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Show FIRE RAZES HOMES IN HIGHLAND BOY MONDAYEVENING Good work and good luck a-verted a-verted what might have been a conflagration Monday night at Highland Boy, where losses were held to an estimated $6000 by the two Bingham volunteer fire companies and the Salt Lake county department from Murray. An apartment house accomodating accomo-dating six families, a three-family dwelling and an unoccupied house, all belonging to Vernon Jeffcott, were destroyed. The home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Merl Cleaves and family was slightly damaged. Reported at about 7:30 p. m., the fire was checked about 9:15 p. m. and was completely extinguished ex-tinguished at 11 p. m. Chief Ray Tatton and Clive Siddoway, aided aid-ed by Chief John W. Clay of Murray, were credited with excellent ex-cellent work in directing the fire fighters. On September 8, 1932, fire swept Highland Boy, causing property loss of more than $500,-000 $500,-000 and leaving 70 families homeless home-less and 35 persons injured. Mrs. Mary Petric and son, Nick, occupants of one of the Jeffcott apartments, were experiencing ex-periencing loss by fire a second time, having been one ot the families burned out in 1932. The loss was partially covered by insurance. The large building had been damaged by fire once before and rebuilt. |