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Show KAPELLES eftllCH , s STRUCK BY FIRE Flames Discovered at 9:45 Wednesday Wednes-day Evening Destroy all Outhouses . at Ranch. Incendiary Origin, Hinted Hint-ed at - ... . . Fire destroyed sll the outhouses at the Kapelle ranch Wednesday evening about 9:45, and only the prompt work of the Bingham Fire Department saved the dwelling house. A large two story barn, a chicken house, two sheds, and a cow barn, were burned to the ground by the fire that burned and smouldered throughout the night and was still smouldering Thursday morning. ' Otto Kapelle and family were in Salt Lake City at the time of the fire, and did not arrive home until nearly midnight. Peculiar circumstances surround the fire, and many are of the opinion that it was started by some unknown person, it has been said . The reservoir, at the top of the hill above the Kapelle ranch", had been drained the day before the fire, for the purpose of cleaning it before the winter supply was turned in. An odor of coal oil was plainly noticed by the first who arrived on the scene from Bingham, it is said, and the fact that Mr. Kapelle was away from home at the time, also lends to the incendiary theory, it is claimed, although no clue to the fire starter had been discovered at the time of going to press. Horses, belonging to Frank Rob-bins, Rob-bins, which were at first thought to have been burned, are said to have strayed away before the barn burned down, and it is the opinion of Mr. Kapelle that they will be located. Two sheep and fourteen ducks were burned. The barns were partially covered by insurance. |