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
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The Swinney Store and Cleveland Store burns at 400 N. Market. The entire Burnett building was destroyed by fire. The building housed Cleveland Auto Sales and Swinney Market and eight families lived above. Continue reading
A fire which started from causes which as yet have not been determined wrecked the second floor of the Silver Building at the corner of N. Market and W. Union at 11 o’clock Tuesday evening. Continue reading
A warehouse between the Illinois Central and Iron Mountain tracks on N. Van Buren St. was burned to the ground in a very spectacular fire on Sat. night. The building and contents, which are a total loss, belonged to the Bracy Supply Co. Continue reading
A small store owned by Arthur Stanley, 511 S. Court St. was visited by a small blaze about 10 o’clock Sunday evening that caused a heavy loss due to smoke and water. The origin of the fire is not known but it is thought that to have caught from a box of matches in a cigar case that may have been ignited by mice.