Clark County IL Archives News.....Bakers Store Burns in Melrose
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BAKERS STORE BURNS IN MELROSE

CLARK COUNTY HERALD

7-Aug-1883


H.L. Baker and daughter of Melrose passed through the city
Friday, on their way to Terre Haute.   Mr. Baker gave us the
particulars of the burning of his store the preceding day.   It
seems that the alarm was given between one and two o'clock in the
morning, but it was then too late to save anything, as the whole
building was wrapped in flames.   Not a single article was taken
from the doomed building.   The fire seems to have originated in
the wareroom, in which the coal oil tank was placed.   A keg of
powder, which was contained in the stock, blew up with a terrific
explosion, heard several miles away.   The store contained a
large stock of general merchandise, valued at $5000, insured for
$3000.   Mr. Baker is an honest and upright man in all his
dealings and he has the sympathy of all in his loss.

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