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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1929
Page
7
State Fire Marshal Alfred E. Houston reports 1929 fire losses totaled 8,026,767 up from 6,874,263 in 1928 with 5,005 fires statewide. Rural areas and towns over 5,000 saw the largest damages, sparking calls for chemical tanks and pumpers to improve rural protection.
A Civil War letter written by Confederate soldier R. H. Wooten while in Columbus prison camp was delivered to Rev. C. H. Adkins of Pottersville Tennessee, sixty two years after the writer’s death. The missive reached R. W. Adkins in Memphis.
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