The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20
FIRE THREATENS
OFFICE BUILDING
Stubborn Blaze Breaks Out in
TempletOn Block and CauS-
eS $4,000 Damage.
LOSS IS CAUSED BY WATER
FLAMES ExTINGUISHED AFTER
HARD WORK BY FIREMEN.

stubborn fire broke out yesterday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock in the Templeton
building and caused in the neighborhood
OF $4,000 damage.
The flames started on the fourth floor
I'm a waste paper chute and were prob
ably caused by a lighted cigar stub care
Jessly thrown in the chute.
The fire gained considerable Roadway
before II was discovered. burning I'm all
directions from the point Of it's incep-
ton. AS soon as the flames were noticed
fire alarm was turned in and efforts
were made 10 get all of the tenants out
OF the building as quickly as possible
The credit for getting the occupants of
The building out safely without causing
panic properly belongs to Don David
son. the young elevator boy, who dis
played remarkable presence OF mind and
GOODNESS I'm conveying his loads of fright
ened passengers to safety.
Filled With Pupils.
There arc several musicians studios on
The sixth floor Of the building and their
rooms were filled with pupils when the
fire broke ont. These We're among the
first 20 be taken from the building by
The plucly elevator boy Despite the fact
that there were several hundred people in
the building at the time everyone es-
capped injury.
When the firemen reached the burning
building the fire had crept along between
the floors OF the upper stories and was
extremely difficult TO get at. From the
start the fire department had the flames
well in hand, though the fire proved a
stubborn one to fight and II was neceS-
Eary to use an immense quantity of water
10 prevent the spread OF the fire. This
is the main cause for the heavy loss on
the building and contents as the water
soaked through the floors and siid thou
sands of dollars damage TO offices on the
lower floors which had entirely escaped
the flames.
Firemen Are Rewarded.
The firemen from engine houses I. 2
and 3 responded to the alarm and both
Chief Vail and Assistant Chief Crosby di-
rected the work Of the men. 1t was two
hours and 4. quarter from the time the
alarm was I'm until the fire was complete
" extinguished. After the fire the fire
men were presented with a check for 500
ny .. G. Beebe. cashier for the lions
Savings bank. which occupies the ground
floor OF the building. in appreciation of
the work Of the firemen i'm handling the
fire. The money will be turned over to
the firemens fund 10 he used in caring
FOR disabled men.
The exact loss to the building and con-
tents will not be known before Monday,
but was estimated last night at about
S150 OO The heaviest losers are the oc-
cupants OF the fifth and sixth floors and
include: DIR. T. Van Colt. DR. Ross An
derson DIR. IrvineH DR. Waddell, DIR. II.
< Twining DR.. J. NJ. Cannon. Attorney
H. s Tanner. Miss Eva Snow J. G..
Woods. architect: Mr.. and Mrs. Wetzell.
musicians: Hugh Dougall. musician; w.
G Give. musician DR.. KeOugh, Miss j..
Sloan. G. ID. Schettler. musician; Mrs.
Small. electropath; Mrs Effie Knappen,
vocalist
In nearly all the offices and studios
the floors were flooded and considerable
.fsars Ito rrrh
the flames did not reach them. Much Of
the furniture was removed by the ele-
vator after the tenants had been taken
out and what remained was partially
protected by tarpaulns thrown over il by
the firemen All OF the carpets were
ruined and many expensive pianos in the
music studios were damaged to a great
extent by water.