Roachdale Fire - 1894 - Putnam

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Roachdale Fire - 1894

Source: Greencastle Star Press 26 May 1894 p 4
On Saturday morning about 5:30 o’clock a most destructive and quick consuming fire visited our neighboring town of Roachdale and consumed six of the business houses. The burned district includes Wendling & Priests Hardware, and the office of the News, which was located in the second story of the building; next was the grocery store of Mr. Turpin in a one-story frame building; next door was Russie’s barber shop and then came Mr. Rice’s two-story brick drug store; still further west was WH Rich’s Harness Store. The losses as we gather them are HT Tucker on building occupied by Wendling & Priest; Russie & Turpin $3500; insurance, $500; a $2,000 policy having expired a few days before the fire; JR Miller on building occupied by Mr. Rice $700, no insurance; WH Rich’s loss on building $200; AG Rice’s loss is put at $2500 insurance $1200; Wendling & Priest loss on stock about $2500 insurance $1000; CE Moore, loss on News office about $2200; insurance, $600; Turpin’s loss $2000 insurance $1,000.
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