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The Owosso Argus-Press
Friday, July 23, 1920

           MANISTEE IS SWEPT BY $1,000,000 FIRE
           
           Mammoth Plant of Buckley and Douglas Destroyed -
             Many Small Fires.
             
           MANISTEE, July 22. - Fire Wednesday night destroyed the
         mammoth Buckley & Douglas saw mill and salt works with an
         estimated loss of $1,000,000.
           Flames, which spread to every building on the 10-acre
         site of the plant, threatened several times to engulf a
         fourth of the city's residential district.
           Five hundred volunteers joined with the fire department
         in battling the flames. At no time was there any hope of
         saving the industrial property and the fight was directed
         to saving home dwellings and it was not until midnight that
         danger had passed.
           A score or more of small fires, started by flying embers,
         were put out in various parts of the city.
           Origin of the conflagration has not been determined. A
         first it appeared that only the sawmill would be involved,
         but later the salt block, a comparatively new structure,
         burst into flames. Low water pressure prevented firemen
         from effectively coping with the flames, which spread fast.
         It is the greatest fire that the city has suffered since
         1873 when the entire town was destroyed.
           The only protection carried was plant insurance, a fund
         which had been added to annually from dividends of the com-
         pany. As the mill was establilshed 35 years ago, it is
         reasonable to suppose that more than half the loss sustained
         will be equalled by the insurance reserve.
         
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