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Itse-of in ?u-for iry rtf-ich[ionath red»ub-Intheetin ified I to. ified nes thede*»• ofForty-three Business Houses Together With Contents, Entirely Consumed—to be Rebuilt at Once.Special to Daily Bulletin:\Whitewright, June 13.—By far the most destructnve conflagration that ever visited thi3 city, broke out yes-af-i atLllAc(sthefuneter day afternoon, and was soon beyond control. Engines were called for from neighboring towns and were quickly supplied, but despite the utmost efforts of the combined departments and hundreds of willing workers, the flames were not subdued un-*til practically the entire business portion of the city was destroyed, as *voll as many residences. A summary of the losses includes forty-three business houses and twenty-seven residences, numerous barns and several warehouses. A steady wind fanned the flames. The origin of the fire is unknown, though it Is said to-have started in the rear of a business hous^._ Whitewright. the stricken city, is in Crayson county, and is, or was, a flourishing town of about 2000 inhabitants. While completely paralyzed at the time by the magnitude of tlu\ disaster, the embers of the burning buildings were still hot this morning when the first steps were taken toward a new and better Whitewright.iT. I!. Linely, of the firm of Steinlieu Linely, was painfully and perhaps seriously injured by failing walls and numerous barns. A boy whose name was not learned, had an arm broken. The loss to buildings and contents Is estimated to be at least half a million dollars.D. R. Coleman of Dallas passed through Whitewright at 6 o’clock on Monday evening, while the fire wasm in progress. Mr. Coleman said that on the train were several members of the Denison fire department anderal hundred feet of hose, but that thefiremen told him that as there was no water they did not expect to be able to accomplish much. Mr, Coleman stated that from the station It seemedthat the entire business psrt was de^ stroyed and that a large part of theresidence section was In flames.He said that the people seemed daa-ed and were standing In the streets) watching the flames leap up from onehouse to another. He saw, he said, four or five houses catch Are whlldIthe train was at the station.Every house remaining in the city was thrown open at night for shelter I for the homeless, and a public meeting was held to devise means for theircare.
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Daily Bulletin
Brownwood, Texas, US
Tue, Jun 13, 1911
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