Show DESTROYED BY BLAZE MOAB GARAGE CO BRANCH AT RAILROAD TOWN BURNED TO GROUND ENTAILING LOSS OF the moab garage companas comp anys no 2 branch house at thompsons Thomp sons was completely destroyed by fire at an early hour saturday morning the building and all its contents including seven or eight cars and trucks were lost the loss will run close to which Is partially covered by insurance the company announces that it will build a new and modem garage building at thompsons Thomp sons to replace the old the fire which probably originated from a defective flue broke out about one or two saturday morning elmer bailey thompsons monticello stage driver was sleeping in the building and was awakened by the smoke fumes he narrowly escaped with his life the building was a raging mass of flames and mr bailey was unable to save anything from the structure included in the cars and trucks lost in the tire were a stage used on the monticello run another truck owned by the garage company a chevrolet sedan owned by 0 V riordan of moab a bulck sedan owned by pete jouflas of price a chrysler owned by carl lundgren and two or three old cars and trucks owned by the garage the companas comp anys large coleman truck narrowly missed being lost in the fire it was parked by the side of the building and was a mass of flames when ross thomson ats driver reached the scene he jumped into the truck and was able to start it and moe it to safety extinguishing the flames which had already consumed most of the cab mr thomson sustained several minor burns in moving the truck the thompsons Thomp sons garage vas a sheet iron building about 50 by 80 feet in dimensions it was well equipped with machinery and tools and had a substantial stock of merchandise an of which were lost in the fire in addition to the loss of building equipment and cars many valuable records were also destroyed in the fire R 0 dark D JS baldwin and C E baldwin officials of the moab garage company announce that a new belld ing will be erected at thompsons Thomp sons as soon as weather permits taylor son company have turned over their service station to the garage tor temporary use and the company is now operating a gasoline and oil station at that place the moab garage com any owns the corner lot situated between the taylor store and thomp sons hotel and the temporary service station Is being operated on this location the new building will be erected on this site it is announced it will be a grodem structure in every respect |