Sunday and Monday witnessed two fires in the heart of Goldsboro’s business section which, had they not been discovered soon after originating, might have resulted in a heavy loss. As it was, only slight damage was done by the blazes.
The first of the two fires was discovered shortly after 9 o’clock Monday night in the National Bank building, corner of John and Walnut streets. The blaze had originated in a trash basket, presumably from a lighted cigar or cigarette cast carelessly therein. Great billows of smoke were belching out of the windows on the second floor when the firemen arrived, but they soon had the fire under control.
The blaze occurred and the alarm sounded just as the churches were charging their evening congregations, and hundreds of persons soon gathered on the scene to watch the firefighters do their stuff.
Shortly afternoon Monday one of the awnings shading a window on the west side was found ablaze. An alarm quickly brought the firemen to the scene, third floor of the Bordon building, but before the fire could be extinguished, five or six awnings had been destroyed.
Late in the afternoon the firemen were again called out, this time the fire being at the fair grounds. Woods in that locality had been on fire during the day, and a section of the fence had become ignited from this. The damage was slight.
From page 5 of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, April 6, 1926
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