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Show BilCl FILLS HSS 1ST DISASTROUS MFLW1 AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho, April 21. A fire which threatened destruction, of the business section of American Falls broke out at 1:30 o'clock this morning in the American. Milling company's com-pany's vator rvid -??ibiu fiffoon rata-, ti'r r. f. gciet." sucti nesivay isi maiiy adjoining pioperaes were eraUu-gered. eraUu-gered. Thousands of bushels of "nheat were stored in the elevator. The loss will probably reach $150,-000. $150,-000. At 2:30 o'clock the flames had reached the Gem State Lumber company com-pany and with a high wind blowing, the O'iver McKown Hardware company, com-pany, the Riverside Mercantile company, com-pany, he Ellsbury Clothing company and Schawarz Brothers' store were directly di-rectly in the path of the blaze. The cause of the fire was unknown up to an early hour this morning. At 2-45 a in. both the mill and the elevator had been destroyed. At 3-15 a m. tho fire was under control No loss of life has bpen re- ported. The main line serving the citf with light was put out of commissia and the town is in darkness. J ' rn I v" |