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Show cality a year ago destroyed the school-house school-house and eight homes, including an apartment house. This morning's fire is supposed to have been caused by a defective de-fective flue. , Early Morning Fire Consumes Con-sumes Small Houses Before Be-fore It Is Extinguished. Special to Tle Tribune. COPPERFIELD, Aug. 28. This camp was visited by a fire at an early hour this morning, in which ten small homes, owned by John Tancino, were burned, entailing en-tailing a loss estimated at $12,000 to Tancino Tan-cino and the occupants. Tho fire was discovered at 2 o'clock and the alarm was immediately given. The Bingham department responded and succeeded in keeping tiie flames from spreading to the business district and adjacent houses. The water pressure was low, but connections were made with the Utah Copper company's mains. No one was injured. . Virtually all the furniture in the ten houses was burned. The houses were occupied by miners and their families. A fire which occurred in the same lo- |