AUMSVILLE LUMBER COMPANY
Marion County - Aumsville
June 16, 1916: "About three o'clock in the afternoon Sunday last it was discovered that the Aumsville sawmill was on fire, and the wind soon fanned the flames to an intense heat, reducing the plant to a wreck in a short time.
Fortunately for the rest of the town, the wind was in the north, and the fire soon spent itself to the south. Most of the stock of lumber was saved although several carloads were burned. It is supposed that the fire originated in a burning sawdust pile. The total loss will be somewhere between $3000 and $5000 with no insurance.
Immediately Monday the enterprising merchants, headed by a donation of $100 by A. P. Speer circulated a petition to help Mr. Miller, the owner, to rebuild the plant. It is thought that a boiler can be used again but the rest of the machinery will be uselesss.---Stayton Mail." (The capital Journal)
Fortunately for the rest of the town, the wind was in the north, and the fire soon spent itself to the south. Most of the stock of lumber was saved although several carloads were burned. It is supposed that the fire originated in a burning sawdust pile. The total loss will be somewhere between $3000 and $5000 with no insurance.
Immediately Monday the enterprising merchants, headed by a donation of $100 by A. P. Speer circulated a petition to help Mr. Miller, the owner, to rebuild the plant. It is thought that a boiler can be used again but the rest of the machinery will be uselesss.---Stayton Mail." (The capital Journal)