Deseret Evening News | 1900-10-31 | Page 1 | Fire Loss is About $5,500

FIRE lOSS IS ABOUT Out at the tho Portland Works Again I i w In HARD 10 II fl U hr by Years on Clou Clote fr Three hr fra The norh north wing of Ue the Portland C Ce beat wo work contaIning U the cold grind r g and dying machinery of the plant phu 1 Wt West and nd South was wa by 8 tire at al 1 thIs Departments I 1 and aDd 1 were wre kept busy fr fOr 1 bour hours the flames and d inca be ble hav been beD at work urk aU all da div V I Tie The a flae is II supposed to have fm from cInder failing Int into some slack I An arm alarm wu sent Int In a as soon soona al a th Ih bid was k dIscovered and d the hastened to the Iloe scene u as soon oon as Much wu wit e en encountered countered In obtaining water with which to flit the lam flames The Th engine wait rn run near oear tb lb old Canal na and water Wa from 11 it The main were nl not at al nil damaged and th the machinery II iii tb the part which was a destroyed WI was dama damaged lt to Ute the mount amount of at about 50 OO Th The 10 toss I is covered by br insurance policies being I In several Up to 10 I a late hour bour this afternoon the however owne did nut know bO policies applied to the damaged porton portion of t th building The plant hl has been In unfortunate being attacked by tb the file fn dead on mr more than one oC Three Thre years yan IO ago I it wa was corn com de destroyed trod but rebuilt UI on a larg larger er and aM lle I It wil will now OIO close down entirely for three wel In the al ahi 01 order wi will be fled filled na as from the manufactured arti ul oh rl which h I is In no n wise I damaged art