An overloaded steak broiler caught fire in the basement kitchen at Tony’s Steak house, 102 W. Main Tuesday causing extensive smoke damage but Tony Castellano, operator reports.
(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us )
A deal completed Thursday gives Mrs. Harry L. (Mabel) Cox, mother of Eugene Cox, ownership of three-quarters of the block on the public square that was burned out on Monday night May 6th.
Sam Barbaro owns the other quarter of the block. Mrs. Cox, widow of the late Harry Cox, owned the Cox Hardware and Furniture building and her son owned the fixtures and the merchandise which was destroyed in the fire. Continue reading
Removal of Cox Building 1963
A drag line bucket being used to tear down the fire ruins of the Cox Hardware and Furniture building is making slow progress again today. Instead of knocking the walls down as the crane, owned by the L.D. Fern Construction Co. did the first time, the operator is using the bucket to take bites of the west wall and move the charred Continue reading
Fear existed today that a wavering Cox’s Hardware and Furniture building will “kick back” at surrounding buildings and do damage Continue reading
Here is a breakdown of damages and plans to re-open businesses: Goss Home Furnishing, John Goss estimates his loss at from $75,000 to $100,000 including stock. Continue reading