A Heap of Ruins Destroys Machine Shop
A machine shop suffered total ruin with damage estimated at ninety thousand dollars. Investigators secured the scene for clues amid debris and charred remnants.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1901
Page
15
A machine shop suffered total ruin with damage estimated at ninety thousand dollars. Investigators secured the scene for clues amid debris and charred remnants.
A gas explosion or similar ignition sparked a devastating blaze at Kerr Murray Manufacturing in Fort Wayne, destroying the machine shop, pattern shop, and draughting rooms. Tenants fled as flames spread across two floors, with walls eventually collapsing. thousands of dollars of property and equipment were lost, insurance carried by multiple companies. Firefighters battled the inferno for hours, saving some offices and vaults, while plans were immediately made to rebuild and resume production.
Fragmented correspondence published from the independence era discusses prisoner status and possible self rule. The account details British and Boer leaders, the terms of a representative government, and plans for postwar governance, with Lord Kitchener transmitting terms to General Botha and debates over colonial administration and debts.
A majority of stock in the Wayne Wayne Telephony Company has been transferred to new owners. The deal, valued around 5000 pounds, involves subscriptions from existing and new investors, with plans to align the company under new management and pursue an expanded telegraph and telephone network in the region.
Legal notes show Judge Alleus overruled a motion and dismissed the diveren cane of Boby vm Boby. The superior court wonet BX Miley later pursued suit against Moerman Weersche for 34000 Gunnigies. Authorities report a Farnishee case involving Hoerstha, Miller, and Hoersche awaiting assault and battery actions in Justice's court.
Notice to stockholders of the Alden County Orphan Home. An annual meeting will be held at the Home on Tuesday April 2 1901 at 3 pm for electing five trustees to serve three years and to transact other business as may properly arise. EPW J Woodworth, Secretary.
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