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Show I iiiL. uluiiiu i u I nil I ui THRASHER CHICKEN PLAN1 DAMAGE AMOUNT8 TO $7,000.-1 Tho origin of tho fire han not ni CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWfl. LOSS COVERED BY INSURANCE. LEHI FIREMEN SAVE MUCH PROPERTY. Ono of tho biggest Arcs In this part ct tho county In several years occurred Sunday afternoon at tho O. A. Thrash or chicken ranch east of Lehl. Ono-third Ono-third of his plant, Including feed storage stor-age building, grinding and mixing .machinery, cooking plant and food wore totally destroyed. Tho loss- Is ostl mated at $7,000 which is covered .by insurance. Tho alarm camo in to tho local tolephone ofllco at 2:15 p. m., Mrs. O. A. Thrashor turning it in. Tho Xeh( equipment, including tho sturdy old hand pump mado tho run in good timo and had water plying on tho adjourning adjourn-ing buildings in timo to savo them. Somo thousand people gathered at tho scene from Lohi, American Fork and passing autolsts. Tho American Pork department also responded but their equipment was limited to three chemical tanks, a nozzlo and an axe. They cooporated with tho Lehl department depart-ment In fighting tho blazo. It was Impossible Im-possible to mako any Impression on tho big granary and coop, that was a roaring furnaco beforo it was noticed and all efforts wero directed to saving tho house Just south of tho burning coop. Only tho appllanco of water and the continued soaking of it until tho fire burnod down savod it from catching fire. When this danger was over tho scene of battle changed to the extromo west end of tho, burn Ing coop which then was threatening to spread to (the west coop of the plant. Tho firemen wero successful in bringing tho blaze, under control hero saving another coop as largo as tho ono that burned. Tho work was next dtroctod to tho granary which continued to feed tho flames. Several tons of oats and other grains wero -stored hero and this grain furnished an almost unlimited amount of fuel tor the flro. Aftor pouring a stream of water on this for moro than an hour it still smoldered and for two days smoko issued from it. It was extinguished completely only after It T?as removed. Tho saving of tho additional property prop-erty was directly attributed to Lohl's old hand pump which has boon on tho Job for somo thirty years. Thoro was no hydrants In tho vicinity and tho pump was tho only means of getting water onto tho 'flro. It was sot on tho sldo of a reservoir and and valiant -work on tho part of citizens of two towns kept it going continually for two and a halt hours. Whllo thoro wore I many willing hands present it was Tjry notlcable that thoro woro many on tho Bceno who showed an indifference indiffer-ence and lazynoss that is seldom leen in the cooperative spirit of our towns and state Theso individuals ttood throughout tho ontlro time and didn't oven turn a hand whllo others determined. Mr.'Thrashor was at hi father's homo In Lohi nt the tlnio an tho hired man was in another coo gathering eggs. The blazo started 1 tho northeast corner of tho granar over tho feed mixer which Is run b a 220 volt electric motor. It is pos Bible and most probable that tho flr started from thoso wlros. A feo cooker was ln tho other side of th building and had a low tiro In it bu oven after tho whole thing burned thl was In perfect condition showing tha it could not hnvo set tho flro. O. Thrasher, tho ownor of tho place, ha Just loft for homo when he was calle by his wife and was on tho scene b foro many others arrived. Tho chlckons wero all drlvon fror tho coop beforo tho flro reached thor and whllo it Is not known how man; 'burned the numbor was not high. Th coop housed nearly 3,000 hens. Mr. Thrashor reports tho loss a $7,000 all covered by Insurance, thoro was 1500 bushola of grain "li tho granary besides all tho feoi machlnory for the entire plant Thi lnauranco adjustor visited tho seem Monday and started tho claim on It route. When asked if ho would rebuild a onco Mr. Thrashor stated that ho hai not decided Just what to do as yo until tho Insurance claim was paid o ho had received doflnlto word as ti how soon'?It would bo met by tho com pany. |
