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Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
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A major fire destroyed West's mill, formerly the Little Kanawha Lumber Company's plant in Parkersburg, W. Va., leaving 100 men unemployed and causing $25,000 in losses (insured for $15,000). The blaze started in the dry house on Tuesday morning; cause unknown.
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The Little Kanawha Lumber Company Burned Out.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Oct. 5. - West's mill, formerly the Little Kanawha Lumber company's plant, one of the largest industries in the Little Kanawha valley, took fire Tuesday morning in the dry house and was almost totally destroyed. The boiler and engine house, the planing mill and dry house are all in ashes. One hundred men are thrown out of employment and the total loss will aggregate $25,000; insured for $15,000. The cause of the fire is a mystery. The watchman left the building a few minutes before the fire was discovered, and when he returned the whole building was in flames. This company sustained a heavy loss by fire two weeks ago near Portsmouth, O.
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Parkersburg, W. Va.
Event Date
Tuesday Morning
Outcome
one hundred men thrown out of employment; total loss $25,000, insured for $15,000
Event Details
West's mill, formerly the Little Kanawha Lumber company's plant, one of the largest industries in the Little Kanawha valley, took fire Tuesday morning in the dry house and was almost totally destroyed. The boiler and engine house, the planing mill and dry house are all in ashes. The cause of the fire is a mystery. The watchman left the building a few minutes before the fire was discovered, and when he returned the whole building was in flames. This company sustained a heavy loss by fire two weeks ago near Portsmouth, O.