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Newman Building Fire - 001
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 002
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 003
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 004
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 005
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 006
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 007
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Newman Building Fire - 008
On February 13, 1944 a fire, which started in the Ringside Nite Club at 28 and 30 East Third St., devastated half a city block on North Park St. causing $500,000 in damages. The Newman Building was hardest hit; the 3 ½ story building housed the…
Baxter Stove Company, Feb. 27, 1910
John L. Baxter rebuilt the factory after a 1899 fire, only to have another one happen in 1910. They never fully recovered from the 1910 fire and by 1916 the decision was made to close Baxter Stove Company.
Tags: Baxter Stove Company, Fires
The S. N. Ford & Co. Fire
On May 17, 1908, a fire destroyed the Ford Lumber Company and much of its stock of lumber. The fire was ale to be contained by firemen due to the lack of wind. Had the fire happened at night or had there been high wind the fire could have spread…
Tags: Fires, Samuel N. Ford, Schwan's Studio
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Dr. Mary Jordan Finley (1896)
Dr. Mary Jordan Finley was born November 26, 1849, in Pennslyvania to Agustus Finley and Amanda Jane Irwin/Erwin. She practiced medicine in…