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Fire Sweeps Plant of Sam P. McCullough; Menaces Entire BlockSeven New Automobiles, Five Used Cars and Several Customers’ Cars Damaged; Daily Ardmoreite Plant Threatened.n's 'idA blaze which for a time threatened an entire business block: of Ardmore, did damage tentatively estimated at upwards of $25,000 last night to the Sam P. McCullough Motor company on North Washington street.Seven new automobiles—Dodge and Plymouths—five used cars and two or three customers’ cars were damaged by the blaze which apparently originated near the roof at the back of the parts department.The entire roof was charred, the shop, shop office and parts departments were badly damaged by the blaze, and the office and showrooms were damaged by smoke and water. The building was owned by Earl Q. Gray. The loss is partially covered by in-surance, McCullough said last night.The building was a mass of flames when discovered. Carl McCullough, an employe, said he left the garage about 7 o’clock -^after opening it to let a trucking company remove three trucks which had been in tlye shop. Fifteen minutes later the entire structure was ablaze.Dally Ardmoreite ThreatenedThreatened for a time were the Daily Ardmoreite’s two-story building on the north and the Hudson-Houston Lumber company on the south. In the Daily Ardmoreite no damage was done, although smoke filled the second floor which houses i | the Ardmore Business college, a spe-y \ cial newscasting studio of KVSO.) , and the Daily Ardmoreite file rooms.5 | Apparently no damage was done to Hudson-Houston Lumber company to the south. Two windows in the second story of the Dally Ardmoreite were broken by the heat.Valiant work on the part of firemen prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings. Located in the center of a busy section of North Washington street, serious damage could easily have resulted to a dozen or so buildings in the 100-block.Origin UndeterminedSam P. McCullough officials said cs j they had no idea what caused the 4 fire, but believed it had started at or near the roof and spread into the parts department. Several drums of oil and antifreeze were destroyed, and an automobUe which was in the painting department at the rear was :t. badly damaged. Most of the damage done to automobiles in the build* ing was done to new automobiles.While the blaze was at its height. Daily Ardmoreite newscasters pre-(Continued on Page Seven)I1,d.5-10i-n-oftoerer
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Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite
Ardmore, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Mar 20, 1938
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Sammi B.
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