Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-01-05 | Page 11 | Largest Shingle Mill in the World Burns

LARGEST SHINGLE MILL H IN THE WORLD BURNS ' BELLl-XGIIAM. Wash., Jan. 4. The plant of the Pugct Sound Mills and Tim-bcr Tim-bcr company, the biggest shingle mill in the world, burned tonight Loss, $415,000. Insurance. $150,000. W. L. Cleveland, n saw liter, was burned to death, and scv-oral scv-oral other persons had narrow escapes. The lire started from a hot box and spread with fearful rapidity before a flerco wind. Automatic sprinklers checked the flro for a time, but the tiro depart-ment depart-ment was hindered iu its fight by the lack of water pressure, and when a fl good supply was secured it was too late WmW to check the dairies. H