Fire discovered at 9 am Wednesday in the basement of the Cline-Vick Drug Store on the Public Square burned briskly for several minutes before firemen brought it under control. The fire was confined to a storage room in the basement where the blaze broke out among boxes of merchandise. Firemen for first time wore smoke masks recently purchased by the fire department. Cause of the blaze was not determined. Early discovery of the fire curtailed the loss which was estimated at several hundred dollars.

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