Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Anoka Star Saturday, February 18, 1865 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST. ANTHONY A fire broke out between three and four o'clock on last Friday morning in a Grocery and Provision Store on the corner of Main and Pine streets, St. Anthony. The building was of wood and burned with great rapidity - Mr. SMITH'S family living on the second floor barely escaping with just sufficient clothes to cover them. Nothing was saved from the building. The flames spread with such fury that every building but one on that side of the street for the whole length of the square was consumed. Eleven buildings were burned in all. The total loss is estimated at $25,000. ===========================================================================