Stinson Furniture and Dukes Cafe Destroyed by Fire, Dec. 18, 1923

Furniture Building Burned at Norwood

By the Associated Press

Norwood, N.C., Dec. 18—The building and contents of the Stinson Furniture company together with a large storage house of the company and its contents, and Dukes Café were destroyed by fire today at an estimated loss of between $20,000 and $25,000. The fire for a while threatened the entire business section, but with the aid of the Albemarle fire department the local department got it under control before it spread to other buildings. The origin of the blaze was not determined.

From the front page of the Durham Herald, N.C., Dec. 19, 1923