Cobb County GaArchives News.....The Faw Residence Partially Burned October 24, 1907
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The Marietta Journal October 24, 1907
THE FAW RESIDENCE PARTIALLY BURNED

On last Saturday morning about 11:30 o'clock the residence occupied by Mrs Enoch
FAW and daughters, Misses Olive and Lizzie FAW, and Miss CHESTER, on Roswell
street, was discoverd to be on fire in the roof of the kitchen.  The fire alarm
sent the fire department promptly to the scene.  The blaze was burning fiercely
and great volumes of smoke were ascending.  Two streams of water were turned on
and subdued the fire in the kichen roof, but by this time the flames had reached
the rear of the main building and were burning rapidly.  The firemen with
persistency bravely fought the flames with axes and water, but a tin deck
baffled their efforts until an axeman succeded in tearing up part of the tin
roof.  The hidden flames were then soon reached and extinguished.

The rear roofs and ends of the building were burned, but the front rooms of the
building were all saved.  Most all of the furniture was gotten out, but badly
damaged.

The origin of the fire evidently was caused by a defective flue.

The property was a two-story, commodious building, and belongs to the Enoch FAW
estate.  The building was insured for $1,400 and the furniture for $300, in the
Southern Mutual of Athens, Mr J H GROVES, agent.

The firemen deserve credit for their splendid, untiring and efficient work.  

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