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Journal-Courier
New Haven, CT
Thursday, 26 Dec. 1899

         Big Fire in Hastings, Mich.
         
         Nearly Three Blocks in the Business
           Portion Destroyed.
           
         Hastings, Mich., Dec. 25. - Nearly three blocks
       of buildings in the business portion of the town
       were burned today, with a loss of about $200,000.
       The fire broke out in R. C. Libby & Co.'s sawmill
       and was evidently the work of an incediary. The
       entire plant with storehouses, lumber office, sheds,
       etc., was consumed. Most of the buildings burned
       were only partially insured. Sparks set fire to the
       roofs of the court house, the Church of Guardian
       Angels and other costly structures but the flames
       were extinguished with little damage.
       
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