Fragmentary OCR note about a fire and losses
A garbled OCR transcript references a blaze causing ashes and reductions. Names and details are unreadable, leaving a fragmentary account of material loss and uncertain context.
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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1924
Page
6
A garbled OCR transcript references a blaze causing ashes and reductions. Names and details are unreadable, leaving a fragmentary account of material loss and uncertain context.
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