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BAKERY BURNED
Loss $400-No Insurance
Welland, June 1-Geo. Hughes’ bakery on Division street was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is about $400 on which Mr. Hughes has no insurance. Mr. Hughes had been in business only a few months and the loss is a very serious one to him. He had been working in the bakery from one o’clock until about four o’clock and had gone in the house to lie down for a few minutes. When he returned in about twenty minutes he found the interior of the bakery all ablaze. An alarm was rung to which the firemen quickly responded. The bakery, a small frame building, was nearly burned when the firemen arrived. The house, occupied by Mr. Hughes, is owned by Mrs. McCoppen, and stands only a few feet away from the burned bakery. The back of it was charred by the flames, and had it not been for the fireproof roof, it would have been difficult to save it. As it was the house was on fire several times. The fire is supposed to have started from a “hot plate” attached to the gas pipe by a rubber hose. The hose apparently became disconnected from the stove, and the gas catching fire, set fire to the building.
Mr. Hughes was about to sell out the business. An agreement had been made by which Mr. McNeil of Oakville was to take over the business on Monday morning next.
People’s Press
10 June 1906
Fire: 1 June 1906
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