Show rire AT RICHMOND CACHE co C Tr traveller ATCHer cos coys steam saw and Shil igle mills burned rr from rom tho the special cor at C traveller CO B steam saw aw and shingle M mills cherry creek callon about noon on oil wednesday sept as one of the tile hands was malting making a feedbox feed box i in in the mill room lie suddenly felt something om ething warm nt at his back putting liia hit hand up tip he found his vest ni inure fire lie ile turned around and to his great surprise saw flames issuing from tho the yard below he instantly gave the alarm to the hands at the saw mill across tho the yard wb who sawing lumber at tho the time they ran to try and extinguish the fire fro but in less than five minute from the first discovery discover the shingle mill and packing room were on one C entire sheet of name flame and in ten toi minutes the floor and machinery fell and were consumed it was feared that the engine might night explode be being n g en wrapped in franits flan name its but the e engineer n aneer had bad tin the pump going and kept k e pt it with plenty lyof of water and tl the ie steam guage was set so that it could not get beyond its working capacity but i it went at a terrible speed and what is ts most miraculous the heavy belt of the to saw mill could not be got off the tile firo fire was so fierce and it passed so quickly through the flames that it waa was but little iani in injured ared the saw mill carriage and stock of slab caught fire but by the perseverance of the mill hand was saved and the engine en gin c but little damaged the loss is about b ut one thousand dollars the firo fire is is supposed to have been caused by a spark from front the engine ng ine and everything being very arv it soon spread this is the third fire the company have had this season mason during the progress of the fire there was a man mail willi a team and wagon passed by the mill 11 he merely looked on a minute and then went wint on As lie came back he ile coolly inquired have llave you an any shingles il to sell can you call cat uch individuals men A B richmond cache co sept 17 |