| Show TWO HOUSES DESTROYED BY FIRE at monday morning the shrill fire slam alim aroused our citizens and within a few minutes twenty ot of our volunteer tire fire fighters responded to the call the fire ire proved to be at the boarding house of A trevino n 0 in exx en pire canyon the flames had made such headway before the alarm sounded that it was impossible for the fire fighters to get the tire fire under control the flames spread to the residence ot of john kepel the property adjoining both buildings were completely destroyed together with the contents of the board boarding inz house entailing a loss of with no insurance some of the household effects of the kipel residence was saved the estimated loss being 1050 covered by insurance in fighting these tires fires 1000 feet of 2 IS inch hose and feet of 2 inch hose was put in commission in addition to gallons of chemicals used at 1140 a m the same morning the department was again called this time the blaze was at a barn owned by john dorks on empire ridge hidge twelve firemen responded to this call damage estimated at the origin of the first fire has not yet been determined the cause of the second blaze was children and matches FIREMEN INJURED in running to get on the tire fire truck to the second tire fire fraser buck manager ot of the welsh driscoll buck store had the misfortune to slip and in falling one of the wheels of the truck passed over his bla toot foot fracturing a bone of that member the gentleman will limp for a week or two but his many friends are glad it was no worse fireman melvln melvin kidder also received a bad fall when attempting to lump jump on the fast moving fire truck receiving scratches and bruises but no broken bones mayor fireman glen ridge while fighting the fire at the barn was struck in the face by a falling board inflicting a cut but nothing ser serious I 1 ous |
