June 14, 1973

Fire destroys barn, trailer

       A barn was destroyed and a house trailer gutted by fires reported early Thursday morning to the White River volunteer fire department. Firemen answered a call to the Ethan Peters residence on Smith Valley road west of State Road 135 at 6:15 a.m. where a barn valued at $9,500 was destroyed. Damage was also reported to equipment in the barn and there was some damage to the adjacent house. A fuse box was blown off the wall and damage was reported to the water heater in the home. White River firemen estimate damage to the home about $350. No cause for the barn fire has been determined at this time. While firemen were still on the scene of the barn fire, they were called at 8:30 a.m. to a fire at the L.E. Scott house trailer on lot 274 at Wheel Estates. According to firemen, a clothes dryer started the fire which completely gutted the trailer. No one was home at the time of the blaze.  (Reprinted with permission of the Daily Journal)
 

               

              
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