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Some tine vas lost during the start of the
fire vhen a fuse on the Siren bier outi
'Tord vas then gotten to the Co-op lover
House'and the fire vhistle vas blovn -fron
there. ?.'-e fuse was replaced in the Siren
and it bier: nany tines during the early
part of the fire. Practically everyone in
p, liner, and nearby area soon arrived at the
sfiene. The lire Association's tvo trucks
nere on the job and the Co-op truck helped
out. Later tvo trucks from lortRichardson
arrived as it vas feared that all that
part of tovn night burn. Had the rind bee:
just a little stronger the fire could
easily have svept through the vhole block.
Ac it vas nany snail fires vere extinguish
ed to the vest and noi’th of the burning
building. C.C. Brix had one fire at his
place, John Buggee reported tvo fires at
his place. Ono ras in his hay shed and
the ‘other in his tool shed. Delbert Ardor
son had tvo holes burned in his roof.Harry
R- an lo st a Dnveno vhen a spark frcn the
fire lit on it vhere it vas loaded in a
truck ready to be taken to safety should
the firo get out of control. The Heal
bright hone vas on fire tvice and the
gable end facing the store building is
badly charred. Ilcarly every vindov in the
Valley Theatre is badly cracked as a re
sult of the intense heat.
3 aery home owner in the block had wet
sacks and buckets of water that had to be
carried from Breeds well and were on the
roofs of their houses fighting off tho
live sparks which -fell. Fortunately tho
cement walls of the building helped to
throw the smoke and flames up and over
these buildings so that people could fight
in close under the heavy' smoke.
All store buildings along the street to
the Forth were soon emptied by volunteer
workers. Much of the equipment was stored
along the road next to the Railroad tracks
and as soon as danger of tho fire spread
ing was over, it was all moved back, Mitt
the exception 6f a few broken items and
some lost ones, all the business places
were intact and ready to open their doors
for business the next morning, except the
Ron-Da-Voo which suffered heavy from
water and other damage incurred from the
fire fighting.
Several offices as veil as the Drug Store,
Cocktail Bor and Linuor store were de
stroyed. Probably the'heaviest loss,next
to that of ITeal ".'right, ras suffered by
Dr. R.E. Garrett rho had offices and a
laboratory in the nev addition to the
building. Dr. Garrett lost -all"of-his
nodical supplies and equipment-as veil as
valuable records and many personal trea**
sures. 7'c 'roughly estimates his loss at
around ') '5,000.
~~ rold "orton, jerreler, lost all of his
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CLEANED & PRESSED
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HAVE OUR LADIES TAILuR
SOLVE THOSE ALTERING
PROBLEMS
jewelry equipment and supplies which h
had planned to mav'e oiit-. on Tuesday'.- -H
carried no insurance. ,
The 33A and the I3A o "fines were completely
destroyed. Some of these record- may' be
recoverable from the steel cases.
Neal ’fright was in Jcckaonvlilc. ,yia. at the
time and was reached by wire, his reply
stated that he would be back r.s soon as he
could reach here. Ho is flying and Il-s,
’fright is driving with her brother.
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