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Show t, B Wilson's Shop Burned Total Loss $400,00 BBB Monday afternoon a fire destroyed Baffl entirely the curpeuter and work shoi BBBj of William A. Wilson and reduced I HnB to nsheo. All his carpenter and olee- HJHJ trim I engineering books valued at SBraTgg $50 were lout, llesldes the tools there BfHfv were three electrical motors ami a mPj steam engine that were burned ii IbbJH ami u any household articles that Efw were stored there. The tools and HSyt books and machinery wero valued at Kt about $2."0 and the building at about RT5 $lfiO. The fire also damaged Mr. Wll- wffl "'"i'" hoiiie at about $r0 making his InmS lot"' ('0S1 '" 400, W How the fire started Is still a mys- -i j, tery, Mr. Wllnou was repairing nn elec I i , trio Iron during the noon hoiu ami ' was using a gasoline torch for soldering sold-ering it may be. that the olectrlo BBBBMyriTV3jKj''l'J',''i g ; current was left on tho Iron or that the gasolluo torch was left burning. The shop was locked and the flr was first discovered by tho smoko coming out of the engine smoko stack. In n lew mlnu'CH the building wns ablaze Tho departmout made a tiiok run and their work saved the homo that was but n few feet from the, burning shop. Thcro was no Insurance so the lev will be a total one. |