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In disastrous extent and the complete loss and destruction of property it RIVALED THE ARCADOME FIRE Which laid in ruins the famous [[Arcadome Hall|Arcadome]] building in 1874, at that time one of the finest buildings in the city. | In disastrous extent and the complete loss and destruction of property it RIVALED THE ARCADOME FIRE Which laid in ruins the famous [[Arcadome Hall|Arcadome]] building in 1874, at that time one of the finest buildings in the city. | ||
| − | At about one o'clock, or perhaps a little after, the fire broke out in the rear of the room occupied as a grocery store by [[J. B. Power Dry Goods|J. B. Power]] | + | At about one o'clock, or perhaps a little after, the fire broke out in the rear of the room occupied as a grocery store by [[J. B. Power Dry Goods|J. B. Power]], and worked its way into the store-room, to a barrel of gasoline, which exploded attracting the attention of Policeman {{Surname|Huber]], who gave the alarm, and aroused the people of the vicinity. Before the firemen reached the scene of the fire it had gotten under full headway, and the dry frame buildings, together with their inflammable contents, furnished excellent fuel for the leaping flames, whose lurid glare lit up the city until it was almost as light as day. The sparks which shot upward from the burning mass and floated over the city in a perfect cloud, presented a scene at once grand and imposing, and at the same time greatly endangered all the buildings in the neighborhood. The firemen, however, who promptly responded to the alarm, soon had THE ELEMENTS BATTLING. |
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Table of Fires in Wooster, Ohio
Full Text Articles of Fires in Wooster, Ohio
- The Fire Fiend Visits Wooster Like a Thief in the Night, And Lays In Shapeless Ruins a Whole Business Block: The Block on the Southwest Corner of the Public Square Completely Destroyed by Fire A Blaze that Rivaled the Arcadome Fire in 1874 Probably the Work of an Incendiary [1]
- On the last Friday morning about one o'clock the fire fiend visited our city with almost startling vengeance. Coming like a thief in the night, it obtained full mastery of the situation before the alarm could be sounded and its disastrous progress stayed at the very beginning, and hence Wooster suffered one of the greatest conflagrations known to its history. The business block between the Public Square and the Central House, facing east on South Market Street, where the day before were well-filled store-rooms and busy merchants was completely demolished, nothing but a shapeless mass of charred ruins being left to tell the story of its former usefulness.
In disastrous extent and the complete loss and destruction of property it RIVALED THE ARCADOME FIRE Which laid in ruins the famous Arcadome building in 1874, at that time one of the finest buildings in the city.
At about one o'clock, or perhaps a little after, the fire broke out in the rear of the room occupied as a grocery store by J. B. Power, and worked its way into the store-room, to a barrel of gasoline, which exploded attracting the attention of Policeman {{Surname|Huber]], who gave the alarm, and aroused the people of the vicinity. Before the firemen reached the scene of the fire it had gotten under full headway, and the dry frame buildings, together with their inflammable contents, furnished excellent fuel for the leaping flames, whose lurid glare lit up the city until it was almost as light as day. The sparks which shot upward from the burning mass and floated over the city in a perfect cloud, presented a scene at once grand and imposing, and at the same time greatly endangered all the buildings in the neighborhood. The firemen, however, who promptly responded to the alarm, soon had THE ELEMENTS BATTLING.
References
- ↑ Wooster Republican, Wooster, Ohio. 1881 February 3, p.3.