Show A Home Could Have Been Saved And A Tragedy Averted A little over a week ago a fire alarm went out from a farm Shortly after the news spread that the Clarence Rowley home located in Hancock Cove was neighbors and friends rushed to the scene of the It was a friendly gesture and one the family Wc were among those who arrived at the scene of the fire before the flames had actually taken most of those who came to help found there was little to be Smoke had completely filled the and a fire In the base part of the house made it impractical to try and retrieve household furnishings or personal effects belonging to Rowley and his Thus everything the family except the clothes they were was lost in an afternoon blaze that was valued somewhere between and The same thing happened this time that has happened and no doubt will happen again and unless relief is A request was made to the city of Roosevelt to send their fire truck to fight the Mayor Paul much against his personal desires and the desires of the was forced to refer to a ruling of long standing by the Fire Underwriters and ratified by the city by ordinance that makes It to take city fire-fighting equipment outside the city To stand idly by and watch a lovely filled with the comforts of life and personal items that can not be appraised as to their real burn to the was a disheartening It sort of reminded one of the story told of Nero who played his fiddle while Rome Wc could have played L a and just as while standing and watching a life long collection of the values of life go up in NEED COUNTY ASSISTANCE For several the City Fire Department has been dreaming and working toward an auxiliary truck to be used in such They have a which is rather inadequate to do the if the citizens of Duchesne and Uintah who live in the Roosevelt would join together and seek help from the two counties to acquire a standby engine to be housed at Roosevelt for use when fires hit rural areas outside the city something could be Roosevelt City has offered to maintain county-owned equipment and supply the manpower from the voluntary fire department to operate it when called to fight fires in the rural DESERVE PROTECTION People living outside the corporate limits of a city that has fire-fighting equipment are entitled to the same protection as their city It is utterly- impossible for each small community that is without a government of its own to supply fire j The only way this can be done is for the county to provide the insurance each person who owns improved property in the county is entitled to The Uintah Basin Standard this week is printing on the front page three photos of the Rowley A close study of the first photo will show the house still standing and only a few minutes before the photo was no flames were visible in place except the Had fire equipment responded when the alarm was first the entire home could have been saved and only a minimum of damage It is our opinion that now is the time for the rural citizens of Duchesne and Uintah counties to start agitating for fire equipment to help avert such disasters that the Clarence Rowley family is Remember the city of Roosevelt will maintain and furnish manpower to operate the and will also use the funds they have raised to help secure another engine for the Roosevelt 1 Requests must come from the rural areas and not from those residing inside the city We suggest delegations be formed to meet with and lay your plans before the rg county commissioners in the very near A delay might cost you your |