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Newark, OH Stove Company Destroyed By Fire, May 1909

Posted June 21st, 2008 by Stu Beitler
Wehrle Stove Company Ruins Of Stove Company

FATALLY INJURED IN FIRE.

WEHRLE STOVE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, O., SUFFERS LOSS OF $500,000.

Newark, Ohio, May 7. -- Two men were injured fatally and a loss of $500,000 caused by a fire which destroyed two of the immense buildings of the WEHRLE Stove company here yesterday. The injured are STEWART CAFFEY and JOHN PRETHEROW, members of the Wehrle volunteer fire department.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel Indiana 1909-05-07
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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