FIRE!

 

A disastrous fire occurred at Little York on the morning of July 23, 1889. It started in Stewart & Reynolds, drug store, and the largest part of the business portion of the town was destroyed, with a loss of about $25,000.

May 22, 1896, fire started in the grocery store of Golf Bros., and caused the destruction of two or three buildings and a loss of $6.000.

March 28, 1897, another fire took a row of five build­ ings on the east side of South Main street, com­ mencing in W. J. Laird's meat market. The loss was estimated at $13,600.

 

 

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