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Bad Fire at Portland; 1916
Posted by: Sandy Salmansohn (ID *****6390) Date: June 01, 2009 at 19:59:02
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The Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
December 13, 1916

BAD FIRE AT PORTLAND
Portland. Ind., Dec. 12.—The J. W.
Donaldson dry goods, shoes and millinery
.store was gutted by fire early
Sunday morning, the conflagration
leaving but little of the first floor
stock undamaged. The fire is of unknown
origin, but is believed due to
an overheated stove, the heat causing
the holidays decorations with which
the store was adorned to ignite and
smoulder for some time until they
broke out in flames. The loss is estimated
at $12,000.


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