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.
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Fire which swept the Hayton Garage on N. Market St. early Wednesday morning completely destroyed the garage building and nearly 50 automobiles stored there with an estimated damage of $100,000. Continue reading
Home Oil Co. Service Station at corner of W. Main & Court Street partially destroyed by fire Saturday evening. All the glass windows were destroyed. Approximate damage $450.
(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us/ )
A fire at 4 o’clock Sat. morning destroyed the tailor shop of Frank Norman in the rear of the Ford and Graves Barber shop on N. Market. Continue reading
A large livery barn located on an alley at the rear of the new Christian Church building has been demolished. The property which belonged to Mrs. Geo. C. Heyde, was deemed a more or less dangerous fire hazard and its presence insurance rates in that section to be considerably higher. Continue reading