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Description 
Around 9 PM on August 20, 1910, a fire brand carried by gale force winds landed on a refuse pile and old solvents stored behind the Wallace Times building located at 713 Bank Street; and the fire was on. It rapidly spread to the other wooden structures on the east end of town.
The Wallace Experience -The Wallace Times - The Fire Begins -Copyright Wallace District Mining Museum
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WDMM Collection

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Last modified on: August 16, 2010