| Show ft 1 I Dan Collins House on Park Ave five Third Empty Home Burned in 70 Smoke hovered over Main Street by Treasure Mountain Inn Monday night at 1105 pm p.m. Where was the fire Not on Main but on Park Avenue it was the old Dan Collins house which has been vacant for over fourteen years The fire alarm was sent in and by 1115 the Park City Volunteer Fire Department Department Department De De- De- De was pouring water on the blaze but the inadequate water pressure frustrated their initial efforts It was after pm p.m. before the fire was extin- extin No Noone one knows how the fire began many theories are of offered offered offered of- of but no factual clues or information was evident Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day nights night's fire was the third unoccupied building to be destroyed destroyed destroyed des des- troyed by flames during 1970 The fire hydrants on Park Avenue and Main Street were used to douse the blaze but rocks and sand came along with the w water ate r when the hydrants were first opened giving the fire firemen en a challenge of keepIn keeping keeping keep keep- In ing the rocks and sand from damaging the water pump When the w water ate r lines cleared the water pressure came up and the firemen were able to put out the fire The F Fire Fir i re e Department had a recall to the site when the smoldering ash ashes e s blazed up again but the threat was soon |
