The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-10
DRAGGED FROM
BURNING ROOM
Old Man Is Saved From Death in
Blazing Murray Hotel.
GUESTS IN NlGHTRoBES
MANY SMALL FIRES IN SALT
LAKE CITY.
OANIC-STRICKEN guests fed before

n ANIC-STRICKEN guests fled before
the flames in the Murray hotel
early yesterday morning. During
an ugly fire in that hosiery rescuers
broke in the door of his room and
dragged Jabez Denny, an old man, to
safety. Caught asleep, he was stupe-
fed by the heavy smoke when found
The fire started in a linen closet. Its
origin was not learned. Alarm was
given by smelter and yard locomotive
whistles. Marshal Michael Mauss Jo-
seph Smith and a number of citizens
organized fire brigade. BY using
everything available. from fire buckets
TO tomato cans, they finally managed
to get enough water to quench the
flames. These did about $500 damage
Narrow Escape For Denny.
The people sleeping in the hotel were
awakened by members OF the crowd
and the fire department Many of them
ran into the street with little save their
night clothing Denny's presence in the
place was discovered after the fire had
gotten considerable Roadway. and at
q time when it seemed as if the build
ing might go. He had been caught
asleep, and the smoke which filled his
room helped stupefy him As a result
he failed to respond To calls, and it
the door He was carried out and
resuscitated-
The hotel building was owned by
Daniel b. Jones, and the place was run
by Mrs. Bertha Marshic. 1t was fully
insured This building was constructed
to replace the Murray hotel. which
burned three years ago.
Salt Lake Department Busy.
In Salt Lake the department had a
hard day of it. Lewis NJ. Cannon
home, a One-story nine-rOOm house, at
Eighth West and Ninth South streets.
burned yesterday morning. The alarm
was turned in at o'clock. By that
time the fire, which had been caused
by an overheated stove, was under good
Roadway, and when the department ar
rived it was too late to save the house
A small fire in T. Conroy's home. at
Sl6 Il street, called out the apparatus
at noon The loss was only about so.
Three grass fires, one in the rear of
2f6 Canyon road, another in the rear
of 743 East First South and the last
behind 5S5 Third street, completed the
programme
Flames Near Fort.
A number of grass and brush fires
made trouble in the vicinity of Fort
OOuSlaS yesterday anu SATURDAY.
one time yesterday morning the flames
from one of them approached so close
to the reservation that the military fire
department at the fort was called out
to prevent damage TO Uncle Sans
property. This department consists of
some hose carts and several hundred
feet of hose. Under the command of a
captain, It did good work in checking
the spread of the flames. The soldiers
had quite a time preventing the burn
ing of rock crusher located in Red
Butte canyon, which is supplying the
macadam that is being laid on Fort
Douglas avenue, which is to form a
part of the proposed Wasatch drive
Later in the day flames swept over
the mountain side behind the fort and
down into Red Butte canyon. With
wonderful swiftness the red line ran
from the bottom to the top of the
mountain, then dipped down into the
defile, " which it was driven two
miles by "A stiff wind
Last evening two or three smaller
brush fires on the mountain sides made
pretty sight from the city. whence
manN Watched, theHp,' flare up against
the SLACK baekgro1hd of the hills. then
slowly die away.