, ▁A ▁& ▁G ▁Murray ▁was ▁" vol unt arily ▁w ound ▁up ▁and ▁convey ed ▁to ▁the ▁Fine ▁Cot ton ▁Sp inners ' ▁and ▁Dou bl ers ' ▁Association ▁Limited ▁( FC SD A ) ". ▁ ▁The ▁association ▁had ▁been ▁an ▁idea ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁D ixon ▁and ▁Scott ▁L ings ▁to ▁form ▁an ▁association ▁of ▁cot ton ▁sp inners . ▁ ▁Th irty - one ▁other ▁cot ton ▁sp inners ▁also ▁joined ▁the ▁association . ▁ ▁The ▁association ▁had ▁the ▁advantage ▁of ▁great ▁size ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁the ▁competition , ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁necessary ▁cl out ▁to ▁secure ▁raw ▁materials . ▁ ▁With ▁D ixon ▁as ▁its ▁Man aging ▁Director ▁until ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁the ▁FC SD A ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁and ▁most ▁successful ▁cot ton - sp in ning ▁association ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁with ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁mill s ▁and ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁employees . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁a ▁fire ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁Little ▁Mill , ▁caused ▁by ▁some ▁mach in ery . ▁The ▁fire ▁last ed ▁for ▁about ▁ 1 2 ▁hours ▁and ▁caused ▁an ▁estimated ▁£ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁damage ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 ▁employees ▁at ▁the ▁mill ▁losing ▁their ▁jobs . ▁Wh ilst ▁fighting ▁the ▁fire ▁a ▁fire man ▁was ▁killed ▁when ▁a ▁fire - t ender ▁ble w ▁over ▁in ▁high ▁wind