The well on the north-east corner of the square has been nicely curbed in and the water therefore made accessible for use. It there was a good well on each of the other three corners of the square the very efficient fire department would have a beneficiary and there would not be such a scarcity of water during the dry summer months.
(Extracted from the Egyptian Press and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us/ )
Our people, and especially those on the east side of the square, were given a genuine scare on last Monday morning. At about three o’clock the family of Mr. Thomas Perrigan, who occupy rooms in W.P. Goodall’s building, were aroused from their slumbers by the presence of smoke in their apartments. They were not long to discovering that the house was ablaze in the closet under the steps in the front part of the building. Continue reading
Fiery Fiend. Early last Tuesday morning, while the better class of our citizens were in their beds sleeping off the weariness of their labor, our city was again attacked by the fiery fiend. Continue reading
On last Tuesday night between 10 and 11 o’clock the alarm of fire was sounded in our city and it was discovered that fire had broken out in the rear of J.M. Cline’s drug store on the west side of the square. Continue reading
$6,000 blaze! Our citizens were thrown into a frenzy of excitement on Sat. afternoon last at about 2 o’clock by the cry of “fire!” It was soon discovered that the large tobacco barn of the Messrs. Goodall & Campbell, situated on the north-east corner of Van Buren and Union streets was the seat of the fire. Continue reading