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Cranking up motor which will supply power for the miners drilling contest approximately in 1940 in Silverton, Colorado. Photo credit: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
From the May 30, 1891 edition of the Silverton Standard:
ARSON SUSPECTED IN THEATRE BLAZE.
On Wednesday morning between four and five o’clock the fire bell awoke the town from its slumbers. Firemen and citizens hurriedly dressed, and on looking out saw clouds of smoke arising from the neighborhood of Twelfth and Blair streets. The fire companies soon had out ...
