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Macon GA Store Fire Nov 1888

Posted December 1st, 2007 by Tammie Miller

Conflagration in Macon.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 5.---A fire broke out this evening in the oil and paint store of T. C. Burke, and after consuming the entire stock, valued at $25,000, was communicated to the adjoining stores of Nussbaum, Van Syckel & Tindall, hardware dealers; of H. D. Adams & Co., wholesale groceries, and of Charles Taylor, furniture dealer, all of which were destroyed. The estimated loss is $125,000, about two-thirds of which is covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have originated from spontaneous combustion.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 6 Nov 1888

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