Show I S Idle Midvale l Ice Plant Burns Burns' T S r p 9 I J 5 75 4 S d 54 S 'S t cw oLa z y yIv Iv I f I When the idle Midvale pI plant nt of the thc Hygeia Ice company burned early Saturday MIDVALE ALE ICE PLANT BURNS Special to The Telegram J MIDVALE ALE Aug 8 Fire 8 Fire believed to o have been started by transients sleeping leeping in the plant virtually de de- strayed troyed the unoccupied building of the he Hygeia Ice company here early Saturday The fire was discovered by John JohnBrown JohnBrown Brown a railroad man on his way to o work at 4 a. a m. m Firemen said Mr Brown reported having seen men lurking around the plant Friday Friday Fri- Fri day ay night and that transients had hadeen been een using the place for sleeping quarters Flames FJames shot high into the air as 83 ashe the he Midvale and county fire depart depart- meats ments combated the blaze and a large Jarge arge crowd was attracted from the southern end of the count county For a ame time me railroad cars to the west of the he plant and homes in the neigh neigh- were threatened but the firemen restricted the damage to tole the le building The plant was constructed in 1917 at what company officials said was vas a cost of for the build build- lug ig and machinery The plant had hadnot hadnot not ot been operated the last Jast four years cars but the machinery was inside in- in side Ide Company Compan officials were unable un un- able ble to estimate the loss but said it t was covered by insurance |