HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 05/16/1926.~•~_Y
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ad ~he~ home of `Mr. ~nd~"rs. E. G.
~_' Roberts .And household goads 'wera, .
completely destroyed. by ~-: fire . orig-
•_ it~ttittg by A spark from an over-
heAted flu's, drbppin~. • on. tl~e reef
of their farm houses at five a'claek •
he Saturday, May 1, The •losa is oati-
mate'd at $b;000.
m Mr. Itobert~, who "hcis• boon m_ nn-
ot ~tger _of ,~be ranch fpr t}ie "
_ past stx .
n:_ ye~irs; a'nxiounces that.•he will' atart~
,i.r. reuuilding. ~`;soo~-.~$ ~li~i-uins..e,an-_:
'w be removed. '_
'1'e ~ .After lighting a fire in her. Iiltthen
1a stove Mrs. )Roberts called ~ to Mr.
llobei•ts and Harold Crowl, of Coker
irl $utte, -w}ao were . st~ndatig in -the
~d fi•o.nt yard, telling them, she ' sttii- .
ed pected"a.-fire about the house.. Leo--
s_ ing the fire on the roof they ac-
es te_Tnpted to quench the leaping flames
id with the „garden hose but failed, as
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roof They almost had_ thc* fire_.~or~_
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ie trolled by carrying watery=:to" it, brit
slue to the dryness of the builialfng
.fie . the .fire gained headway and burned
s the house to the ground. ill the
j wind been.. Mowing the barn wa_uld
have` un o bl~ wily bu~ne .
'a- Iihrold Crowl ~ received 'minor
a bux~nb on his ar-rile in Isis attempt to
saved twa .beds and four chairs.
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