Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-03
FROM BURNING SCOT.
That is Tho Probable Origin Of The
Paper Mill Fire.
The shingic Roof was FIRST Harmed
Thought the Alarm was nn
April WOOL Joke.

An inquiry into the circumstances
Of tho burning Of the Granite Paper
mills has brought out additional infor-
nation regarding the origin OF the
blaze. When Manager Lambert and
others got 10 the mills on Saturday
they found that, so far as the damage
by the flre was concerned, Il was fully
as heavy rs at first reported.
Mr.. Lambert was seen after his
return, aud IN reply to n ques.
ton as 10 whether anything
had been learned AZ 10 how the fire
started, saiu: at began on the roof,
and ! nm satisfied 1t was started from d
SCOT ire In the chimney. When the
mill closed down there was probably
some burning SCOT Ia the chimney,
sparks OF which settled on tho BhiEglt
roof aud igniled 1t. The engineer,
| Slelngruber, slept Ia the attic Of the
mill Friday night, and about . a. M.
| Saturday morning he was awakened
by a cracking noise. On looking up
| he saw, 20 he Gays, burning place
about "A foot square ON the roof.
"SleingTuber IN afraid OF fire. In
fact former experience made him NJ
nervous that he hasn't got over II. He
once had TO jump from the second.stOry
window Of u burning building In order
to save Ills life. When he saw the flrl
Ia the roof he jumped out OF bed and
did not walt 10 got his clothes, but shot
down stairs shouting 'Flrtp at the tor
OF his voice.
"Ihe Waterman, Ayers, remarked
'Oh, you can't April fool me- Tn,
engineer said he was not fOOllng, NJ
the Waterman looked 10 from the out
side and saw blaze coming out @
the roof. lie ran Tor Nathan
Stalker the foreman, and wokl
him aud several OF the employees, SOM
Of whom thought II was a first OF Apr
Joke. Stelngruber ran 10 the head o
the mill race 10 turn ia q greater heat
OF water. When ho came back one o
he men loaned him pair Of overall
70 no would make a prusentablo ap
penrunce In a crowd.
"When Stalker and the others 20
there, the whole roof was ablaze, AN
the lire had reached To the lowe
stories. Efforts were directed tDwnr,
saving the stock, but only three AMI
half tons Of paper could be got out
The rest and the machinery is a totn
loss, The walls OF the building, too, ar
badly cracked"
"has tho company reached any con
cluslOn about the future Of the mlll?n
There has been no meeting yet.
don't knOw whether or not, under tn
circumstances, there will DO an,
effort to rebuild"
At tho office OF Heber J. Grant
Co., who had the entire insurauo q
the Granite Paper Mil plant, 1t wa
learned this morning that an adjustt
was expected TO leave San Franoisc
today. OF the s2O,OOO-on the mi
and machinery, Sls,OOO-is in foreig
companies and $4,000 In the Home
Utah. Tho Home, for whom Grant &c u
ARE authorized TO make adjustment
; viii settle Immediately, anu u cheC
! will probably be handed TO MIR. Ian
bert, manager OF the mills today or L
: morrow. The Home always aims
score point by settling inlmediatel.
nd the fact that the well known nrl
! OF Heber J. GIant X Co. net In se,tlir
, losses, Ia u strong point In its tavo
I There are many expressions OF regr
, that the mill was not more amply pr
tee'sd by ip@iIranns.