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Show FIRE DESTROYS ! SPANISH FORK FLOWER MILL Fire Departments of PrOvo, Springville and Spanish Fork Unable to Check Spread of Maze; Plan to Rebuild. Hemic efforts on the part of lilree of Utah county's best equipped fire departments failed to save the Uem roller mills of Spanish Fork Sunday afternoon, when' a i?ri,M0 ,,!ant 'together with its' contents was consumed ly tire of undetermined undeter-mined origin. The flames were, first discovered about 3.30 o'clock by Hwse Davis and Robert .lex, who live near the : mills. The alarm was immediately turned in, but the flames had sained sain-ed such headway that the local fire fighters were unable to cope with the situation, and the Sprinn-ville Sprinn-ville and I'rovo fire departments were summoned. Wind Fans Flumes The fire besan in an upper story of the buildiiiff anil was fanned by a severe wind. As it progressed huge pieces of burning timber fell to the lower floor until the entire building was in flames. At the time of the fire there was upproximatoly .f2r,.000 worth of grain and flour in the process of milling, according to Joseph llan- en. president of the company. Most nf this was a total loss, be declared. de-clared. The structure was bu'ilt at a cost of more than S2o,()lio by I be Spanish Fork Cooperative association associa-tion between 1SRS and 1S90 to replace re-place another mill which was destroyed de-stroyed by fire in April. 1SSS. EiRht years ngo the Gem Milling company was formed with Joseph Hansen, president, and Rowland Williams, vice president. These two officials with Ed. Williams. W. A. Jones and J. L. Jones formed tbe board of directors. At the time of the fire William Simmons was nianaser. Wire Is Likely Cause II r. Simmons states that the mill was not in operation Sunday, and I bat there was no fire in or near it to his knowledge when it was shut down .Saturday evening. An exposed ex-posed electric wire, is therefore thought to have been the cause of the fire. In discussing thp loss with a Herald Her-ald reporter Sunday evening Mr. Hansen staled that there was some insurance on the plant and its contents, but that until he could cheek the policies he did not know just how much. lie stated that the mill had been operated very suc-cessfullyvj-fpt Q K number, of years nnd that in all probability it will be rebuilt by its present owners as soon as possible. Department On Hand As soon as the alarm reached the I'rovo fire department Pi rip Chief Reed P.oshard, together with firemen Glen Clark and Frank Tay-ior Tay-ior responded with I'rovo City's large La France machine, which did fine work. The I'rovo fireman remained re-mained on the job constantly until the last spark was extinguished, returning re-turning about midnight. This is the third large fire in Spanish Fork within the past year. The 1't ah-Idaho Sugar company warehouse was destroyed last Christmas with a loss of .$250,000. Christmas day with a loss of $250. ,000. nnd a dancing auditorium was (burned down in September, wilh a I loss nf $10,000 I |
