Show PHI PLASTER mm MILL MILt IN RUINS Fire in the Night and I When Discovered Was j I II I Beyond Control j I SENATOR HYDE IS MANAGER MILL WILL BE REBUILT AT ONCE WITH Wl H INCREASED CAPACITY r i Special to The Herald N Nephi March 7 The Tho Nephi placer pl mill millI located I in the tha mouth of o Salt Creek can canon cann 3 on n at Nephi took tool fire at about 3 morning and burned to the ground The management had been working two shifts which kept the mill nil I h operation both day and night with mth the exception o of Sundays the last shift going off at 1 11 Saturday night Tho The origin or cause of the fire is unknown as there had hall been no fire in the tho mill for twenty four hours previous It is supposed that tha defective electric wiring iring was the direct cause cnUte of the fire There are theories in circulation this morning that some slome one for spite or otherwise started the fire but ut this theory seems to have bave no foundation foundation foundation tion Thomas Bale who lives at the compa nys residence opposite the mill seems to have had no jio 10 warning of the fire until it had reached such proportions that it was beyond control A nice little breeze was blowing down the canyon and it was Impossible to stop the fire and in the course of two hours the flames had swept wept everything before them The to tola tota la ta loss cannot be estimated but from the best b st sources It is III intimated that the loss lossin lossIn lossin in business alone wIll wilt amount to The Tha company compan had fire insurance The rhe fire tire will result In putting a ut fort rort forte men out ou of or employment until the th mill is rebuilt The capacity of the plant was made inadequate Inadequate quate to supply their trade and more than a month ago contracts were let for fora a 3 complete new mill which will have havea a capacity of ot practically tons per day The new mill will be wholly fire fireproof fireproof proof of steel and concrete construction and equipped with every modern device It is expected that the mill will be in commission in sixty days das While it was contemplated that the old mill would wohld continue in operation without In tion during the building of the new plant the unfortunate disaster compels a tem tern temporary temporal shutdown but the work will be pushed night and day to completion State Senator Hyde who is manager of or orthe the company is expected to arrive on the ground in a few days I I sf tt c a at t 1 wt z zi i 1 i I M NephI plaster mill burned early Sunday morning |