Show y TOWN SWEPT OFF THE MAP Overturned Lamp Starts Fire That Almost Completely Destroys Taft Montana One Grocery Store and a Saloon Left Standing When the Conflagration Was Gotten Under Control > Rebuilding Operations Start at Once Missoula Mont Tho entire town of Taft with tho exception of tho jiostofflco ono grocery utoro and a ontoon was destroyed by ttro Thursday t t Thurs-day morning Tho warehouses of tho construction construc-tion companies which are located on L the opposite Bldo of tho railroad I tracks escaped Tho loss Is estimated estimat-ed at between JGOOOO and f7GOUO with little Insurance A message from Mayor Dennison of raft Is to tho effect that tho lire loss will ox t cecd 80000 A total of fifteen 1rtsl HOBS buildings and Baloons worn do strayed and nothing of tho contents was saved Rebuilding operations Jmvo already started It Is learned r that tho lira was not tho result of a forest blaze THe origin of tho conflagration con-flagration Is somewhat of a mystery and tho officials of the town are now attempting to discover who was responsible L re-sponsible It Is thought that an I overturned lamp In tho Anhcusor L building next to tho postofTlco caused tho disastrous lire |