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ANOTHER FIRE
Sunday morning, about 1 o’clock, as the Dexter House bus was returning from the Michigan Central depot, the driver observed a man making off from the direction of the Centennial block out of town towards the woods. Coming opposite the Centennial the driver also saw that the building was on fire in the interior. The Centennial is a poorly-constructed long frame building, divided into tenements, only one of which was occupied-that at the north end, by the colored indigent Lynn. The fire had been started about the middle of the block. The driver at once drove to the fire hall and alarmed Mr. Eastman who sounded the tocsin, and the steamer was speedily on the spot. By this time the fire had spread along under the roof, both ways, and for over half the length of the building. The roof was completely burned through in many places and the flames extended widely throughout the interior of the structure. That the building was not burned down is certainly matter of surprise, and too many, who would have liked to have seen the unsightly structure out of the way, regret. The putting out of the fire after it had gained so great headway is also an unmistakable certificate to the efficiency of our fire department and steamer. The damage done is not great, probably amounting to $300. The block is owned by Geo. W. Banks, Toronto, and is said to have been well insured. It was in course of being repaired and repainted. The fire is thought to have been the work of an incendiary…In this connection the members of Merritt Fire Co. desire to tender thanks to Deputy Reeve Burgar for kindly furnishing them with coffee at the close of their exhaustive labor at the fire. It touched the right spot, and was greatly appreciated by the “fire laddies.”
Welland Tribune
15 April 1887
Fire: 10 April 1887
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