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Show Fire Uisils Highland Boy Fire originating in the change rooms of the Utah Metal & Tunnel Co. located in the old Frisco mill at Hlghand Boy did considerable damage before it was brought under control early Friday morning. The residents of the town who were up until eleven o'clock Thursday night were attracted by the immense light over the top of the mountain peaks. The outline of the mountains and the fire light on the scattering ooluds created a scene of beauty and grand-ure grand-ure indescribable. It was a rare scene and as beautiful as It was dis. tluctlve. It is thought the fire was caused by an overheated furnace In the mine change rooms. The volunteer firemen of Highland Boy were on the- Job promptly with all the fire eQulpment which thvy bad and did valuable work, in control. Ing the fire but were unable to check and control the blaze until it had to tally destroyed the change rooms, and the large residence of Superintendent l Bryant as also the snow sheds. The Bingham Fire Department could not go to the assistance of their nleghbors up the canyon on account ac-count of t!ie deep snow which blocked the roadj In the canyon. The change rooms and the residence of Supt. Biy. an will be rebuilt. The management xpress their appreciation ap-preciation for the assistance of those who helped to extinguish the fire. |