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Emporium, Pennsylvania

I. G. Cook's Hotel Fire

May 1884

I. G. Cook's hotel, at Emporium, Cameron county, was destroyed by fire last Thursday evening.  Loss, $10,000; insurance $5,000.  Several other buildings were slightly damaged, and considerable furniture was destroyed in moving, involving an additional loss of $2,000.

The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, PA, 6 May 1884

       

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