FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

LOCALITY

Lansing, MI Office Building Destroyed By Blaze, Dec 1920

Posted June 9th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
Before The Fire Fighting the Blaze Remains of the Prudden Building

PRUDEN BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE.

BIG OFFICE BUILDING IN LANSING BURNED TODAY -- ONLY WALLS LEFT.

Lansing, Mich., Dec. 28. -- Fire here today destroyed the Pradden office building, owned by former state fuel director W. K. PRADDEN and one of the largest and most prominent buldings in the business district. Only the walls were left standing as the result of the fire which was discovered at 5:00 o'clock.
The first floor of the building was occupied by the American Savings bank and postal telegraph company. The upper floors were occupied by offices, principally associated charities and real estate concerns.

Evening Chronicle Marshall Michigan 1920-12-28
__________________

Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

Search for more information on this disaster and other train wrecks, fires, accidents, etc. in historical newspapers in the Newspaper Archive. Over one billion newspaper articles online!
Search for your ancestors among the billions of names at ancestry.com Find death records, census images, immigration lists and genealogy other databases for your surnames. Use this Free trial to search for your ancestors.
Start Your Family Tree It's FREE and easy. Start with yourself, your parents, grandparents and you're on your way to building your family history! Get Started Now and build your family tree at ancestry.com. It's Free!


Family Old Photos | Old-Yearbooks.com | Old Photos & Genealogy Blog

gendisasters.com is a genealogy site, compiling information on the historic disasters, events, and tragic accidents our ancestors endured, as well as, information about their life and death. Database and records searchable by surname. Compilation, design, artwork and concept covered by copyright. Copyright ©2006-2009, All rights reserved. Contact me. Privacy Policy.