News: Spencer, Wis. Fire (9 Aug 1886)
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----Source: Winona Daily Republican, Monday, August 09, 1886, Page: 2
Spencer Fire (9 Aug 1886)
THE FIRE RECORD
SERIOUS BLOW TO THE WISCONSIN TOWN OF SPENCER.
Marshfield, Wis., Aug. 9.--The village of Spencer, nine miles north of this
city, was three-fourth destroyed by fire on Sunday--all but one street and a few
houses. The fire caught from the woods. The Wisconsin Central depot, water tank,
two churches, public school, Clifford & Thayer's two saw mills and about fifteen
million feet of lumber were destroyed. abut sixty families are homeless.
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