1941 - Paper Mill Destroyed. Loss of $250,000 By Spectacular Fire at West Dudley, Mass.

Dudley, Mass., Jan. 6 (AP) - Brought under control after a day and night battle in zero weather, flames sputtered today in the ruins of the West Dudley paper mill and left damage estimated by fire officials at $250,000.

Crumbling floors that plunged wood pulp, huge rolls of paper and heavy machinery from the top of the rambling two-story mill kept the firemen at a distance as the roaring flames shot high into the air.

At times more than 100 persons - regular firemen from Dudley and Webster and volunteers that came from many surrounding towns - joined in fighting the blaze, which was discovered early yesterday morning.

The mill, one of the oldest industries in the section, employed 90 persons.