Show MORE the following dispatch from president A 0 smoot of provo was received by bishop preston wednesday september our tithing yard was swept by fire this morning luss loss about two hundred tons of hay and hay bay sheds no other damage was done from brother Loverl loveridge dge who was at the blaze and came up from provo this thas mr arning morning ning and from a special to the NEWS additional dit ional particulars are obtained jhb flames broke out at this morning and as the sheds are some d distance from any ADY place where fire is id kept the baze was evidently the work of au an incendiary A large number of people turned out to aidin subduing the fire but owing to the inflammatory character of the material ignited all that could be done was to prevent the conti contiguous bous buildings from be being i ng caught caught fortunately the tithing offices are separated from the hay and sheds by a street streel hence the buildings were saved the work of preventing the flames taking hold of a private house and some barns separated from the burning mass by a fence was also successful A number of horses borses were in the sheds that were bonsu consumed med but were taken out in time to save them the total loss in dollars and cents is in the neighborhood of 1500 if the efforts to save contiguous property had not been successful however a disastrous conflagration would have been the result of the work of the fire fiend some borne suspicion of having committed the crime rested upon a transient named bordeaux who was placed under arrest he was to be examined on the charge of arson this afternoon the general belief was however that the real criminal had bad not yet been seized every good citizen will fervently hope that he may be and p punished according to his desserts |