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Fire Takes Buildings on North Side of Square |
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Norman Patrick Building on Northwest Corner of Cherry and Vernon Streets |
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| At 5:00 Tuesday morning, March, 22, 1927, E.
E. White noticed a raging fire when he left his house for a bucket of
water. Local fire fighters held the blaze under control until the Delaware
Fire Department arrived with their excellent workers and equipment, the
fire was under control at 7:30. Root’s Department Store and Kroger’s
occupied the same building, a large two story frame on the northwest
corner of Cherry and Vernon Streets. A small portion of the large stock of
of the department store was saved. The contents of the Kroger room was a
total loss.
The entire residence of C. E. Budd on the second floor of the building adjoining Root’s was gutted except for two bedrooms. Due to Mrs. Budd’s illness, Mr. and Mrs. Budd have not occupied the residence for some time. Furniture and household goods were lost. The pool hall on the first floor of the Budd building was badly damaged with water and smoke. Ray’s Market, next door to the pool hall, and the Sunbury News Office building were threatened but not damaged. The loss was expected to exceed $60,000. Again, the new water system was sited as the reason the fire departments were able to save the remaining buildings on the block. Root’s temporarily moved into the new Cupp building on the east side of the square. . . . .And Now You
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