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Fire at LongfordThere was a .spectacular fire at Longford Mills last Thursday morning, when the storage? building of the Standard Chemical Company’s plant, a corrugated iron structure 100x45 feet., was destroyed, together with 88 drums of acetone, 80 barrels of wood alcohol, 1,000 empty barrels, and 560 empty steel drum*, the motor house and motor. The total loss was between $40,000 and $50,000. The drums and barrels, even when empty, exploded, making a noise like an artillery bombardment. Many of them went high into the air, ar».d some of the fragments set fire, to the railway station, and the Presbyterian Church. 400 yards away. A hole was burned in the roof of I he station, and the bel fry of the church was destroyed, but the flames were extinguished before further damage was dor** Notwithstanding I he danger, the fire brigade, assisted by some ' firemen from Orillia, fought the fire hard at close quarters, and j succeeded in preventing :f s i spread to the main buildings Part of the, acetone was in a car*I which had been loaded tl H morning, and which was entile-; ly destroyed. When the electr” -: al pumping plant, was put out *f business, the steam plant co -tinued to supply water to fig .i', the flames. It is fortunate tl t . the whole^plant was not destroyed, as acetone is an importao'; munitions product.—Packet.
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Barrie Examiner
Barrie, Ontario, CA
Thu, Jun 14, 1917
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