Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-02-08 | Page 3 | Fire in Car Shops Section

FIRE IN CAR SHOPS horton feb 8 fire in the big car works of kock island railroad yesterday afternoon caused the death of two persons and the destruction of a quarter of a million dollars worth of property tho dead are P a acon president board of education W 11 davis employed of car works the firo broke out at 4 in the hair sorting room ine cabinet depart mani anu spread so rapidly that the employed emp loyes on the second floor and in superintendent Stu dors office barely escaped many oi them being sightly injured i alio walla of the car shops fell awen ty minutes after the fire was discovered the loss on the building is machinery material ahe firch shouldering ing in the lumber yard contains feet of umber alie buildings machinery and material that escaped aro valued at the company will rebuild the car shops at once when the wall fell a number of persons narrowly escaped being injured by the falling bricks P II 11 acx con was one of the most citizens of horton