Detroit, Michigan Depot Fire
December 1913
OLD DEPOT BURNS; NEW ONE IS READY
Detroit Has Spectacular Fire Which Does $250,000
Damage to Michigan Central Railway.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 26.- A spectacular
fire, starting from a cause undetermined, swept
through the main depot of the Michigan Central
Railway here this afternoon. The blaze, which
started in one of the office rooms in an upper
story, gained great headway before an employe discovered it, and although several
hundred persons were in the building a the time,
only one, a male employe, was injured. His
condition, however, is not serious.
LOSS OF RECORDS HEAVY.
After three hours of hard fighting, firemen had
the conflagration apparently under control. The
damage to the depot proper was estimated at
$150,000. Railway records, freight and express
were also consumed and officials of the road
said the total loss might be a quarter of a
million dollars.
The depot was built about thirty years ago. The
new Michigan Central terminus, a large and
costly structure, was recently completed and it
was announced earlier this week that the old
building would be abandoned, so far as passenger
service was concerned, the first of the year.
Tonight before the ruins of the Third Street
Depot were cold, passenger trains were running
into the new terminal on Fifteenth street.
The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN 27
Dec 1913
Three Thought
Dead in Fire.
Detroit, Mich., Dec 26.- Fire started in the
old Michigan Central Depot at 1:45 this
afternoon and in a short time flames enveloped
the entire structure. The police believe that
one man and two club women are entrapped in the
structure.
The Frederick Post, Frederick, MD 27 Dec
1913
BULLETIN
DETROIT, Mich., Dec 26- Train service from
the Michigan Central depot at Jefferson and
Third streets was suspended at 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon, when a fire threatened to destroy the
building. At 3 o’clock it was believed that all
persons had been rescued from the building. A
general alarm was sounded, and all downtown fire
apparatus us at the scene. The station is
believed doomed.
The station was to be abandoned on Jan 4, when
the Michigan Central will move into its new
$3,000,000 depot.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 26 Dec
1913
The old Michigan Central depot at Detroit,
Mich., built 30 years ago, was destroyed by
fire. Damage to property and records is
estimated at $300,000.
The Iowa Recorder, Greene, IA 31 Dec 1913
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