Box Elder News Journal | 1908-09-10 | Page 4 | Malad Mail Car Burned

MALAD MAIL CAR BURNED monday morning while the lie malad alad train was conling coming to brigham fire broke out in the mail cat car completely burning it up tip the blaze occurred occur eil just after the train left I 1 fielding elding I station the niall mail I 1 clerk was mail into inlo the pouches policies by the hie light of a gasoline lamp which through some means or other was over turned igniting the mail bags and as the ill gasoline iuri inn over the floor the names flames quickly spread and the whole car was a blaze the train was biot to an instant stop sa top the burning car detached and the passengers joined the train crew in getting what express they could out of the car which was considerable consi lerable the names burned up everything but the iron including all the he mall mail