Show COUNTY RECORDS ARE Origin n of Blaze Shrouded in en I Mys- Mys ys- ys Insurance tery Insurance ry-Insurance Insurance Fully Covers t t. t t j The Loss Logs IyA f 1 a r T official home of the county is a av a a v Iw pile of ashes but the rec records typewriters typewriters type type- wr writers te 8 and adding machines are safe in intha inthe th the tha big cement vault It is all that is left with ith the exception of cinders and nd smoking ng ruins of the he imposing looking two-story two Buell building that has been beena a Duchesne landmark since the fall of 1907 and it stands as a monument mo to safety first the first the precaution of the boa board of county commissioners one one ne of thc their r first official official acts when t they ey took office e last ast January The outside door of the vault is slightly slight slight- ly Iy warped wa warped ped but between it and t the e contents contents con con- tents of f tHe vault is a a dead air space of rf eighteen inches and an inside steel door The Thet I fire re was discovered about 1030 Wednesday e night nigh t when the flames burst through the north wall There seems to be n no no i question but th that t the northeast corner of of the building under the stairs leading a to the second sto story y is is where the blaze started After the fire ate its i l way t through through rough the north part of the building wi within hin a few minutes the ene ene ene en- en e e was a solid olid mass of t i Land fLand n iv 1 a at hing h ing inside wasA was was- A bucket brigade succeed succeed- suc eed- eed the Tom Firth building oc- oc f n by Jay C. C Jensen just west of J jurt urt house Jie ie e event the records are not dam- dam she ilie county will suffer but s slightly if 1 in a financial way Insurance r amount amount- of 2500 2500 a amply ply covers the I jre r e and fixtures Fol Following owing his custom County Clerk Mackie fe e typewriters typewriters' and adding mach- mach aced in the vault F. F 0 O. Buell of ofis ofis is owner of the burned property is not thought that he had any ine inon in- in e on the building Improvements b covered building are by a L liar insurance policy held beld by the theof theof ther i r of the Ithe building Duchesne Lum- Lum I uch such mystery surrounds the orith ori- ori l I th tho tha blaze as in the case of the theres theres res free dui du during Ing ng the past nine months basin which has led to a belief that incendiaries have work Beginning at Duchesne inch an entire business block was wasl l' l mt tut by an early morning fire A Ai Al l i of the business portion of My Myton ton troyed three months later inthe t y anner Vernal fell in line with t 1 s 8 that the people of that city I there co could ld be no doubt was the I an incendiary Roosevelt quick quick- r edwith Avith a area l l i C nights night's fire started in one corners from rom the stoves s I u As far as known no noI I ing lIng a right in the building had hadt t for a period of five hours be- be fire was di discovered covered bursting the north wall n |