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Summarized by Kent Larsen
Fire-damaged home built by LDS apostle about 1910
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- A fire in Salt Lake City has destroyed the
former home of LDS General Authority Sylvester Q. Cannon, a member
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1939 to 1943. The two story
building was the home of Georgia Dalton, 69, and 11 members of her
family. Dalton's son, Marlin, says that the building contained a
number of artifacts from Cannon's family, including pictures of the
George Q. Cannon family and Sylvester Q. Cannon's name etched in
stone in a basement stairway.
The blaze apparently started in a basement bedroom by a child playing
with matches or a cigarette lighter on July 26th. While 10 members of
the family were at home at the time, none of them were injured.
However, one firefighter injured his back while fighting the fire.
Dalton, who now lives with her family in a trailer behind the
burned-out home, was not insured.She claims that the fire department
was slow to respond to the blaze because they had been told the home
was a "drug house," Dalton denies that any illicit drug activity
happened in the home, but Salt Lake City Fire Department Captain
James W. Hansen denies that the Fire Department delayed, but does say
that a state drug enforcement agent told the fire department that
there had been drug activity there in the past. But neighbors support
the Daltons, saying that they're "very good people. They are
excellent neighbors."
The home is located at 1380 S. 900 W., an older and less desirable
part of Salt Lake City.
Source:
Fire-damaged home built by LDS apostle about 1910
Deseret News 8Aug00 D6
By Douglas D. Palmer: Deseret News staff writer
Child playing with matches may have started the blaze
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