A fire which had caught in rubbish and boxes in the basement of the C.W. Hay building on the north side of the square was discovered by the police at 11:40 pm who at once called the fire dept.

The fire was extinguished with little damage except to the furnace and by smoke which seeped through the floor to the store room. However smoke damage will be heavy as the store is the one occupied by Young’s Style Shoppe with its big stock of ladies ready-to-wear and Hay’s Shoe Store. A.D. Young was not able to estimate the damage on his stock Friday morning nor could C.W. Hay.

The building belongs to Mr. Hay. On Friday morning the fire dept. pumped out the basement which a foot deep with water, the sewer outlet having become stuck up with debris.

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