Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-01
IN Blaze at Bennett Glass &
Paint COmpany's Premises
This Morning.
SEES WILL REACH $4,000
rec Floors and Roof Go In
While Paints and Oils
Explode.
,srtmcnt Docs Good MOrk-ilose
Gut by street Car--Citizcns Vol
untecr 20 Fight Flames.

cut by street Car-Citizcns Vol
untcer TO Fight Flames.
/ mother disastrous Ere visited salt
se at $3.50 this morning and it is the
st the city has suffered in more
L. % months The fro was at the
rs building. 81 west Second South
"a. occupied by the Bennett Glass
Paint company. With the eXcep-
of the ground floor and basement,
Ib.ne remains but the wallis and the
qed interior, while tho stock ON
ground door and in tho basement
/ oaked with oil and water, black
and ruined by smoke and covered
In debris. w. J. Bennett president
the company, stated this morning
tho loss would be- between $4,000
$4,000. half covered by insurance.
|he cause Of the conhagraton, Ia
opinion Of FIRE department officials,
either defective wiring or spOn-
Ieous combustion, and started on the
ond floor, igniung oils, paints. turps,
and rapidly spreading 10 tho
ID floor and roof. HAD 1t not beea
the prompt and determined work
fremen ana pohcemen, sat l-aAe
kqrst nre would now be chronicicd.
Il citizens VINO jumped rlgnL IN
1eu,ed" are not forgotten. Chez
5pQ them was W. n Bywater, for
chief OF tho IRE department, VINO
i dered valuable assistance and
rsed mdetaugably with the bremen.
DISCOVERED By POLICE.
be fire was discovered at $50 by
I--,Imen Harris and Phillips who
Il standing on the corner or Second
IN ana west Temple streets. one
them remarked Lnat no smeiled
Ike and they started TO invest gate.
Il moment they discovered smoke
Irlue from the Bennett place or
Ianess and they quickly turned IN
L alarm. Through some mistake lt
L reported at headquarters that the
Inner Paint cOmpany's place of buai-
/ /. WAS On dre and sohia ~ the age
lat,is went 10 that location About
same time, however, a street car
H. turned in an alarm from box No.
and tho apparatus from headquar-
l. VAS on tho scene within one
lute. by this time the flames had
Ined rapid Roadway and second
II third calls were turned IN, NOS
L. 4 Joining Nos. 1 and 8, while No.
1 went 20 headquarters in case OF
lergency.
DANGERS OF FIRE.
be dremen under the personal direc-
H. of Chief ". IL. Glore and Asst.
lhG Fitzgerald and assisted by
Ipts. Ayland, Cahoon Eikrem, More
n and Sorenson, and lleutenants
Iuphy, Lorenzo and Robbins, got
lght down % work, ignored danger.
b. began battle with the destructive
| ment that lasted until 5 O'Clock.
Ind flames that SCARED sky high and
lek. checking smoke, with cans OF
ia, and chemicals exploding all about
lm and adding fuel to the roaring
mes. they battled on and on and re-
sed % give up until the nine streams
water directed by wise heads and
bong arms. mastered the flames.
BYWATER TAKES A HAND.
h tho hard fight the nremen were
81 assisted by policemen and citizens.
Feaut Bcckstead with his morning
t consisting OF PatrOlmcn ClOugh,
lnpsou, Emil Johnson. Phillips ka5t,
aims, Rhodes, Pierse, u. ID. Lyon and
j. Lyon. worked like Ir0jans side
side with the hremen and citizens
IS-lhlef ByWater. clad in old clothes
b rubber boots, did conspicuous
Dix while Chief Glore seemed 60 b.
IeryWhcre directing the work u his
au. Asst chief Fitzgerald and capt
land tore into the building from the
lr and under the direction Of Capt.
Wand the fire WAS prevented from
l'iung into the basement. Had 10
ached that point and then spread 20
big warehouse at the rear where
ouslnds OF dollars worth ot mater
Or stored, the department would
afc been rendered practically help-
but the men fought savugely and
fused Co quit.
While three men were working with
steamer line of hose, and the hose
ls whipping about like the tail OF "a
aut reptile. endangering life and
np policemen throw down their clubs
i rushed 60 the assistance OF the
tm0u.
HOSE CUT by STREET CAR,
While the fire was al its hottest. one
ihe most important lines OF hose
0lt uthlossly in TWO by n West
npa street car, no. 4i2. Fireman
lne of no 2 rushed into tho street
l yelled t0 the motorman to stop. but
mHn was apparently oblivious 10
llH.ng except the fire, ana permitted
cap to pass over the big line Of
r setcrng II completely and shut
on ODE water capt Ayland took
lho situation Instantly, ana another
e NHa brought into use with hut lit-
loss 0f time.
afEcTAcuLAR AND DANGEROUS.
iha hre was most spectacular in
on respects and dangerous one 10
FLAMES burst out of the wine
~. Hn tno SECOND floor and quickly
.Nrl ihe third hoor where ihore WIS
"a. quantity of picture frames and
.'i'nf stored. The stun Was high-
'.NtmmHble and the room was
Ni furnace ln scarcely no ume
tir through Doe roof while the
were ushtne them. -Four Or
h 800 on the root within about
nnl of the time IL fen with
'..l ip ODE floor below.
sfAApEDE or ROoMERs
l''' ODE battle Narcd. patroimen
u. GOA Phillips ran through tho
"I the h.mhall roomiurh0iise nrvt
y. ',' Ahahencd 22 frightened sleop-
LIS. Pow seconds mon and wo-
.r. incIr uight clothes huf
ID. la street apparel m prom-
r.i N .pnfnsluu. rushed fum me