Blaze Burns Half of Hickory Furniture Plant, Dec. 28, 1925

Furniture Plant at Hickory Scene of Damaging Fire. . . Blaze Which Started During Morning in Martin Furniture Co. Burned Half the Plant. . . Much Furniture Was Destroyed. . . A Brisk Wind Fanned the Blaze into Fury, Making Harder the Work of the Firemen

Hickory, Dec. 28 (AP)—Fire starting in the finishing room of the Martin Furniture Co. here at 8:30 o’clock this morning spread rapidly throughout the packing department and storing room, until nearly half the large plant was completely destroyed. Officials of the company estimated this morning that the damage would reach nearly $175,000.

Every fire fighting apparatus in the city was called, but the flames in the packing and finishing house could not be stopped. A brisk wind fanned the blaze into a fury. It was estimated that more than 100 finished suites of high class furniture went up in smoke, and nearly 200 finished suites were destroyed.

The loading room where the crated furniture is placed just before it is packed in cars for shipping was completely destroyed, and its build of furniture marked for the northern markets. Two freight cars ready to be loaded with furniture were piled [pulled?] out by the switch engine just in time to save them from burning. At 10:15 o’clock the fire was still raging.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 28, 1925

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