A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Hardin http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2690 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=43530 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Article Date: June 11 1875 Article Description: A Disastrous Fire at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Article Text: Louisville, Ky., June 10.--A Courier-Journal dispatch reports a disastrous fire at Elizabethtown, Ky., to-day, destroying fourteen houses, and lasting five hours. Among the buildings burned was the express office, stores of S. STRAUSS, JOCELYN & CORDREY, and T. SPENCE. Total loss about $25,000; insured for only $2,000. STRAUSS and his family were obliged to jump from the second story window, and were all seriously injured. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com