Yesterday at 12:53 pm the alarm of fire was given and soon a large crowd gathered around the burning residences of Lee Thompson and Bert Bobbet stationed near the northeast corner of the square in a cluster of other dwellings. Earnest hands worked with a will to remove the contents of the dwellings which were so far gone that attempts to save them were worse than useless. When driven from the burning buildings, the helpers turned themselves into a volunteer bucket brigade and under the cool and effective marshalling of J.W. Sanders some most gallant work was done toward saving other dwellings. That of John Heyde was in greatest danger and it was here that several of our townspeople distinguished themselves as worthy the captaincy of any fire dept.

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