I did another search, expanded the time parameters and came up with some older stories about the Ox-Yoke Co. I didn't find anything in Maine's legals on a Chapter 11 filing - not to say that hasn't happened, it may just not yet been posted.
Copyright 2001 Bangor Daily News
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
May 3, 2001 Thursday, FOURTH EDITION
SECTION: B; Pg. 3
LENGTH: 210 words
HEADLINE: Fire strikes;
Milo firm second time
DATELINE: MILO
BODY:
Investigators were on the scene of an early morning fire Wednesday at the Ox-Yoke Originals company, the same business hit by a fire last July that has gone unsolved.
Firefighters were called out about 3:20 a.m. to the three-story West Main Street business where fire had broken out in the machine shop, reported Milo Fire Chief Dave Preble.
It took Milo firefighters, with help from Dover-Foxcroft and Brownville, about three hours to put out the flames that had spread from the first floor to the second. Firefighters remained on the scene throughout the day, mopping up and aiding in the investigation.
Preble said putting out the fire proved difficult as the building had extensive renovations, including ceilings that had been dropped from 12 feet to 8, making the fire harder to reach. Most of what was damaged was computerized equipment on the first floor of the company that makes gun cleaning products. The heaviest damage was on the first floor although some fire, smoke and water damage was noted on the second floor.
An investigator from the State Fire Marshal's Office was on hand Wednesday to look for a cause for the fire.
A state investigator was called to a similar fire on July 23, 2000, which also damaged computerized equipment.
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Copyright 2001 Bangor Daily News
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
January 25, 2001 Thursday, SECOND EDITION
SECTION: B; Pg. 3
LENGTH: 77 words
HEADLINE: Police investigate theft at Milo business
DATELINE: MILO
BODY:
The theft of tools, machine parts and gun-cleaning materials from Ox Yoke Originals is under investigation by the Milo Police Department.
Police Chief Todd Lyford said Wednesday the theft appears to be a continuing problem and may involve an employee. He said plant officials have noticed that some items have disappeared during recent weeks.
An inventory is being conducted to determine the amount of the loss, which could be significant, Lyford said.
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Copyright 2000 Bangor Daily News
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
July 24, 2000 Monday
LENGTH: 319 words
HEADLINE: Fire damages Milo gun products firm
Investigators say cause of blaze at Ox-Yoke Originals not believed suspicious
BYLINE: Diana Bowley Of the NEWS Staff
BODY:
MILO -- Fire marshals worked throughout Sunday afternoon trying
to determine the cause of a fire that damaged Ox-Yoke Originals, a
manufacturer of gun-cleaningproducts and black-powder shooting
accessories.
The investigators will continue their investigation today,
although they do not believe the fire's cause was suspicious,
according to Milo Fire Chief Dave Preble.
The fire, reported at about 5:45 a.m. by railroad workers
passing though Milo on a train, was quickly contained by
firefighters from Milo, Guilford, Dover-Foxcroft, Sebec and
Brownville.
Preble said the fire was difficult to fight at first because
the whole building was showing smoke when firefighters arrived. He
said firefighters used thermal-imaging camera to find the fire in a
crawl space between the basement and first floor.
Much of the computerized equipment in the machine shop inside
the building was damaged by fire and water, Preble said.
Scott Lee, vice president of Ox-Yoke Originals, could not
provide an estimate of damage Sunday, but said the business would
be open as usual today. He said some of the 80 employees will be
assigned cleanup duties while others will work to fulfill a rush
order placed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
"We've got a lot of work ahead of us," Lee said as he surveyed
the fire scene Sunday.
This is a busy time of year for the company, which ships its
products worldwide, he said.
Lee said the 39,000-square-foot building is insured. Most of
the fire and smoke damage occurred inside the building. Two broken
windows appeared to be the only outward damage on the front of the
building Sunday.
There was never any threat of explosion in the building during
the fire because the company used virtually "all natural products,"
Lee said.
New plumbing and electrical wiring had been installed in the
building when the company bought it in 1987, he said.
GRAPHIC: Firefighters remove hoses from Ox-Yoke Originals in downtown Milo on Sunday morning. (NEWS Photo by Susan Latham)
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