Show county seat news TWO FIRES AT DUCHESNE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING the duchesne cottage hotel was almost completely destroyed by b y flames saturday about three in the morning the building has for a number of years been one ot of chesnes Du leading hotels being under the management of 0 mrs airs rose partridge most ot of that time it was afi standing ng vacant at the time of the th fire however mrs airs partridge was expecting to start business there again in the near future she being the owner of the building the direct cause of the tire fire is unknown the first to see it was a party of young people returning from a dance at boneta they ini mediately aroused the town and then got the water hose in action although the flames could not be extinguished the building next to it being the residence of mrs fannie bjornson was undoubtedly saved by the party which first noticed the th fire one of the outbuildings buildings out of jimmie I latch hatch caught tire fire a few hours later and went up also it is believed by some that this was caused by sparks coming from the hotel building the amount of loss is estimated at several thousand dollars it is reported that there was some insurance carried |