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Traverse City Record-Eagle
January 14, 1926

           
              ONAWAY BLAZE WRECKS PLANT,
                    BLOW TO TOWN
                    
                 4 EMPLOYES MISSING
                 
                American Wood Rim Co.
               Factory Swept by Flames
                This Afternoon That Do
                 Damage Estimated at
                      $750,000
                      
                      BULLETIN
                      
              Onaway, Jan. 14. - (United
            Press) - Two bodies, burned
            beyond recognition, were re-
            moved from the charred ruins
            of the American Wood Rim
            company plant here shortly be-
            fore three o'clock this after-
            noon. They are believed to be
            L. D. SMITH and FRED VAN PLAUM.
            
              Onaway, Mich., Jan. 14. -
            (United Press) - Fire today
            practically completely destroyed
            the American Wood Rim Company
            plant. Four employes of the
            plant, where 800 work, were re-
            ported unaccounted for early
            this afternoon.
            
              Damage to the plant is estimated
            at between $500,000 and $750,000.
            
              Swept by the wintry blizzard, the
            flames, which were first discovered
            about eight o'clock, were not under
            control until around noon.
            
              The plant is one of the largest
            wood working concerns in Northern
            Michigan and is the mainstay of
            practically this entire village.
            
              E. J. BOBDEIL, president and man-
            ager of the concern, is away attend-
            ing the automobile show in New York.
            
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              Cheboygan, Jan. 14. - (United
            Press) - The Cheboygan fire de-
            partment called to Onaway today
            to assist in fighting the fire 
            in the plant of the American Wood
            Rim company, reported this after-
            noon that the water supply was ex-
            hausted. It was said, however,
            that the fire was believed under
            control.
            
              Fire officials estimated the loss
            at over $1,000,000.
            
              One employe of the concern 
            jumped from the window and was
            picked up, severely burned. He is
            expected to recover.
            
              Of four men reported missing,
            only one is believed to be within
            the flaming buildings.
            
              The fire, discovered about eight
            o'clock this morning, begun when
            an electric spark jumped to in-
            flammable waste beside machiners
            and the flames were soon out of 
            control.
            
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