Leftwich Arcade Building Burns, Fourth Time This Year, Dec. 3, 1925

Leftwich Arcade Building Visited by Another Fire. . . For Fourth Time This Year the Building Located in Greensboro Is Damaged by Stubborn Blaze. . . Firemen Saved All Occupants. . . Means of Escape Were Blocked by Blaze Until Firemen Reached Them by Outside Walls

Greensboro, Dec. 3 (AP)—For the fourth time this year fire took a heavy property toll shortly before 6 o’clock this morning in the Leftwich Arcade building on Elm Street.

Fourteen persons who reside in apartments on the second and third floors were cut off form escape and were rescued by firemen. Firemen Crumpler was injured as a result of cutting an artery in his leg when he kicked a glass out of a door. The damage to the building alone probably will exceed $30,000 and loss to stores on the main floor from water damage will equal or exceed that amount.

As a result of the window, an investigation is being conducted with a view to condemning the building, it was announced by Capt. Shaw of the fire department. T.J. McAdoo, city building inspector, and W.L. Scott, fire commissioner of the state, today are inspecting the structure.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1925

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