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Show ' FIREOESTRDYS " JOHNSON HOUSE Nine families left homeless at 106 Carr Fork, when pot of boiling tar explodes. Firemen and Coppermen do great work. Nine families were left homeless Tuesday morning when fire destoyed the house at 106 Carr Fork, which was owned by Ed Johnson of Bingham Bing-ham Canyon, and Vic Anderson of Sandy. The fire, which started at 10:40, was first noticed by the crew of Engine En-gine No. 500, of the Utah Copper, who sounded the alarm with a series of shrill blasts from the locomotive. James Nerdin, Master Mechanic for the company sent his machine shop workers to the scene, and valiant work was done by this organization before the arrival of the fire apparatus. appar-atus. Seeing the flames bursting through the side of the house Mrs. Jack Davidson Dav-idson of 102 Carr Fork sent in the alarm, and in a few minutes the new -La France Truck, with Otto Lee at the wheel was on the scene. The powerful truck experienced no difficulty in getting up the Carr Fork Hill, and in a short time was pumping pump-ing water from the creek for the many streams which played on the flames, subduing them after a bitter fight of 'more than an hour. A pot of boiling tar exploding in the kitchen of the Johnson home is alleged to have been the cause of the conflagration. Several outstanding facts were brought out during the fire. In the first place, great credit must be given the Utah Copper men who rushed to the scene, and worked with might and . main, braving danger and suffocation in an effort at subduing the flames, which for a time threatened to clean out the entire neighborhood. They . worked with' speed and precision, and - "never 'once during the entire time was one of them found wanting. Another fact worthy of comment was the manner in which the new fire truck did its work. When the new pump stationed about the scene of the fire was put to the test in the creek, there was more water available avail-able than at any fire ever witnessed in Bingham Canyon. The special Utah Copper fire plug, -which is located a few feet below the fire area, also did great service with its 250 pound pressure. Vblunteer firemen of Bingham Canyon gave a great exhibition of fire fighting, and once more their names go. down in the annals of the town as Bingham Canyon's real heroes. Another fact brought out during the fire, was that with all the water being be-ing used, the Carr Fork tanks of the city were filled to overflowing, thus eliminating the rumor that the town is without adequate water supply in case of an emergency. Those who were left homeless were Ed Johnson, Mrs. Brown, Vic Matt-son, Matt-son, and Gus Johnson in the Johnson John-son side of the double house, and Kay Lemon, Fred Jackson, Mr. Davis, Fred Nyquist and Mr.. Ed Jessen in the Anderson side. Slight damage was done to the Carl Nepple residence on the upper side of the fire, this being the only damage done during the fire, outside of the Johnson and Anderson buildings. |