DISASTROUS FIRE IN IDAHO

A Portland, Ore. special says; A dispatch from Wardner, one of the principal mining towns in the Coeur d' Alene district of Idaho, says that a disastrous fire visited that town.  Twenty-five houses were destroyed, including six three-story buildings. The loss is estimated at $55,000.  The reservoir in the mountains, which is the only water supply, was empty and the men fought the fire with snow, thus saving the town from total destruction. The fire originated in a laundry and burned fiercely.  There is little or not insurance.

Source: Vernon Courier, Lamar County, AL - January 23, 1890

Submitted by Veneta McKinney