Saturday, April 5, 2025

Fire Destroys D.L. Edge & Sons' Mill April 4, 1925

Big Saw and Planing Mills Destroyed by Fire Saturday. . . Thought to Have Been of Incendiary Origin, But No Information to That Effect in Sheriff’s Office

Several thousand dollars were lost Saturday afternoon when a fire, thought to have incendiary origin, completely destroyed the saw and planing mills and three carloads of lumber belonging to D.L. Edge & Sons, about 7 miles northeast of Lumberton.

Two men were seen leaving the mill in a run soon after the blaze had started, according to a report reaching here Saturday. Sheriff B.F. McMillan had received no notice of anyone being suspected and nothing new has developed.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Monday, April 6, 1925

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84026483/1925-04-06/ed-1/seq-1/#words=APRIL+6%2C+1925

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