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Show I PITTSBURG OIL COMPANY SUFFERS LOSS BY FIRE A fire which defied water and blazed until all combustible material was exhausted, ex-hausted, occurred Fridn3 afternoon at tho paint factory of the Sait Lake and I'itlsburg Oil compnu Sixth North and Fourth West streets, resulting in a loss of about $500. Firo departments Nots L 2 and j re sponded to the call at; 2 o'clock p. m-The m-The manufacturing plant consists of two buildings, the storehouse and iho plant used to melt and mix the Utah hydrocarbon babbyitc. The work of the lire departments saved tho storehouse, but all attempts at subduing tho fire in the oil vats of tho mixing plant wcro fruitless aud it burned to tho ground. It is thought that the firo was caused 13" the melting vats bubbling over and becoming be-coming ignited 1)3" the -furnace, the dtaor 1o which was onh" a, few feet aw;i3 There was no insurauccon the plant. |