Show hi Ii A caA ca FIRE DESTROYS Reta tat P 1 PROPERTY VALUED iou l l AT hT r ou 1 Fire in Carpenter Brackens Bracken's place of business did considerable cur earl early Monda Monday morning The estimated loss Is placed athi at hi eek The fire tire which was discovered od about 2 30 in the morning by Mr quid and Mrs W. W G. G started pie while the Carpenter family was 51 visiting at Provo Upon being W d el awakened b by the red glow which shown through the back windows LO 0 of he the he establishment Mr and Mrs turned In the alarm and then went systematically to work Ito J I en to put out the fire I Twenty minutes after the alarm h e eh was turned in the fire department h was In operation By this time tho the had labored so j I hi lively with garden hose that tho the i I IF F blaze In the north room was practically practically S e out However tho the fire had S spread upward and south Here the larger hose of the fire depart i y I i ment went did excellent work but I In I tl spite of this fact much damage was nt done b by the flames The l bur j rafters an and upright on the west 4 part of the building were burned buried ca a great deal of the stock in t iio e north room was either wiped out by the flames or damaged and the furniture in the upstairs rooms r was also damaged Although the exact loss has not been computed It ft is t to 10 be near tent fire Is not The origin of ot the 1 Ira definitely Mr Carpenter JA stated Wednesday that it had I pt started in the west south-west corner of or ortho hay the tho north room from defective wires or from a aa mop rag which bt lay in the corner The flames res re- re re revived s I ived about noon Monday but wore wore ate extinguished shortly I Jug Mr Carpenter is very ery grateful rn for t the bo help given by the people of ill Manti lanti r m in rr protecting his property from the ravages of the fire andi and i he wishes to express his thanks through the columns of ot the Mess Mess- Messenger and enger for the beauty r and generous Megs Megs-I t. t I help given ivell Everything was done donen n that could be to put out the fire in I I at in the shortest time possible an and andt ande e yet et t It is not Improbable that a amore Imore j I more definite and effective method meth- meth od oel could be followed out if a fire captain were appointed to direct the efforts of be he workmen The captain should be a person of j cool sound Judgment in whom all 11 would have confidence 1 |