Ballard Shingle Mill Destroyed in Early Morning Blaze

The Jameson-Dixon shingle mill at Ballard was destroyed by fire about 3:30 yesterday morning, together with several railroad cars and a large quantity of shingles, and considerable damage was done to the Donoghue mill. The aggregate loss will be nearly $16,000, most of which might have been saved if the town had had proper fire protection. The flames were discovered by E. H. Knight, night watchman for J. M. Donoghue, in the southeast end of the dry house. With any means for fire protection, the shingle mill could have been easily saved, as the wind blew the flames of the burning dry house away from the mill, and it was fully twenty minutes after the alarm was sounded before the mill caught fire. The Jameson-Dixon mill was built about two years ago and cost about $15,000. It was well built and finely equipped, with a daily capacity of 200,000. The Magee Bros., of Snohomish, have been operating the mill the last few months, and gave employment to thirty or thirty-five men, to whom about $1,500 was monthly distributed.