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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>FRIDAY, 13 NOV 1863<<

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE - The Sutro mill, at Dayton, was totally destroyed by fire on the night of Nov. 6th, and the 2nd engineer, John BYER, was burned to death. The mill was worth $60,000, and was covered by only $30,000 insurance.