Date: 1894
The flames soon spread through the dry wood of the outbuildings, and the thick smoke soon gave evidence of the locality of the fire, and soon a crowd of specta tors were on the spot.  The three steam engines arrived promptly and were, dur ing the progress of the fire, placed so as to prevent the spreading of the flames as some new spot was threatened.  One, how ever, gave out about three o'clock, leav ing only two to battle with the element.