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The Silver King whistle started to blow a warning at 8:45 p.m. on a cold night, Jan. 27, 1921. It could be heard in town and startled everyone as it continued to blow, since normally the whistle blew briefly to signify the end of a shift. Soon after this, the night sky to the west of town was lit up by flames from a serious fire. The Silver King mill was burning down.
According to The Park Record, the fire started in the boiler room and quickly spread through the mill which was built in 1898 almost entirely of wood: wooden beams and floors, and even wooden tanks and launders (pipes). Many local volunteers rushed uphill along King Road in an attempt to extinguish the fire but were stopped by mine officials as they approached the mill. They were afraid the fire could reach the mine explosives storage shed, which was located northwest of the mill.
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