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Pentwater News
Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich.
Friday, February 28, 1873
VOLUME II, NUMBER 111


        Fire At Montague.
        
        Early Tuesday morning a fire burst out in the saloon of the
      Montague House, which soon laid the greater portion of the busi-
      ness part of the village in ashes. No commmunication could be
      gained with Muskegon, and they were compelled to telegraph to
      Pentwater for help. Considerable delay was experienced in getting
      to the scene of action, and the "Oceana" was chiefly instrumental
      in preventing the further spread of the flames. The entire Monta-
      gue House block and the adjacent buildings were destroyed, and 
      the flames leaped across the street, and left the extensive hard-
      ware store of Messrs. Burrows & Goodno, and the buildings on that
      side of the street as far as the grist mill, a pile of smoldering
      ruins. The store of Ferry, Dowling & Co., and the drug store im-
      mediately opposite, were badly scorched, but not otherwise injured.
      We are unable to give a full list of those who are losers by the
      fire, or even a correct estimate of the loss, but it must be very
      severe.
        Sooner or later, all our lake shore towns must suffer from the
      ravages of fire, unless these inflammable buildings of pine are
      replaced with substantial brick. A few years more and we hope to
      see this accomplished.
      
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