A fire, which started shortly before 2 am Thursday, in the Radio Shoppe in the basement under the Bainbridge Jewelry Store, completely wrecked the entire establishment, estimated damage $10,000. Continue reading
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Just thirty minutes past midnight of Fire Prevention Day, the day observed throughout the country as the fifty-second anniversary of the great Chicago fire of 1871, in the basement of the Cline-Vick drug store was discovered a fire that caused $180,000 damage before it could be extinguished. Continue reading
February 12, 1916: About eleven o’clock last night, Fire Chief Harry Cash was again summoned to the bank building to extinguish a blaze that had started among the ruins of the burned structure. The blaze was not a serious one, but had been smoldering all day and had just broken into flames again. Continue reading
The north wall of the Lowe Building collapsed shortly after noon today and three men barely escaped with their lives. The walls have been in constant danger of falling since the fire last Monday morning and were condemned by the city building inspector. Continue reading
The most disastrous fire in the way of damage to visit this city for a number of years occurred about one o’clock this morning when the Holland building located in the southwest corner of the square caught on fire. Continue reading