Volume 9 , Issue 41

1910 - Cotton Is Destroyed

Henryetta, Okla., Nov. 2, 1910 -- "Fully $8,000 worth of cotton was burned up by fire at the Binge-Forbes cotton gin here. Last week about fifty bales were lighted by several boys and partially destroyed before the department arrived. The fire was supposedly extinguished, but later some smouldering fire in several bales was fanned to flame by the high wind and soon all of the cotton was on fire. The department again made a run and put the fire out. The fire chief ordered the gin company to throw the burned bales in the creek as it is known to be useless to attempt to put out all the smouldering fire in the bales. The loss was fully covered by insurance.
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