A good-sized blaze in the heart of the business district of the city called out the fire company Saturday night just before midnight, but the fire was practically confined in the storage building at the rear of Rose’s new five- and ten-cent store. This store room had been rented by the new concern which opened up Saturday but noting had been placed in it. The burned house was owned by Mr. Chas. Davis. Good work on the part of the fire company prevented the new five- and ten-cent store from being destroyed. The back door caught fire and was charred, and smoke fogged the building. The interior of the building had been newly painted, and but for the use of electric fans, would have been ruined.
In the shop of Mr. V.V. Hunter was considerable damage, the loss probably been $400 or $500.
The origin of the fire is not known.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925
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