Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-06-28 | Page 8 | Firemen have Narrow Escapes

'FIREMEN HAVE NARROWESCAPES Paterson, N. J.. June 2S. Klvo hua-dred hua-dred thousand dollars worth of property prop-erty In the business, section of Paterson Pat-erson was destroyed in an early morning morn-ing fire here today. No lives wero lost, but four firemen had narrow es capes from death when a heavy wall toppled over close by the spot whero they were statloued. All of them escaped es-caped two, however, with serious injuries. in-juries. The fire started a few minutes after midnight in the show window of a furniture- store. By tho time It had been put under control, three hours later, it had swept one side of main street for an entire block from Ward to Market Mar-ket Ptreets. Apparatus from six suburban su-burban towns helped the local fire department to subdue the blaze. For awhile it was feared that the flames might cross xne streets and result in a repetition of the "great fire" of 1902, when a large section of the city was destroyed.