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C. P. American
• l•`i-•e,.;thoti.l;ht to ltaye'staried' ~ft~ottt~
•sprtrfcs front fhe satvduat `'iittrtier,
'lt~irtly destroyed- .rho sittt?iluNx'ttitrl
fuel huts kt the (lheneyK_mi11 =Ma~}da.g~
afCR~~lt«4..n;-.__(.kti-.a.ncoaant__._p~r.. _the=, fa-6t-
tltat :most Of tlY~1 fireirieit tvei~e. oft.
of city ,at • fhe -time 'the Rlartn tvaq~.
"-went in the fit•e truck {vas`. ~ elo~v' itt
t;ettlnK to the. ktlaze anti emlifOyeS~ of
the mill had .gotten the fire pt-rtly
under conU'ot .l:ty the ttse of their
ot{'n' ho8e n•hlch they had attached
to the nearest fire hydrant.
l[ot{•over, {ehen the firemen . did
arrive they soon got tlt® flameq° oon-
I tt'olled. Trucks belon~ittg to th+~
If fuel compAny backed under _the hu€;e
bins and circtcv out ilie sawdust s"r
I that the hnsemen might have a
1 ]Fetter chance to get ai. t}te flames
which were• hurnint; in the ultper
~•part of the sU•uctute attd under thr
roof. The flremett {were further
hothet'ed by the fact that Several
lenF;ths of old hose s heg• had on fire
truck blew out. un@~~r the tsressure
and haft • to be t•eplaced. ~ • The ~•tt}•
recently purchased .a thouz3and feet
I of ne{r hose ({{•hich }tad been un-
I~ available durin•:: the {{•at•) bttt the
•_ ~ir.eroon land not. timo .to };et ii laid
into the truck.
•lt is reported that .the bouthern
Oregon Sugar Pine mill ehut down
:.tviren-the--€irn--triflrttr-_sounttt?d-amt
laid their otvn hose about the plan-
In}; mill across the railt•oad In order
to be, prepared in case the. $1>arks
(front Cheney mill should- start fires
in their plant.