PROUTY TIMBER COMPANY
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Washington County - Timber
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Continued from: Nehalem Lumber Company
January 10, 1918: “A deal was closed at Seaside a few days ago whereby J. A. Prouty, of the Prouty Lumber and Box Co., secured the mill owned by the Nehalem Lumber company at Timber.” (The Glendale News)
September 12, 1921: "Fire early this morning completely destroyed the Prouty Timber company's sawmill, office building, yards and adjacent cottages, with an estimated loss of $125,000, partially covered by insurance. Not included in this loss are the personal effects of the families of several of the employes.
The fire was discovered in the boiler room of the mill at about 2:30 A. M. by the night watchman, and was supposed to have originated as the result of refuse coming in contact with banked fires. An unusually high wind was blowing and soon had fanned the flames beyond the possibility of control.
The flames swept through the boiler room into the main portion of the sawmill, with which a planer was combined. The office building next followed, and embers blew into the yards, where 2,500,000 feet of finished lumber was stored. This all burned. At the same time the cottages took fire in rapid succession and were lost, some being consumed so rapidly that the occupants could save none of their belongings.
The mill was the main support of Timber, employing about 75 men and having a daily cutting capacity of 65,000 feet. Timber is in the heavy fir district midway between Portland and Tillamook, and is the place between the two points where the trains stop for lunch.
J. A. Prouty is president of the timber company." (Morning Oregonian)
The fire was discovered in the boiler room of the mill at about 2:30 A. M. by the night watchman, and was supposed to have originated as the result of refuse coming in contact with banked fires. An unusually high wind was blowing and soon had fanned the flames beyond the possibility of control.
The flames swept through the boiler room into the main portion of the sawmill, with which a planer was combined. The office building next followed, and embers blew into the yards, where 2,500,000 feet of finished lumber was stored. This all burned. At the same time the cottages took fire in rapid succession and were lost, some being consumed so rapidly that the occupants could save none of their belongings.
The mill was the main support of Timber, employing about 75 men and having a daily cutting capacity of 65,000 feet. Timber is in the heavy fir district midway between Portland and Tillamook, and is the place between the two points where the trains stop for lunch.
J. A. Prouty is president of the timber company." (Morning Oregonian)