Old Opera House Fire Remembered From 29 Years Past
The Old Opera House on Seventh and Po rk burned on a Thanksgiving night leaving only gaunt walls. Firemen faced ice cold conditions and water turned to slush as five foot icicles hung from eaves. The site later became Blackburn Building. crowds evacuated safely as Ross D. Rogers, future Amarillo mayor, managed the theater chain.
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Grand Opera House
Olympic Theater
Hille
the Panhandle
Grand ‘Opera House
Blackburn Building
Seventh and Pork
Green Brothers Purniture Company
Mickey
Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
Dye, Ford & Rogers
Fire erupts in Amarillo a historic 1919 blaze
Friday morning note recalls a dramatic old Amarillo fire at the Olympic building and nearby Green Brothers structure. Officials say flames confined prevented wider water loss. Miss Frankie Gober, a bookkeeper, was seriously burned beneath a coal stove. Also details a petition to close two streets and two alleys near the Santa Fe right of way submitted by Joe Morris of Meritt Mills.
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Amarillo Daily News
Mickey
Olympic
Amarillo
Green Brothers
Frankie Gober
Nature
Joe Morris
Meritt Mills
Morris
Twenty-Ninth
Pierce
Santa Fe
VFW Proposes Bonus For Texas Veterans
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Texas department backs a state World War II veteran bonus. Cleo Clayton Jr. announced a plan paying 10 dollars per month in continental service and five dollars per foreign service, with a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 600 dollars. Widows and orphans would qualify if the veteran died. Col. C. H. FitzGerald attended a District Nine convention in Canadian, endorsing the proposal. The department seeks legislative action next session and opposed a prior call to abolish the Texas Veterans Affairs Commission. Also noted is creation of a state relief home for service men and a Utah lake fact.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Texas
Texas
Cleo Clayton, Jr
Amarillo
VFW
United States
VPW
Col
C. H. FitzGerald
Galveston
District Nine
Clayton
Texas Veterans Affairs Commission
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Bo Enry
Thomsen
Tricycles
Toy Dept
POLK
Deason
Goldsmith
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Potter County
Bowen Cox
Vel Agu
Hal
Plains Plumbing CO
Eri
Yostie
Belmont
Lawrenceburg
Chevrolet
Chevrolet America
East 4Th Avenue
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