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Show FIRE DESTROYS LUMBER OF COMPANY NEAR RENO Reno, July 11. Fire of unknown origin or-igin yesterday destroyed tho plant and about 3,000.000 foet of lumber of the Daviea Brothers Mill company, about 15 miles west of Vcrdl, off the Boca Loyalton road, causing a loss of $100,000. The Are began in the mill yesterday yester-day morning and spread with lightning light-ning rapidity to all parts of tho big structuro and the big mill was'a mass of a6hes in an hour. From there it spread to tho lumber piles adjacent, and, although a large force fought for hours, it was Impossible to stop tho ravages of the flames. The mill was one of tho oldest in that section of the country. |