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Fires

Oneonta, NY fire, Jul 1881

A GREAT FIRE IN A SMALL TOWN.

ONEONTA'S PRINCIPAL BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED - THE LOSS $50,000.  read more »

Glendale, OH fire, Aug 1880

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT GLENDALE.

Rapid Work by Fire Marshal Bunker and the Fourteens.  read more »

Corsicana, TX depot fire, Feb 1910

CORSICANA DEPOT BURNS.

Fire Originating in Basement Causes Brazos Valley a Loss of $1,500.

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.  read more »

Snyder, TX fire, Jan 1910

SUFFERS HEAVY FIRE LOSS.

North Side of Snyder Square Devastated - Ten Firms Put Out of Business.

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.  read more »

Cisco, TX fire, Feb 1910

$50,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE AT CISCO

SEVERAL BUSINESS BUILDINGS DESTROYED - BEDFORD MARSHBURN'S NARROW ESCAPE.

Special to THE NEWS.  read more »

Cisco, TX fire, Mar 1909

ONE DEAD IN $100,000 FIRE; CISCO SUFFERS

Business Houses, Opera House and Residence Burned; Three Men Injured.

Special to The Star - Telegram.

CISCO, Texas, March 27.  read more »

Geneva, NE Masonic Temple Fire, Feb 1910

Ruins of Masonic Temple

LITTLE DAMAGE BY FIRE.  read more »

Asheville, NC Battery Park Hotel Fire, Apr 1909

Battery Park Hotel 1909, photo from familyoldphotos.com

FLEE FROM BURNING HOTEL.

Olive Fremstad and Many New Yorkers in the Battery Park at Asheville.  read more »

Asheville, NC Kenilworth Inn fire, Apr 1909

KENILWORTH INN IS DESTROYED BY FIRE

Fashionable Hotel Near Asheville, N. C., Burns to Ground at 2 O'clock in Morning.  read more »

Abilene, TX creamery fire, May 1936

Snatches Gasoline From Fire, Saves 5; May Lose Own Life

Hero of Abilene Blaze Is Burned Critically, but Prevents Blast  read more »


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