$5O,OOO Fire Devostotes Hollow Tree Lumber Co. Office

MUTE IESTIMONY to thc violcnce of 6rc dqnqgc in lumbq oillr ond yordr orc lhcrc lwo rcene. fron lha Jqnuo.y l7 confiqgrotion ot Hollow Trc lcdwod Compony north of Ukioh. Wrcck ot l.ft i3 oll thot remoint of port of thc ncw omce building5 ere€ted iurt o fcw yorr ogo, while the oftcc fsrniturc pilcd up ot right i. qnothcr h6rtbrsoking .ight lo qll millmen ond dcolerr in our indutlry. Hollow Trec Proridenl Bill Moores-chin-up ond oll lhqfbrovely onnounced fhot rebuilding would 3lort lhe ncxt doy ond naw ofrer would be complolod by the timq thit irtuc oppeorr. And you know whot? They probqbly willl

Ukiah, Calif.-A 2-alarrn fire January 17 did an estimated $50,000 damage to the office building of the Hollow Tree Lumber Co., north of here, and burned fdur hours despite best efiorts of 25 firemen at the scene. The first alarm was sounded at 8:06 p.m. before the fire, believed started from defective wiring, destroyed the old office building and three offices in the new building. The vault enclosed in cement blocks saved the permanent records but the management's files and timber maps were lost, said President William Moores. The company offices stood about 600 feet from the mill, with the intervening space filled with stacked lumber within 100 feet of the blaze. Additional lumber stacks extended 1,0@ or more feet north of the office.

Bill Moores reported that Don Stover, manufacturing superintendent, was returning to the plant about 7:50 p'm. when he spotted what he believed to be a refuse fire. When he determined it was in the office, he hurriedly placed the alarm just before the telephone wires burned through. Although the mill's own water supply was a big factor in controlling the blaze and keeping it within the buildings' area, additional water to supply the five fire trucks was supplied from hydrants at the Masonite plant.

The presidenf added that plans were started the next day to rebuild and that new offices would be completed by Feb. 15.

NCIC Holds Lqdies Night

Bill Rogers, president of the Northwestern California Lurnbermen's -Ctuf, reports a highly successful club-sponsorecl Ladies Night Dinner-Dance at Redwood Acres in Eureka, Tanuarv 3t. ']]he program included cocktails, dinner, entertainment and dancing. ticket committee included Lefty Waterston, Sound Lumber Ciompany; Runar Anderson, Emmerson & Son ; Otho Davis, D & M Lumber Co.; President Rogers, Fairhurst Lumber Co.; Don Metcalf, The Pacific Lumber Co., and FIarold Bratton, Hansen Pacific Corporation.

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