Clark County WA Archives News.....Pittock-Leadbetter Mill Burned June 13, 1908
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LaCamas Post June 13, 1908
The big Pittock& Leadbetter Mill at Vancouver burned Tuesday  entailing a los 
of about $250,00, with about $100,000 insurance.The origin of the fire is a 
mystery.The watchman made his rounds only a few minutes before the fire was 
discovered,yet when seen it had gained such headway that almost the entire 
mill and a large quantity of lumber were destroyed.
It is announced that the company will immediately begin reconstructing the 
burned plant,and until such time,it is said,many of the laborers will be given 
work near LaCamas,the mills in this section to be run day and night.The Larch 
Mountain Lumber Co., o fthis place s in control of L.L. Leadbetter and Chas. 
Leadbetter.
For some time there has been a report that the big mill just burned was to be 
moved to this city,but the annnouncement that it si to be rebuilt on the old 
site,indicates that the report was not true,although many have hopes that a 
part of the plant when re-established will be at LaCamas.

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