Two fires in the city Monday night caused considerable loss, one of them damaging a residence and second burning the office at the Family Theatre. Continue reading
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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
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