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Show U. S. Mining Co. Suffers Fire Loss Members of the local fire department depart-ment worked up a fine appetite for breakfast Monday morning at about 6 o'clock when an alarm summoned them clear to the top of the hill at the old workings of the U. S. Mining company where this company owns a number of apartments and residences resi-dences which are occupied mostly by employes. The distance is about four miles from the fire station and the road is so steep in places the boys were doubtful as to their ability to scale the heights with their automotive automo-tive equipment. They made the trij however, but not until three apartments apart-ments were practically destroyed. The firemen were not long in checking check-ing the flames when they got on the job. Most of the splendid results being be-ing obtained from use of their chemical chem-ical engine. It was necessary to refill re-fill the tank and about 100 gallons of chemical fluid was used. It is estimated that about $6,000 loss was sustained. The occupants of the burned apartments, G. T. Targo, Roy McPeak and Neal Fresh, with their families, escape! without injury in-jury but lost most of their household effects. It is thought that the fire originated from defective wiring but this is not certain. I |