Show THE FIRE RECORD of 0 ogurn den city durbar tho ilia twelve montaj endling ifft C t I 1 tie properly destroyed or aud and luo the work or of hie tile rire fire brigade to t the he courtesy courte r sr bof M ekr F 1 cobabe secretary of hose coin corti pany na o 1 lwe ve owe olve facts and figures concerning the airy fires that took place in 0 9 den city darin during gibe the year 1884 1 altho tho new year opened with a small small e on tho bench con in east street it being a fire in ilio the rea dence of george walker miller in ill TM dark clark co s steam mills the fire was caused by bv incautious u o 0 of co coah alvil il caused 50 dat damage ilage andaas put out lut v with ith buckets 2 on february ed keyes wooden skating rink near ahe Z C M I 1 aranar granary on the routh anuth side of fifth street below young was bur burned tied and slid pu led doii d wn entirely only the tile hard and us eff lorts of the fire brigade arid an dother other effi citizens zens saving the granary ran ary from fior de destruction th ilamae was at 82 2500 tile insurance amounting to 1750 and aft afterwards erwart Is giving rise to some rather interesting legal develop exhibiting the fraudulent nature of ft it certain salt luke lake city insurance institution 3 1 march passed by without any igneous item but on april the store building of oame whalen and berry on young street 4 treet was mostly destroyed by fire including a tork tuck of merchandise most of which however was inured 4 the 1 I he Na nations eions birthday unfortunately has to play a part in this record tor on july some reckless urchins sent vent firecrackers i into n a residence on fourth street on the bench fc etting fire to some bed ding and causing a temporary alarm alarms wh which ie li bo however Wever terminated in a the extinct extinction ien of the flames ere nuh damage had bad been done 5 on july mill the tile must most dc lc plo rable fired the at year ar occurred on franklin street of fifth W dl di avil williama Vill iama house being injured by the flames to the extent of insured insure dj mrs knoth iho the albect losing about worth in uninsured furniture furni turi etc but the t most LI 0 st air I 1 0 U A feature odthe of the fire was tunit fill t aira L ra enotha eight yc arold 9 girl irl was burned to death by the tile cruel coh conflagration ilaga tion causing a widespread sorrow sorro iV which resulted in a very liberal expression of if public sympathy in the shapo hp of a gener ous raised for the deso ute late mother shortly ill after cr 6 only three da days Y s after this fatal fire the tile alarm rang again summoning nim muning the tile vigilant force to the bench therea Qa haystack of mr sanders on 2nd and street had become ignited and caused the owner ft a logs loss of 50 a and nd the Fire firemen tuen two licurs liours labor and watching 7 july being the bh banner finer month for fires the records another deplorable destruction it being the burning down of the recently erected I 1 i story brick residence of 11 on oil the corner of park and green streets chis fire which I 1 plu plunged geI a worthy la bamily aly into considerable distress originated from a coal coul oil lamp am p explosion tion there being no hydrant near the firemen hd to resort to what little water the they cougil get r orn the tile lues fusi odthe buildt build ng nig arid add destroyed or damaged cd I 1 furniture urn iture was was 1 the insurance inE urance amounted to 1200 tho firemen firestien worked exceedingly welland well and worthily 8 and still july shows another flickering the flare up of the Meth methodia odit church challi use mso oil the tile fait east L ide tide of main street near Fo fourth iirth on the by which little damage was done although considerable might have been caused but for the prompt extine tion of the tile original blaze 0 on august ath tho the city Cetin council Ct uncil vil w were e interrupted in n their municipal delibera tlona by the dismal sound ut of the fire alarm which caused them to adjourn and repair to the scone scene of the fire which wals wa in th the e furniture establishment or ot boyle co on main street near fifth where a good deal of able household goods f fell ell victim to the fiero fieric c flames which ore are supposed to have originated in some tilling filling the lorg ima though low large was mostly covered by insurance and boyle Doyle A co now eland better thana ever their energy and e enter n ter prise having tided them over successfully cess fully 10 10 As some say by acci accident d ent and othera others by festive fooling a private room roon in the junction city hotel under J 0 mf regime mame furnished a temporary ex cit ement sept aad in the forepart forc parl of the tile night parts 4 of the furniture fin and fixing in i a private parlor being SIDI singed ed burned and otherwise I 1 dc de was ival t tri r I 1 ed cd the damage troyed stroy troy 4 1 11 more serious looft i er iv wa as the dams damage ge on the of septem ber when mr I 1 0 I 1 dence OB on first and eist east streets burned down in the thi middle of the tile day jay tho tin in arance covering only a small corti iii of tile actual loss the rho fire brigade did gallant galiant sera vico vice on that occasion MAO although the tile lack jack ot water made it impossible for them to do all the good they oth otherwise erwis t e would have done 12 on october stid ud JI 11 BJ bi forbes building on firt street mas was injured by ire fire to the extent of 20 oil insured tho the fire boys bos put in in two hours of effective enec iivo labor 1 13 again gain on a second tho of nov tile alarm was giam by watchman thoi tho 4 myers when I 1 ja 11 L a rocks barn near fo fourth arth st ou on the tile bench fell a it v victim to the tile fiery fiend the damage as wi given was alfio mt nt insured the koizo had CX cit ement on the tile occa occasion ion mad 0 up tip for it and the boys did ivell anyhow 14 11 december also had its share of fires thug thus on the aih ihn the building of J W horrock iu seventh breet was devoured by the in insatiate ins atiat fiery cl wa t r being abai ablo for ahn ue use ot the energetic F ito brigade who had to confine themselves tr to addi adjoining adjo inin properly arty TI the e loss on oil the building is given as 1000 thi insurance being M 5 thela the lat t fire of the year bews D C when an blaze appeared in the D it G it it engine house with no damage ge worth while mentioning there were also three also alarms on sept ietti and find and dec bolh on oil rach cach nf which aich occasion 5 the fire brigade turned out and earned edthe the pitiful pittance doled out to them for when we come to examine the financial side of the fire men mena tj last annual report we 10 certainly t find hat their serviced ervi I 1 haap iava i not ot been overpaid to adv alarming extent quite the th coutrair contrary y thus the hose ilose co numbering 34 memer members bers as does toes the tile look and ladder ca G got 8 for their assistance ns ji stance at dt fires fire and sand 56 for attend ance at adril drills b whilo lothe tile hooks beje were paid aid 00 fur for ter serviced vices at firca fires and 00 for drilling all in all nil 1380 in which a mount Is included what LAS has aten paid by the tile city for or teama hauling apparatus and tile alarms given by the engin engineers cers at the tile railroad depot the figurea show that the aveys average go cost coat of a fire in 1884 caused tha city n cost of fur for the fire brigade certainly a small emall expense considering agthe the vila awgull amount sayad Stiv tl the pubic and private patt lei b by y the and of the tilt boys supposing that tha t an hv pr of 40 of the 08 68 in embers of the t ile brigade took part la w the tile services ices at the tle 15 firs fires of la Ity A acar car their remuneration is very little more moro than of 0 for or tha or W 10 0 per fire These 1 falur figuerca CA shrink into still smaller laller im enli if ve added tho the 3 alarm on which occasions the tile ie department P part ment alo out alit still were 1111 entitled titled to and received benee i we tt wish to sit fay a it good deal more inore in be behalf haltof of our gal gallant latil fire brigade but space for forbids bida on ln this occasion occa ion however awe wc sh shall shill ill con dinue to encourage tife pro rectors of private jirol i erty |