The daily tribune., 1906-12-08
NATIONAL MILL
BURNED TO GROUND.
Manager MacD Donald Says
Loss is $15o, 900 With
No Insurance.
CAUSED BY ENGINE SPARKS
Owing TO Poor Facilities There
was No Hope of Saving the =
Building-Will Not
Be Rebuilt.
CAUSED BY ENGINE SPARKS

Caused supposedly from the sparks
Of . passing Rio Grande engine which
had passed the place . few minutes
before. are which started in or near
the boiler room Of the National mill.
one mile south Of the city and owned
by the United States Reduction and
Refining company. swept through
the different buildings like lightning
and In about one hour after the flre
had bsen discovered the entire
structure. including the Office build.
ing. was mass Of blackened char.
GOAL aud twisted sheet iron.
The FIRE startad in the roof Of the
building about 4:20 O'Clock last even.
ing and burned most of the night.
although the worst Of the oonhasra.
tion was over by $3.50 O'clock. War.
rem Allen. the wAtchman. had noticed
. pile of brush burning In the creek
and went down to fight it with .
shovel. Upon looking back to the
mill be saw fire and smoke eminating
from the roof Of the building and
then gave the alarm. He fought the
flames ~ best he could under the
circumstances. but as the woodwork
Of the mill was as d ~ rs finder. there
was no staying Of the flames.
Manager J. Q Macdonald was on
the scene of oonfisgration in = few
minutes after the fire started and
directed the WORE of saving what
oould be saved from the store house.
When questioned on the ground by
the writer he said the loss to the
company would reach at least $3.50,
600 and probably el7b. 900. The mill
was practically - good ~ new. and
although there wss no hopes of ita
starting up in the immediate future,
there was some hope Of it ultimately
doing 80. It will not be rebuilt 81
shsre is no oooasiou for another mill
here BY this company At the present
fime.
Although IL may not bs definitely
proven. there 10 but little doubt but
that the origin Of the hre was caused
from sparks from engine No $40, RON.
ping on the branch between there and
Goal Greek ~ the engine . few mo-
ments before pushed . string Of DO,
oars up the line to the Goal Creeh
mine. L: developed this morning
that there were four fires along the
track at different intervals yesterday
afternoon. supposed to have been caus'
I'd from the same engine One hrt
was In the roof Of the machine shop
Of the Florence Iron works. But nj
damage was done ~ the Ere was dis
covered long before It had muci
ohAnoe to Hnd its way into the franz
work Of the building.
The second Are WAS . pile Of brust
, near the track into which . spark Il
supposed to have fallen. Further ul
the trach the home Of James II. Gil
was seen to os ablsze. A spark hs'
deposited onto the roof of the build
Ing and WAS slowing eating its Wa.
into the interior Of the place. but n
great 6Amsgs resulted In this inssAnc
sitbcr. because = ono.inoh hose hs
been brought into play.
| Ofiicer Roy Green last night order
ed the local sgsnt Of the Rio Grand
to either have engine No. $50 repsire
of take IL OF this division of III
road Ar. Sumner stated shat he hA
| already taken the matter pp with Nh
Denver ofhoe.
J The loss TO the United States RI