below belo the tho a b bof of about fifteen feet was filled idled with smoke making It impossible to reach the attic Army gas masks mal s were sent ent for but before they arrived A. A H. H Henrie and Erastus braved the smoke filled room with handkerchiefs tied over r 1 their faces long Ions enough to open the windows s and thus liberate the smoke Wm Jones N N. J. J Alex Nielson and others arrived with gas bas masks and then with the hose connected to the tho ire fire hydrant on n the fair grounds and in turn conn connected connected con con- n to the small temple hose water was applied to the se set of or orthe the fire resulting in Its Us quick con con- The city hose would not reach from Cram the tho fire hydrant at tho the fair tair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds so it was necessary to ti t send to Ephraim for their hose Another r delay was here b because cause of at the to get the local central who was swamped by y Idle calls from all parts of the cit city wanting to know knoT I the source of ot the tho fire tire so it it was I r necessary cos ary to send a car to Ephraim a Once the word got to Ephraim the t town was and it was but buta fa a fe few minutes until the pavement t wa was black cars headed by their hose car which made a a. record record re- re cord run here By the time timo they Q arrived the fire Ure however was un- un under dor der control |