| Show Walker Family of Five Escapes from Spectacular Park City Fire PAUK CITY CITY- n A spectacular fire at the home I of Richard Walker Jr Park I Avenue at 11 pm p.m. m Sunday night did dill extensive dant damage g to the back portion of or the tho large largo two-story two frame framo dwelling d and could have caused a serious and costly conflagration conflagration con con- but for the tho swift and excellent work of the tho Park City Volunteer Fire Department In holding the blaze to the Walker home Towns Town's Landmark Tho The tine fIne home on upper Park AV Avenue nue was an attractive land landmark landmark mark having been built In the tho I early days dars of Park City by Dr William Gregor who with Dr C. C M M. Wilson WilBon came from New York State to practice in Park City The home was occupied by Dr and Mrs T. T Earl Clements Clemente and anet family for tor Many years later the Taylor family and Richard Walker and son Bon Richard Walker Jr hoc The Tho loss Ion of the homo home Is le to be beby regretted by all 1111 Park City rest resi d dents Mr and Mrs flick Dick Walker and children tw two young s sons ns and little daughter were asleep in the house when Mrs Walker was wu awakened by smoke She Sho turned in the alarm and Park City volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer firemen were soon on the scene and did an excellent job of confining the fire to the Walker homo home The wind was blowing briskly from the south endangering the I several I large largo fr frame me dwellings adI adjoining adjoining ad- ad I joining tho the blazing home on Park Park- ParleA A Avenue venue Family Not Harmed The Tho fire laddies held the blaze to the large attic of the home and the back portion of the the structure The Tho roofs of ot surrounding buildings build build- buildings ings were covered with snow which was fortunate In preventing the spread of the fire to other dwellings Fire Chief Clarence Johnson reports it appears the fire started in the furnace room and spread Into other sections of the home II No estimate of the loss 1098 was available available available avail avail- able at this time The home was Insured Mr and Mrs Walker and small mall children were not harmed in any anyway anyway anyway way by the fire tire a most fortunate circumstance nce as it could have been a tragic story if the parents had not been awakened by smoke and gotten safely out of the house The fire was finally extinguished extinguish extinguish- ed at 3 3 am ant by the hard working volunteers Mr and Mrs Walker Jr are I residing in the OHara O'Hara residence on Woodside Avenue I |
