WHEELER PINE COMPANY
Pelican City
May 14, 1943: “The small office structure of the Wheeler Pine company, at the 'Boy Scout' mill on Upper Klamath lake, burned down between 4 and 5 a. m. Friday, after whistles of nearby mills sounded the alarm.
Fire Chief Keith Ambrose said the fire department answered a call at 4:27 a.m., and the equipment remained on the scene for 47 minutes. The fire sirens sounded after the plant whistles tooted at Pelican Bay Lumber company and the Di Giorgio Fruit company.
Cause of the fire was not given by the fire department report.” (Herald and News)
Fire Chief Keith Ambrose said the fire department answered a call at 4:27 a.m., and the equipment remained on the scene for 47 minutes. The fire sirens sounded after the plant whistles tooted at Pelican Bay Lumber company and the Di Giorgio Fruit company.
Cause of the fire was not given by the fire department report.” (Herald and News)
May 15, 1943: "Wheeler Pine company, which operates the 'Boy Scout' mill on Upper Klamath lake, will start the mill again Monday with expectation of steady operation through the summer months, it was learned Saturday.
The plant ran through most of the last week.
Logs are coming from a camp established at Harriman lodge, on the west side of the upper lake. Paul Robbin is the company's logging boss, and logs are also being provided by an operation headed by Everett Puckett.
O. K. Puckett is rafting the logs across the lake to the Wheeler mill." (Herald and News)
The plant ran through most of the last week.
Logs are coming from a camp established at Harriman lodge, on the west side of the upper lake. Paul Robbin is the company's logging boss, and logs are also being provided by an operation headed by Everett Puckett.
O. K. Puckett is rafting the logs across the lake to the Wheeler mill." (Herald and News)
May 16, 1943: "Typewriters and other office machinery proved the most serious loss in the fire that hit the Wheeler Pine company's office structure in the wee hours of Friday morning.
Several pieces of the valuable equipment were destroyed. Nothing serious was lost in the way of records, because most of the company's records are in the San Francisco office. The fire proved more of a nuisance than anything else.
Cause of the blaze remains a mystery. Company officials said it may have been a short in a wire." (Herald and News)
Several pieces of the valuable equipment were destroyed. Nothing serious was lost in the way of records, because most of the company's records are in the San Francisco office. The fire proved more of a nuisance than anything else.
Cause of the blaze remains a mystery. Company officials said it may have been a short in a wire." (Herald and News)