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Disastrous Blaze at Forney - Three Burned
Wichita Daily Times
February 24, 1910
 
Texas News Service Special.
Forney, Texas, Feb. 24.-- Three men were burned to death in a disastrous fire which swept the business section of this town at three o'clock this morning. The men who lost their lives were guests at the City Hotel, which was destroyed. Eight other guests narrowly escaped death in the flames, a number jumped from the windows in their night clothing. Two were injured in jumping.

The dead:--
A.R. EARNEST, aged sixty-five, of Fort Worth, representing the West Texas Land Co.
R[oy] G. Farmer, of FORNEY.
M.E. POWELL, of Kemp, Kaufman county.

The property loss will reach twenty-five thousand dollars. The town was unprepared to fight the fire effectively, although the water system is now being installed. The heaviest losses were: Spillman buildings, occupied by City Hotel; E.J. ELY, grocery, Gilkey building occupied by Ball & Mills, clothiers; Binson building, occupied by Wilherts, jewelry and millinery store.

The City Hotel was operated by A.M. FULTON. A.R. EARNEST, one of the victims, was well known and leaves a wife and family in Fort Worth. The fire originated in the kitchen of the City Hotel, supposedly from the stove. The bodies of the three victims are buried beneath many tons of brick and are not yet recovered. The debris is being cleared as rapidly as possible.
 
     

 

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