MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Heavy Loss in Coalhurst Fire
COALHURST, Feb. 5 - A fire of unknown origin completely
Mr. Lacatelli and family live close to the mill, but with the
The town fire-fighting apparatus was secured and an attempt made
Mr. Locatelli and his family have built up a splendid flour and
The building and contents were partly covered by insurance.
Grist Mill is Destroyed But Owner Plans to Rebuild
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
destroyed the building and contents of the Coalhurst flour mill
last night, causing a loss of $12,000 to the owner, A. Locatelli.
The fire was first noticed shortly after 9 o'clock, when the blaze
broke through the roof of the building in the central part.
blinds down in their house they were completely unaware of the
burning mill until by chance voices were heard outside, and
upon investigating they found the mill in flames. A large crowd
quickly gathered.
to reach the fire with hose attached to the town hydrants. The
distance, however, was too great, and there being no other water
available little could be done to save either the building or contents.
Volunteers chopped holes in the granary, which was on the north
side of the building, and in spite of the intense heat shovelled back
a large portion of the 3000 bushels of wheat which was store there.
The wheat was considerably scorched and will be only suitable for
chicken feed, but is being gathered up by the owner and taken care
of. The stock of flour and ground feed consisting of 150 bags of
flour and 100 bags of ground grain were completely destroyed.
milling business in the past two years, and keenly feel their loss.
They are determined however, to rebuild at the earliest possible
date a bigger and better mill and continue to serve the community
as they have in the past. Wheat has been brought from over
100 miles for milling here.
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