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Show Fire Destroys Schofied Store Fire, the origin of which is stiU i mystery, totally destroved the OT1 Neil M. Madsen building at Sco- field about midnight Monday. The gM structure was unoccupied except for the post office, and all of the con-NVy con-NVy tents of that were entirely destroyed. destroy-ed. Jack Whalan, marshall at Scofield, reports thai ne has abso-lately abso-lately no idea how the blaze start-" start-" Ri- Damage is estimated at about MS (5,000. lhJ Citizens of the community at- tempted, to fight the blaze, but as u- It had gained too much headway, they confined their efforts to pre- vent the spread of the fire to ad- joining buildings. The building II TO two stories and was formerly occupied by a store and coffee house a one of the land marks of the i, which at one timn I e most thriving in Carbon j I County. |