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Arson Blamed for Princeton Memorial Building Fire
An early Wednesday fire gutted two rooms in the Memorial Building Princeton with damage estimated between 25 000 and 30 000. Officials say arson started in the first floor Nash office a probation and parole officer. The building houses several agencies and the loss affected a meeting room used by veterans groups. An arson investigator arrived and a window and custodian door were found pried open. The building is owned by the Mercer County Commission and insurance will cover the damage.
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Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Memorial Building
West Virginia
State Department of Corrections
Dennis A. Nash
Nash
Probation and Parole
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
J.M. Hyatt
Memorial
Mercer County Commission
Commission
Joe Coburn
State Fire Marshal
C.H. Fralick
Michael P. Forbes
Fralick
Forbes
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Mercer County
Hyatt
W.W
Bill) Eades