A rooming house at 300 W. Union St. owned by Leonard Rodd was damaged by fire shortly after noon Saturday. The blaze started when the floor of the first story of the two story building caught fire from the furnace. The floor and framing was badly charred before firemen extinguished the blaze. An alarm early Saturday called firemen to the Martin Service Station on East Main where an auto owned by Ralph Burns caught fire. The blaze which started when the gasoline tank was filled to overflowing and the motor fuel was ignited from the engine manifold was quickly extinguished.

(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us )