Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-12-01 | Page 5 | Central Was in Flames Today

FIREMEN SAVE STREET HOTEL FROM destruction made the run and had the chemical in action within a minute of alarm from standard answering a call coming from the central hotel tsy this morning abo alre department made a rapid mil that saved the structure from total destruction night officer aln t saw coming from the hotel he ran into the office informed the desk clerk who in urn informed the alre tho origin of the alro Is not known the damage dona was light of a hole burned in the second floor bythe flames when the alro waa discovered an alarm over the phone was immediately sent in within the short time of eight minutes after the night bell had the sleeping alre laddie the flames under control no water waa used the prompt arrival of ibo chemical before the names had made auch headway saved the interior of the building from damage by the IKO of water of ngoi was carried on alie inside furniture with flu equal amount on the building itself the alarm sounded at ahe alre station at p in in half a minute iho wagons were ready to start the men had partly donned their uniforms the doors biad been thrown open and the teama were off tho ice on the road made the run difficult but within a minute the firemen were on tho ground at th building the chemical was noon jn action anil quickly the flames were controlled much credit is duo the firemen the hotel is of inflammable material and but tor the remarkably quick response of the alre department would have been destroyed st royed officer backham hackham aid the firemen arrived hatless and coques and saved the building after the place appeared doomed