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FIRE AT WELLANDPORT

[Welland Tribune, 8 January 1909]

Wellandport, Jan 7-Walter Wilson, who resides ¾ mile north of Wellandport, had the misfortune, at eleven o’clock this morning to have his barn and shed burned.

The barn was valued at $1,000-contents valued from $600 to $700. All the livestock was saved, but considerable damage was done to the grain, hay and seed. Loss estimated at from $1600 to $1700, only partially covered by insurance.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

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