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Show JIBE AT MASTI. X XUl Borne-: The Damage H-H-te--i$.000. Early on the; morning of the 6tb Inst, the mill belonging to Mr Jamea H-an, sltnatod about ten mileafromMantl, was destroyed by fire. On Wednesday eT.nlng, before be-fore retiring to rest. Mr. Hoggan, as was his custom, went through the yard to see if everything was all right and at that lime there was no sign of anything being wrong. About two o'clock in the morninc. be awaked and found that a fire bad started and made conslderablo prog rcss. The men began at once to Ravr what they could, but had dons but little when the boiler began to blow off, and fearing an explosion, they kept out of reach of the danger. Meanwhile the devouring de-vouring flame wos destroying everything every-thing in tho yard. It took but a Httio while before the machinery and lumber were alldistrojtd, and Mr. Hoggan was a loser tor the amountof about $3000. All the machinery was destroyed, among which wss tho englnu anu boiler, shingle, lath and lumbei saws. The machinery cannot bt replaced for$3U00,wblle the lumbei destroyed will reach in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of $3000. Mr. Hoggan has shown considerable courage In bud ness in tbe past, and we are pleaseu to find that his great loss does not discourage him completely. He says by next spring be will have btttti machinery there than has been destroyed, de-stroyed, and seem! more determiocd than ever to make tho bcslness worthy wor-thy or the section or country whirh he supplies with building material. Manli Sentinel. |