Show 14 i bunion union pacific coal chutes at echo n destroyed by fire ed the union pacific coal chutes he were completely destroyed by a th spectacular firt friday evening at a il an estimated loss of about 1 1 section crews cleared the tracks ig as soon as the blaze died down suf ig to permit work and train is s on the main line were tied up for s only a f few ew hours at the present 7 time engines are being refueled it il with a clam shell while a teme horary coal bin is being constructed B which will be used until new mode ern chutes can be erected t e the fire started about 1015 p ni 11 while an eastbound freight train 0 was receiving coal under the chutes ii a the blaze spread almost instantaneously through the tinder arv structure and within a few min minutes the tha entire strut anie ue was burn urne irig sending flame aloit i loit feet into the air lighting up the entire y valley almost like day i 1 the train was withdrawn foin f om t the scene and a single coal car atop y the chutes was let down before it I 1 was seriously damaged by the r flames approximately 40 tons of I 1 coal in the chutes was consumed t the coalville Co Go alville fire department i was called and helped prevent the e spread of the flames to underground r gallon gasoline tanks banks e nearby which were threatened and to several company section houses and other buildings nearby which I 1 were showered ath with sparks and Y subject to the intense heat old timers at echo reported the fire was the third to destroy the structure since the railroad f first built it there the flames which were visible from the outskirts of coalville Co alville attracted a crowd of several hundred persons |