Show narrow escape about five friday friday afternoon a locomotive at the depot e at logan whistled long and loud as a of a fire in that vicinity the prolonged ro longed whistle diew a large crown crowd of men to the spot who on oil I 1 their arrival found plenty to do three large haystacks belonging to hendricks endricks II and tind situated near lis his house were all ablaze A buck et it brigade was soon formed and ho the flames were quickly brought under control the fire had burned BO so far into the stacks that they will have to be thoroughly saturated with water in order to completely extinguish tho the flames in the three stacks there were probably from fifty to seventy five tons of liay hay and aria what was not actually consumed by the fire will be nearly or entirely spoiled by water as from 50 to men were busily drenching the stacks with water oy by means of buckets A pen and several piga pigs were consumed two little children were playing with matches between two of the stuck and thus the blazo blaze was started the clothing of one of the children caught lire fire and its escape from a fearful death was narrow luckily there was plenty of water iu in the ditch in front of the houte or the fire would very likely have spread to air mr hendricks dwell dwelling 11 and a frame residence next d door r to it utah journal |