American Fork Citizen | 1919-08-30 | Page 2 | Bingham Has Two Big Fires

BINGHAM HAS Tl BIG FIRES Twenty buildings woro destroyed nnd n total loss of $50,000 ontalled In a tiro which occured In Highland Boy, Ulngham, Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Tlio majority of tho buildings were owned by tho Highland Roy Mining company and tho remainder belonged to tho Individ, ual occupants, working men and tholr families living In all or them. Tho contents, Including houoo furnishings, were a total loss. It was Impossible to check the flanios, which started at tho bottom of tho canyon behind the old school bouse, as thoy made tholr way from house to house up tho hillside. Nearly all of tho occupanta of tho destroyed homes, some of which woro shacks and somo of good construction, wore Austrlans.