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Show Fire at Republic Creosoling Plant A fire destroyed part of tbe roof if and structural elements of the Republic Re-public Creosoting company's plant ' at Ironton Sunday afternoon and only a prompt response to a call on the part of the Provo fire department depart-ment and tbe ready assistance of ' employees of tbe Columbia Steel company were the building and var-ions var-ions units of the plant saved. Tbe fire broke out in one of the interior tar (nnks and spread to the ' roof, causing less damage that if it ' had reached the pump, boiler or con- ' ' densing rooms. ' j Five thousand dollars will cover all the loss, according to A. E. Lar-kin, Lar-kin, general mnnager of the western d division. ,,. Tbo plant, which handles the coal n tar from the by-products plant of the Columbia Steel corporation, has b been in operation Just n week, a t: hundred men being employed. Mr. ; Larltln state (hat the fire will not irti- -fere wilh tbe ojieiations of the D j piai:t to anv irrent extent as tbe ;) company will be able to handle the by-products without any delay 1 whatsoever. iv |