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BARN OCCUPIED BY ED BROWN DISCOVERED ABLAZE SUN* DAY MORNING.FIRE PLUG TOO FAR AWAY j * TO GET STREAM TO PLAY I—— 1Loss Is Estimated at Several Hundred Dollars—Little In* Isuntnce*Four horses belonging to Ed Browu, the expressman were burned to death at an early hour Sundaymorning Fire was discovered in the barn which is located at Twelfth avenue and Nineteenth street about 1 30 Sunday mooting and a call was sent In for the fire companies.They responded but found it almost impossible to fight the fire owing to the location of the building The house sits upon a hill at ther head of Nineteeenth street and thelj fire plug is some distance avfhy. I The bam was burned to the ground I and is the property of^the 8. Steen-1 burgh estate. 8everal tons of bay I and straw were stored in the loft of I the barn The origin of the fire is Inot known, there being no lights in I the barn at any time previous to thel1 discovery of the blaze which had a I good start when discovered* I1 x*. I
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Moline Mail And Journal
Moline, Illinois, US
Mon, Sep 13, 1909
Page 8
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