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ELSON

Posted By: David W Sinclair (email)
Date: 3/2/2008 at 13:09:08

Jess Elson's House Burned
Jess Elson's house on his farm a mile southwest of Clio, was totally destroyed by fire on last Friday night about 9 o'clock. Jess and his wife were asleep in one of the lower rooms when they were awakened by the crackling and roaring of the flames which were bursting into the room through a partition of the stairway. No time was to be lost and hastily getting into wearing apparel and shoes they succeeded in getting a few things from the lower rooms, among which was the piano and a couch. The piano managed to get stuck in the door and but for the arrival of two or three neighbors would have gone up in smoke with the other valuable contents of the house. The house was quite large and well constructed two-story structure, and Mr. Elson had only $400 Insurance on it, with $300 on the contents