The negro Masonic Hall, located near the old school building on Chestnut street, was practically destroyed by fire shortly after noon today and the home of Jack Boger was badly damaged.
The fire in the hall is believed to have started in the pressing club which was located on the ground floor, where the lodge had its quarters gutted.
The Boger house was damaged on the roof which was ignited by sparks from the nearby hall.
Firemen made quick work of the blazes after they arrived, but the hall, an old wooden structure, burned so rapidly that the interior was gutted before the firemen reached it.
It is said both buildings are insured but the amount could not be learned.
Editor's Note: A pressing club wasn't a club in the normal sense of the word. It was a business where people went to iron their clothes.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 11, 1926
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