Fires of Unknown Origin
Recent large fires of unknown origin which have occurred of late in various parts of the country are as follows: A grain elevator in Jacksontown, O., burned, with a loss of $15,000; the bronze powder plant of the U. S. Aluminum Company, at New Kensington, Pa., was destroyed by explosion and fire, with five men killed and a loss of $300,000 sustained (this plant is said to have been engaged in making liquid fire for an allied government); a three-story brick building at Paxinos, Pa., used as a general store, was destroyed, with a loss of $35,000; the tipple of the Portage, Pa., Coal Company burned, causing the mine to shut down, which had been furnishing a heavy tonnage for Government and railroad orders; the gas plant of Oelwein, Ia., Gas Company was destroyed; Camp Devens, at Ayer, Mass., was visited by another destructive fire, in which personal effects of soldiers, valued at $3,000, were lost; a business section of Cleveland, O., called the entire city department to work over thirteen hours at a spectacular night fire, where $350,000 worth of property was destroyed and the downtown section of the city threatened.
Recent large fires of unknown origin which have occurred of late in various parts of the country are as follows: A grain elevator in Jacksontown, O., burned, with a loss of $15,000; the bronze powder plant of the U. S. Aluminum Company, at New Kensington, Pa., was destroyed by explosion and fire, with five men killed and a loss of $300,000 sustained (this plant is said to have been engaged in making liquid fire for an allied government); a three-story brick building at Paxinos, Pa., used as a general store, was destroyed, with a loss of $35,000; the tipple of the Portage, Pa., Coal Company burned, causing the mine to shut down, which had been furnishing a heavy tonnage for Government and railroad orders; the gas plant of Oelwein, Ia., Gas Company was destroyed; Camp Devens, at Ayer, Mass., was visited by another destructive fire, in which personal effects of soldiers, valued at $3,000, were lost; a business section of Cleveland, O., called the entire city department to work over thirteen hours at a spectacular night fire, where $350,000 worth of property was destroyed and the downtown section of the city threatened.
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