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Show The fire broke out In the chicken coops and quickly spread to the adjoining ad-joining structures. The fire department depart-ment from Pleasant Grove responded, respond-ed, hut was handicapped by the rapidity with which the fire spread and the fact that muddy water taken from a ditch clogged the hose, Several buildiugs, including the home, on the same site were destroyed de-stroyed by fire fifteen years ago. . FIRE DESTROYS MANILA HOME PLEASANT GROVE, April 14. Fire made a clean sweep at the home of Fritz Kopp, one mile north of Pleasant Grove, at 3 o'clock Monday Mon-day afternoon. Kopp's one-story, five-room home, a number of chicken coops, several hundred small chickens, chick-ens, garage, auto truck, granery and grain were consumed. A small amount of furniture taken from the home was all that was saved. The total loss is estimated at $5000, with a small amount of insurance on the home. |