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Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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A fire broke out in Mechanicsville on Thursday night at 9 o'clock, destroying L. B. Woolever's grist mill, oil mill, barn, outbuildings, and $3,000 in grain (total loss $30,000). Geo. Chapman's woolen factory and two dwellings burned (loss $5,000). Thomas Butcher lost $2,000 in stock. No insurance; originated in oil mill during gale winds.
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Two dwellings and the woolen factory owned by Geo. Chapman also destroyed; Loss $5,000.
Thomas Butcher losses $2,000 in stock contained in the woolen mill. None of the losers have a dollar of insurance.
Fire originated in the oil mill and as wind was blowing a gale all efforts to check the flames were unavailing.
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Primary Location
Mechanicsville
Event Date
Thursday Night, At 9 O'clock
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woolever loss $30,000 including $3,000 grain; chapman loss $5,000; butcher loss $2,000 in stock; no insurance; fire unavailing to check due to gale winds
Event Details
Fire destroyed Woolever's grist mill, oil mill, barn, outbuildings; Chapman's woolen factory and two dwellings; originated in oil mill