Fire Chief Harry Cash discovered a blaze on the roof of the Commercial Hotel on N. Market St. Discovering the wooden shingles ablaze, the fire chief drove hurriedly to the fire station and called out Assistant Chief Clint Boles who followed him in the fire truck to the fire. The fire was extinguished with slight damage. A new spark proof roof was being place Tuesday on the hotel. The fire was caused by sparks from a nearby factory building.

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