For the first time in Marion’s history, two fire trucks will occupy the station house. The city council Monday night contracted to buy a new truck equipped with a pumper with a capacity of 500 gal per minute. Continue reading
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Fire discovered at noon in a stock room of the F.W. Woolworth in the Walker building on the West side of the Public Square caused damage which is estimated will run into the thousands of dollars and threatened an entire business block Continue reading
Fire, believed to have started from defective wiring, started a blaze in the New European Hotel on W. Main Street Sunday evening which destroyed the hotel, Cole and Sons Garage, threatened to destroy the Hughes building and the K.P.I.O.O.F. buildings and resulted in the death of Lester Madden, 21 of Chicago. Continue reading
At the city council meeting on Monday evening, Comm. Garrison reported from his department that the bedroom and bathroom at the fire dept. had been papered. Continue reading
Fire starting, it is believed in the motor of the pipe organ, left the Christian church a mass of ruins on Monday night. The building estimated at $75,000 is a total loss although the walls are still standing and are believed by contractors to be of sufficient strength to be re-used without danger. Continue reading