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Rough Days When Reid House BurnedThere were rough days in Lo-| rain in 1883, when the Reid House burned and the town possessed “neither hook, nor lad-, der, nor water bucket.’*With the village only recently incorporated and two new railroads creating a feeling of civic consciousness, the Reid House fire served to set off a spark of indignation m the local press,' which, said “Every time we face the facts of the burning of business property here, we arp led to wonder if it will be our turn next.Tie Reid House, an 1835 landmark. at th:strme had seen its best days and was no longer op eratcd by Conrad Reid, although it still served as a hotel.“Not a hook, not a ladder, not an axe, not even a water bucket which the town as a corporation can call its own,” cried the Lorain Times. “Some old citizens will tell you that the town once had two or three ladders and a few hooks, but they guess that someone has borrowed the ladder! to paint with and the hooks are lost.“We blush to have rival towns and their newspapers remarking that Lorain hasn’t even a hook and ladder company ”Before many years the deficiency was remedied — in fullThe Reid House fire was reported to have started in 8 room adjacent to the kitchen, and was discovered by one of the kitchen girh sleeping above the kitchen The girls saved themselves by jumping from a second floor window in their nightclothes. The hotel was a total loss.
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Lorain Journal
Lorain, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 21, 1955
Page 179
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