Victoria Lumpkins Fire
 

Kentucky Post, Thursday, 29 December 1904, page 5

TWO SMALL BLAZES


The Newport Fire Department had two runs to Box 53, caused by two small blazes at 505 Central av. a fram cottage occupied by Mrs. Virginia Lumpkins, colored, and family. The first run was made shortly before midnight and the blaze, which was started by a defective flue, was quickly extinguished.

At 4:30 o'clock this morning the firemen were again called to the place to extinguish a second blaze among the rafters of the building The loss is trifling, but the members of the Lumpkins family had to make hurried exits from the building in scanty attire.

 

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