Springville Herald | 1932-09-15 | Page 2 | Bingham Looks at Fire Ruins

BINGHAM LOOKS AT FIRE RUINS HIGHLAND BOY, Bingham Canyon, Utah, Sept. 10 (U.R) Cheered by the realization that they would be fed and housed as Jong- as necessary, over 300 homeless home-less residents of this fire-swept mining community today considered consider-ed ways and means of rebuilding their homes. In the meantime relief agencies stepped into the breach left in the wake of the $350,000 fire late Thu rsday. Governor George H. Dern announc ed the state would back to the limit programs of Red Cross and other organizations. The fire travelled one-third of a mile up the narrow walled canyon before it was controlled. Business buildings hon ies and oven structures struc-tures 250 feet above the canyon floor were consumed by the flames. The blaze originated in an aban- Pathetic was the case of Mrs. Pathotitc vas the case of Mrs. Alma Jones. She had labored for years to build up a large boarding house, valued at $80,000. During the past year she has housed and fed many unemployed miners, unable un-able to pay hef anything. Her boarding hojse was completely destroyed de-stroyed and she carried no insurance.