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Show Illumination Caused by Burn-lj ing Vat Seen by Ogden I! Residents j SALT LAKE, April 13. A fire, re-I i suiting in a loss of $35.000' in equip- mont, but no loss of life, occurred .ast: night at the. plant No. 1 of the Utah j Oil Refining company on Norilij l-'ourth West street, Sail Lake City. . which was extinguished thirty min- i utes after its occurrence by a com- j bincd forco of city fire department , men and employes of the company, i who fought the terrific blaze with sul- phuric acid and water from a dozen : hose. j The flro was due to iho explosion of an lS.GOO-gallon wax distilling vat, which throw inouaands of gallons of oil into the air, falling in a shower over tho neighborhood' for a radius of a thousand fcoL So great was' the illumination caused by the burning vat that Ogden people living in the vicinity of Twenty-sixth street and Van Buren avenue saw the light in the sky and called the Standard-Examiner office. |