Aldenbridge, LA Sawmill Fire, Aug 1904
SAWMILL FIRE
Lumber Plant at Aldenbridge, La., Is Destroyed.
Special to The News.
Shreveport, La., Aug. 26.---Fire this afternoon destroyed the greater portion of the large mill plant and yards of the lumber firm of Whited & Wheeless, at Aldenbridge, a small station on the Cotton Belt road about twenty miles north of Shreveport. The plant was one of the largest in the State. Details of the fire and the amount of the loss and insurance were not obtainable at a late hour this evening.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 27 Aug 1904
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