Show my IN mm FIRE upper section of town Is da damaged maged done by fire many flee fite in night attire as flames spread rapidly four hotels rooming house destroyed emergency call brings S L county fire equipment salt lake three hundred and tand fitly fifty persons were rendered homeless and damage of approximately done in a fire which swept through a section of upper bing ham early friday morning through the combined efforts ot of the salt lake city county bingham volunteer fire departments and the utah copper company emergency equipment and the courageous sou conduct or 0 the volunteer firemen entire upper bingham was saved from destruction two frame hotels and one rooming house were burned to the ground and two brick hotels were completely gutted the blaze originated in the rear ot of the nick pinos grocery store at and ate its way rapidly in botu directions albert newman drug clerk in the diamond bar noticed the lames flames shooting from the grocery store and sounded the alarm so rapidly did the alre spread that occupants 0 of rooming houses and small canyon homes had bad no time to obtain their belongings many fled in their night clothing only a taw few stopping long enough to grab a wrap to protect them from the chilly morning air five minutes after the alarm was in turned arned in the volunteer vo inteer equipment no I 1 and no 2 arrived on the scene but even then tire thie fire was shooting from the venice hotel on the right of the pinos pines grocery the flames shot high in the air and leaped across the narrow street and ignited the copper and bingham hotels faced with the task of fighting the blaze on both sides of the narrow tortuous avenue acting chief william harris put in ic an emergency call for the salt lake county volunteer department before the county equipment after a record run of twenty five minutes from murray hurray arrived the bingham volunteers had successfully checked the blaze on the west side ot of the street the new concrete exchange building of the mountain afountain states telephone and telegraph company proved the obstacle that prevented the spread or of the flames down the canyon the buildings the belongings the proprietor and the estimated damage follow copper hotel P 1 H 1 Pit pitches chos bingham hotel andrew Gra malakis modern hotel G S underhill venice hotel mrs al J contratto contralto pinos grocery grocery and rooming house INIC nick it P pinos I 1 nos 10 henry wise building and rooming house henry wise home greek coffee house holle and po mike alike C chinese restaurant T the he fire Is believed to have been caused by an overheated coal stove |