Devastating City Fire Destroys Livery Barn and Blocks on Clinton
A Sunday night fire in Defiance consumed Kie Numan's livery barn on Clinton Street and spread to adjacent buildings including Bittner boot and shoe shop and Snyder saloon. Losses totaled many thousand dollars across multiple brick and frame structures. Napoleon and Fort Wayne engines delayed by trains failed to reach in time.
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Clinton and
Wayne
Second
Third Streets
Defiance
Clinton Street
Maumee River
Fifth Street
Defiance Fire Department
Engine Hall
Fort Wayne
Napoleon
Kie Numan
H. Bittner
John Snyder
Crosby
Arcade
Savings Banks
Second Street
Keystone Block
Wabash
John Kiser
L. E. Myers
M. A. Sumner
C. Siebert
H. E. Cary
W. D. Hill
Hill, Myers & Cameron
Law
A. Bruner & Co
M. Shultz
Crosby House
Mr. Shultz
E. L. May
Heacock
Empire House
Defiance Savings Bank
Booth & McCullough
C. Mueller
Groney
Canal
Third Street
Public Fire Protection Meeting in Defiance Demands New Engine
Citizens meet at the Court House to discuss buying a new steamer and more hose, with firemen citing inadequate equipment. They urge the Town Council to fund improved water and gear, and to expand the night watch as Defiance faces a large area and rising risk.
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Court House
Deatrick
P. Kettenring
Kettenring
Elmer White
W. D. Hill
White
D. B. Turnbull
S. T. Sutphen
Mr. White
Henry Schmick
C. T. Deatrick
J. P. Buffington
Messrs
Henry Hardy
W. G. Blymyer
Sutphen
Defiance
Napoleon
Fort Wayne
J. I. Levy
Blymyer
Farmers Tour Adams Township Harvest Scene With McCormick Harvester
A group tour in Adams Township showcases fields of thick wheat and oats while the McCormick Harvester cuts oats efficiently. John Hornish hosts, boasting eighty bee swarms after two last year, with honey and fruit pleasing the visitors. Elliott farm owners noted as prominent, while locals joke about honey supply and frequent country trips.
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Adams Township
John Hornish
McCormick Harvester
Hornish
John
Elliott
John Green
Bunnel
Peter Fulks
Martin Lehman, Jr
Ohio Farmers Insurance Co
Potomac
Nina
the Express
John Johnson
Sabath School
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August Bederstedt
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Gates Township
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Chilcote
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Milford Township
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Army of the United States
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Ladies’ Rural Cemetery Association
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Eagle Block
Dittmer
Mr. Schultz
Christ. Siebert
Defiance County Institute
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Elmer Waitt
W. Johnston
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William Higgins
W. G. Bigaryer
O. B. Culley
Henry Kou1
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Canada
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Niagara
Fisher
Defiance Ory
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Chas. E. Bronson
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William B. Goop
Exxa E. BrecuBitt
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Defiance Ohio
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Curtis Tippis
Callista Meparis
Dr. Price
Genetey
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Rose
Steele & Price
Toberen
Treas
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Vilege of Defiance
William Street
Holgate Avenue
T.S. Ans
T.S. Wight
M. B. Gorman
Defiance Machine Works
J. E. Wellman
Jacob Bales
the Star One
New York
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Peterson
L. A. Bliss & Co
L. A. Bliss
Peter Kuhn
Solomon Shaw
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J.e.wellman
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Ohio Normal School
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W.C. Quincy
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Defiance, Ohio
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H. Heerdegan
C. Biede & Co
Yours Truly
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America
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the Howe
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J. B. Leslie
Nid
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Carter Medicine CO
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Louisville
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Heeet
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Adams
Big Sandy
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Ann St
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St. Louis Journal
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