Selma, Feb. 11—The home of Mr. Oscar Morris, one of the Selma cotton mill foremen, was found to be on fire Saturday night about 11 o’clock.
The fire alarm was promptly turned in but the flames had gained such headway that the fire company were unable to do much except prevent the spread of the fire to other homes.
The Boy Scouts, under the leadership of Rev. A.M. Mitchell, did such heroic work, along with the help of the firemen and other willing hands, that practically all the household goods were saved. The efficient superintendent, Mr. Geo. Fr. Brietz, took trucks and had the unfortunate family comfortably settled in a vacant cottage on Anderson Street by 1 o’clock.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Feb. 12, 1926
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