Show I I FIRE HE AT IT THE CEMENT WO S Sy DOJ EARLY y B DOES i CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AGE I Spontaneous ous Combustion the tit Cause Gause j I jaad i V and aad No lio Water at H d w wI I V Wing Will Be Built I I V The coal crushing and nd drying depart department meet ment of the Portland Cent Cement C works on Fifth West and Eighth South streets was destroyed oyed by fire lice about i I y yesterday er ay morning The fire was Was not I discovered eo dl until the northwest wing Int of ef I i IL the building which whick contains contain the he ing In machinery was wn in four lour or orlive I live five places and before the lire tire depart 1 I could arrive the framework work of j he wing wa was waa almost almust endrel gone j Engine and hose e crews Nos 1 I and 2 hurried to the scene as quickly as asO possible O but after they arrived d it was as some minutes before water could be begotten begotten i gotten to the building The nearest water plug was d of a amile amile I mile away and it was necessary to run I the engine along side aide the old Id canal j some distance away and pump INI pem water I from fr it V I The wing contained about lifty tons t of ck coal whick caught lire and the I firemen nen n were kept k pt busy bus for nearly four i II hours bours before it was finally extinguished Just ho how the fire lire started start is ia not i known but it is thought that th spon pon spontaneous I I I combustion of coal eoal dust was I I II responsible po sible for the lire fm re The bULe was I discovered by the tle crusher attendant who at the time was engaged in un on unloading I loading a car ar r of or coal into Int the chute to i the crusher Looking Leaking towards the 1 crusher cru sher he discovered that four our or five live I i II places near the crusher crasher were a e eHe j He immediately raised an alarm but i I the fire lire spread pread like a flash dash and in a few minutes the whole wing wint was waa wrapped I in flames I The fire lire burned so stubbornly in the coal coil that although it wits was w soaked with I II water waters yet it H remained hot an all day and I I it H was necessary to keep a force of I men lien working stirring BUrring it up and mow moving I I ing lug it H away The Rio Grande Westerns V telegraph I wires to the south which ran across I Ithe I the building were broken down and andall I all messages from train that direction were delayed for an hour or more I The Thi total damages damage to the cement works as estimated by Manager ManagerI I I I Bailey Janey is about which is fully covered by insurance e I I |