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Show HEAVY LOSS IN POCATELLO FIRE $200,000 Stock of Auto Supply Sup-ply Company Destroyed By Blaze POCATELLO. Ida. March 7. Fire early yesterday destroyed the $200,000 stock of the Northwestern Auto Sup-.iv Sup-.iv company, wlndesnlerN "i South 1 First avenue. The fire WS still 'smoldering late yesterday afternoon. 'Th flames Were discovered In the iiaxement In thw rear of the building 'and Manager L. D. Crittendon stated that either spontaneous combustion or faulty Wiring caused the fire. When the manager was first In the basement ho scented the fire, but could not lo-icate lo-icate it. and believes for that reason thai faulty wiring was the cause. Holh fire departments woro Immediately Imme-diately in action with good water pres- sure, bul the oil and rubber accessories accesso-ries made tho fire difficult to put out land the fl.imes were fanned by a 'strong wind from the northwest- For over two hours It seemed that the SSU.-1000 SSU.-1000 stock of the Smith Candy com-Ipahy com-Ipahy was doomed, as well as the warehouse ware-house of the Peterson I'irnlture company, com-pany, in which was stored $100, "00 .worth of furniture. inly heroic efforts on the part of Vhief Canfleld and the firemen prevented pre-vented a conflagration which would have wiped out most of the wholesale district, Including tho buildings mentioned men-tioned the McCarty hldehouse, Milten-berger Milten-berger Produce company and the Salt luko Efardwan company structure, a.? the wind was blowing directly on these buildings. Manager Crittenden and family lived In the second story of the new building and suffered a personal los ,of nearly $3"0o worth of furniture. Which was not insured. About 50 per eeni of the value of the auto stock was covered by Insur-;ance. Insur-;ance. Only small portions of the walls have fallen, but the $60,000 building la a complete wreck, except for the brick, which moy ho salvaged. This 'was partially insured. |