Show Losses In Maeser laeser Fire Saturday Night About a loss suf suf- suffered Saturday night when a afire afire fire totally destroyed a stor- stor storage storage age building and its contents owned conjointly by three Maeser families The fire alarm was received received ed about pm The building was located at the rent rear of the Art Kasper residence in Maeser and was used by the Art Melvon and Fred Kasper families APP APPARENTLY Y a fire in a stove in the building heated a lb lOO-lb bottle of which blew the safety valve and then the gas ignited Flames were thrown back in- in into into to the building until fIreman Continued on page 8 l Fire Firc Continued from page 1 Coke Jeffries carried out the blazing bottle Principal contents of the building was dried foods and bottled goods Firemen and neighbors on the scene could hear the bottles of fruit ex- ex exploding from the intense heat Flames rose high in the air nir and could be seen for a long longway way The rhe zero subzero weather froze the water in the firemen's hose line whIch had to be placed near the blaze to thaw out AT THE TIME of the alarm firemen were in the process of installing n a new water pump on the big truck They had to rush the installation and fill the tank with water before going to the blaze the fuco smaller truck was able to leave Je ImmedIate ImmedIate- ImmedIately I ly I In the meantime neighbors had formed a bucket brIgade to keep drenching the Kasper home to prevent the raging fire from spreading The building and contents were not Insured |