Garfield County News | 1933-09-01 | Page 1 | Piute County News Printing Plant is Destroyed by Fire

PIUTE COUNTY NEWS PLANT 18 3 DESTROYED BY FIRE on oil thursday afternoon at about the pluto county news shop burned to the ground completely destroying the plant including all equipment files and everything the fire was caused by two boys one match and a can of 0 gasoline the boys deebe beebe swanson swansea and theo Ily hymns inas who were a joyce hymas lit in cleaning up round the shop commenced gathering waste paper and putting it lit in the alie stove in ill the rear room finding the stove full they decided to set tile the trash on the fire adding a little gas gag to insure ignition the can of 1111 ana fr ann aa mid whan tho the match was waa struck to light the tha papers a flash from froin tile the gas soaked paper reached the tha can exploding lt if contents anti and throwing burning gasoline all over the house within five minutes the building was a mass of fl flames aines in spite of the tact fact that willing neighbors and friends gathered within a few minutes there was wag no insurance so the entire investment was a total loss losa