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Show and truck responded to the call. Upon arriving at the scene, and discovering that the plant was too far away from the available water supply to enable the firemen to reach the fire with the hose. Chief Gloro sent for additional hose and the steamer from No. 1 station. sta-tion. By the time tho steamer had arrived arriv-ed the rock crusher plant, the rock bins and the various sheds and outbuildings out-buildings were on Are and, owing to the extreme dry weather, burned like tinder. Regardless of the efforts of the department, the tramway leading to the Bamberger lime kiln caught lire and was damaged to the extent of $50. I Inasmuch as the plant was not in operation at the time of the fire, no possible cause could be ascertained for the flames, which spread rapidly. It is supposed that the buildings adjacent ad-jacent to the lime kiln caught fire from the fire started Monday afternoon after-noon uuder the lime kiln, which had Just been tired up. ROCK CRUSHING PLANT IS DESTROYED BY FIRE. Salt Lake. July 12. Firo destroyed the rock crushing plant of P. J. Mor-an. Mor-an. located beyond Ninth North and Second West streets, Monday night. The plant was adjacent to the lime and stone quarry of the Bamberger Quarry company and had been leased to Mr. Moran. The damage is estimated esti-mated at $2,000. Due to the distance from any available water supply, the firo department was unable to extinguish exting-uish the flames. When the alarm reached the department. depart-ment. Chief Glore with No. 2 hose |