| A History of STRUM and the TOWN OF UNITY by Roy Matson |
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| As usual a humorous happening took place during all this activity. Fred Lyons was an avid fox hunter and kept three or four hounds in near starving condition during the winter in order to insure their hunting ability. The proprietor of the meat market which was just beyond the Olson building felt certain the blaze would reach his shop and decided to empty his stock of meat into a snow drift outside a back window. He didn’t know that all hounds had been released from their pen when the fire was first reported and he did not see the hungry dogs catching hams and roasts on the fly and hurrying off to bury them for consumption at a later day. Later that evening, when all danger was ended he secured help to retrieve his stock only to find little and to see some sad looking hounds viewing his efforts. The dogs became fat and worthless at Lyon’s sport the balance of the winter. |
| Scan of Original Page & Pictures (slow loading) Original and larger Picture: Aftermath of 25 Dec 1914 Strum Downtown Fire (the picture is on the book page of the scan above) browser back from this link |