Marion City Council Monday night agreed to purchase on competitive bidding about $1,200 to $1,500 in new fire hose. Continue reading
Category Archives: Fire
False alarm calls to the Marion fire department have increased during the past two years and Chief James C. Dungey is determined to put a stop to them. Continue reading
The salary of fireman George Paul Norman was increased by Marion’s City Council Monday night. Continue reading
An overloaded steak broiler caught fire in the basement kitchen at Tony’s Steak house, 102 W. Main Tuesday causing extensive smoke damage but Tony Castellano, operator reports.
(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us )
A deal completed Thursday gives Mrs. Harry L. (Mabel) Cox, mother of Eugene Cox, ownership of three-quarters of the block on the public square that was burned out on Monday night May 6th.
Sam Barbaro owns the other quarter of the block. Mrs. Cox, widow of the late Harry Cox, owned the Cox Hardware and Furniture building and her son owned the fixtures and the merchandise which was destroyed in the fire. Continue reading