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Early FIRES in Princeton 1875-1902 |
Larkin Forbis' house burned December 8, 1875 Jaquess House burned October 4, 1891 Brick school building burned October 22, 1891 Princeton's big fire July 12, 1893. Sixty-four buildings burned. Loss $500,000 The old Lagrange brick, later known as the Place House, burned January 29, 1894 D. C. Tichenor's barn burned August 10, 1894 Louis Kendle's house burned February 15, 1895. Mr. Kendle was burned in the building M. E. parsonage burned November 16, 1895 Big fire in Ft. Branch, October 31, 1897. Loss, thirty-five to forty thousand dollars John Martin's barn, with two horses, burned November 12, 1897 Garner Bingham's house burned February 28, 1899 Press Teel's barn burned May 3, 1899. Ten head of horses, the property of Jos. Nettleton, were burned Fielding Keneipp's barn burned March 21, 1899. Two horses, six sheep and one dog perished The James Montgomery frame, post office and Dr. Williams' office burned July 30, 1899 Henry Knowles' barn struck by lightning and burned August 4, 1899 Cornelius Mathew's house burned December 9, 1899. Jesse Garrett's barbershop, E. G. Wilson's grocery, Star office, Shoultzs' restaurant and H. L. Strickland's drug store burned February 19, 1900 Ben Thompson's house burned August 25, 1900 Rufus Barnett's jewelry store burned January 26, 1901 Vardeman Yeager's farmhouse burned February 15, 1901 Mill and elevator at Mt. Vernon, with about 65,000 bushels of wheat, burned March 14, 1901 Wes Williams' barn and nine horses, one the property of Wm. Brown, burned November 1, 1901 Absalom Boren's house and contents burned January 8, 1902 Brown's livery stable, Princeton, burned January 16, 1902 Berridge & Newmon's store, Cynthiana, burned April 5, 1902 Frank Casey's house burned August 6, 1902 LeRoy Water's house and contents burned October 28, 1902 Thomas Mauck, Jr.'s barn and contents burned October 29, 1902 Thanks to Bonnie Johnson's for her research |
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This site created by Charles L. Woodruff, Princeton Indiana |
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Princeton Indiana Fire Department |