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Show DAMAGE IS SUSTAINED IN 3 FIRES Blaze Threatens Startup Plant, But Damage Is Con-. Con-. fined To Boiler Plant; Ma-' Ma-' pleton Home Is Wiped Out Three fires of damaging results, two. of which were in Provo and one in Mapleton, consumed property valued at nearly $4,000 Sunday night and early Monday morning, according to Clyde Scott, Provo. fire chief. yhe. Startup Candy company's entire en-tire plant was threatened at 2:40 Monday morning when a fire of unknown origin practically destroyed de-stroyed the boiler room adjoining the main factory building. ' Plant Is Saved - Only "the heroic efforts of the firemen and employes of the company com-pany saved the plant, it is said. The loss is estimated at $1000, which is covered by insurance. At 11-30 Sunday night an old home at Fifth West and Sixth South, property of the S. S. Jones' estate, formerly occupied by Artie Carter, was completely destroyed. It was unoccupied at the time, and thetoTigin of '-the fire .'is tinknown. The loss, is estimated at $250. Lick of Water . A: two-rstory .frame unoccupied house at - Mapleton belonging to Irving Jensen was completely destroyed de-stroyed by fire at 8:30 Sunday evening. eve-ning. ..The . entire house was enveloped en-veloped iri ' flames before the Bprmgviire 'fire department arrived. ar-rived. However, since there was vet-y little water in the vicinity, the department -.did1 -well to save haystack, hay-stack, barn and other outbuildings in" close proximity to- the house, according to witnesses. ' -The origin of the fire, which did $2,500 damage, is said to be unknown. un-known. The Iobs is covered by insurance, in-surance, members of the fire department de-partment were advised. ' |