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Old Oldest it Businex Business * StructureIn S Sructure Structure StructureIn ructure In City uReduced 18 1s 1sReduced Reduced to Ashe Ashes AshesToday Today a charred charr d IDQS mass $ of smoul smoul- smouldering smouldering smouldering - - dering embers marks the site ofthe of ofthe oftir , the once Alex Alexs s Fountain Cafe CafeI Cafewhich Cafewhich Cafewhich I which was completely destroyed by byfire byfire byfire fire Monday Mondav nirht nlll'ht nlllht night ' The fire nre consumed con- con conumed con consumed - < ; sumed umed the Interior of the build buUd- buUd build- buUding building building - ing starting like Uke an explosion It Itwas Itwas Itwas was Impossible to 00 sav save much of ofthe ofthe ofthe the valuable equipment so quick quick- quickly quickly quickly - ly did the fire tire spreadEmployees spreadEmployees spread spreadEmployees Employees of the cafe cat * had not- not notICed noticed not noticed - iced smoke In the building In theaftelToon the theafterroon fterroon aftelToon afterroon and had made an in- in inestlga inestigation In Investigation - , ' vestigation estigation estlga tion to sea see If there could couldbe couldbe couldbe be a fire It was reported reportedAt At 7 45 as Howard Calder and andCharles andCharles andCharles Charles A Ha Hatch tch were standing in inn innfront infront Infront front of the Fanner Fanners Farmers * Market they they"W "W W 'w " , ' w smoke risJn riJnl1 rising ! < : from fr m the roof otthe ot of otthe ofthe the cafe and rushed to give thaalarm thaalarmThey the thee thealllnn theealarm alllnn alarm alllnnI alllnnThey alarmThey They reported that the kitchendoor kJtchen kitchen kJtchendoor kitchendoor I door had been opened and heavysmoke heavy heavysmoke heavysmoke smoke poured out The buildingwas bul1ding building buildingwas , was soon a mas mass of flames names A fewtables few fewtables : tables benches slot machines jukebox Juke Jukemoney jukebox ' box money from the cash register regis regis- register register - ter and bus tickets wera were hurried hurried- hurriedly hurriedly hurriedly - ly gathered up and saved The doorof door doorof I of the barber shop was broken in inRnd Inand Inand Rnd and all the equipment from this thisroom thisroom I Iroom room saved as it was protected by bya bya a ! \ log partition parlitJon from the th remain remain- remaining remain.Ing byI " - .Ing Ing . I ling ing bulldingThe buildingThe building bullding buildingThe The cafe the Wooley ft & Turner TurnerI Turnerbarber Turnerbarber Tumerbarber I barber shop west wmt of the cafe caf and 1---- 1 _ - - - - - - - tha the Burlington TraUway TraUways Trailways bu budepft bus busdep busdeptt depft deptt dep depf f t east of th the cafa cafe wera were th thbuildings the thebuildings thebuildings buildings destroyed Damage to .he he 'he 'heproperty * . ' h hproperty .heproperty property was esttmated estimated tunated at $10000 10000 $10000Mrs $10000Mrs 110 $ 000 000Mrs Mrs Afton James a cook at thecafe th thcafe the thecafe cafe stated aha she heard beard a low ex-oloslon ex oloslon ex- ex explosion explosion - - plosion from tha the butan butane * tank : mthe In Inthe inthe the rear of the kitchen and 1m- 1m im- im 1mmediatlely immedtatlely 1m-medlatlely 1m medlatlely - mediatlely medtatlely after noticed 1lames flames 1lameswhich flamtiwhich flameswhich which spread rapidly Mra Mrs . . , James Jamesand Jamesand Jamesand and Miss Barbara Holmes Iolmea { nlahed rushed nlahedfrom rushedfrom ruxhedfrom from tir the kitchen to telephone the thevolunteer thevolunteer thevolunteer volunteer fire departmentEfllcient department departmentEfficient Efficient Emclent Efllcient work of or tha the 1 16 & volun volun- volunteer volunteer volunteer - - teer fire nre fightera fighters caved saved tha the new newfain newMain newMain \fain fain Main \ ! theatre from destroction destruction destroctionThe destructionThe destructionThe The show had been partly ruled filled ruledwith filledwith filledwith with peopla pl'Ople plOple people ' who were told to leatre leave leatretJle leavathe leavethe tJle the bulldlni building quietly , which thay they they11d theylid thaylid lid 11d The Vernal Auto company companybunding companybuilding companybuilding bunding building on tha the southwest of the the"fife thefife " "fe fe afe " cauKht ca.ullht caullht caught . . fire and the roof andsecond and andsecond ndsecond second floor fioor wera were charred charr/d charr d / ! before beforehe btftorahe fore forehe he firemen could item stem th- th th9 th thspreadof - . , spreadof spread of the flames ftame8 flamesAt ftame8At flamesAt At 8 30 p m tha the nre fire was re reduced re- re reduced reduced - - duced to llmlta limits In which It couldbe could couldbe couldbe be controlled and at 9 30 only theembers theembers the theembers embers remained remainedThe remainedThe remainedThe The building was owned by Mr MrT Mrs MrsT MrsT T G Alexander and th the contentsby contentsby contents contentsby by Ralph 0 Alexander managerof manager of the cafe Inaurance Insurance coveringthe covering coveringthe coveringthe the building buUding amounted to $2000while 2000while $2 2 12000 12000while $ 000 000whUe whUe while the contents were covered by by$1000 by1000 $1 1 $1000 1000 $ 000 It was reported Mr Alex Alex- Alexander Alexander Alexander - ander will wUl retain retalrt his hls , bus franchise franchiseand franchiseand franchiseand and re open as soon as a.s . a new lo- lo location location lo location - - cation can be foundVernal found'V'ernal found found'Vernal ' 'Vernal Vernal 'V'ernal ' ' loat lost one of Its oldeat oldest oldestlandmarks oldeat'landmarks oldestlandmarks 'landmarks landmarks ' in bhe the burning of thetcontinued the theContinued I IIContinued IContinued tcontinued ( on page five ) - - - - - - Donna Bennlon Bennion and Jackle Jackie Tyz-ack Tyz ack Tyz- Tyz Tyzack - ack left Saturday for a few daysvisit days daysvis daysvlslt vis vlslt I t In Heber City and Salt Lake Fire "FIre " Destroys Fountam Fountain Fountain"afe Fountain"afe Fountainafe "afe afe " " " afe Monday Evening Evemng ( i 'i v ' t tu tit II iert 11'0 110 tart ' rrnm from pace page onee one onl onec ' c e ( ' B lit ill li II it 1886 by Fd FdII Fdit Fdit II it 1 I I . ised tsed < ; ed . 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