City Commissioner Homer Butler on Friday outlined plans for improvement of the Marion Fire Department co-incident with the purchase of the new fire truck which will undergo its official test at the Marion Water Company’s North Madison Street plant Monday at 10 a.m. Continue reading
Category Archives: Civic Events
About 7:30 P.M. police saw smoke coming from the Moore Jewelry Store window on the North Side of the Square. Before that fire was extinguished, Marion had suffered a loss of more than $125,000 that night. Continue reading
The remaining wall of the Goodall Hotel building were pulled down by cables attached to C.I.P.S. trucks. Two small boys found what is evidently an heirloom in the remains of the fire Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading
As the ruins of Tuesday’s fire which destroyed a business block on the east side of the Marion Public Square continued to smolder Wednesday afternoon, neither owner of the destroyed properties would venture a statement on plans to rebuild. Continue reading
