Looking Back

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

100 YEARS AGO

‘Fine Home Burns

House and Contents Totally Destroyed

During Blizzard’

March 15, 1913

When the storm was at its worst yesterday, a fire alarm was sounded for the sixth ward. R. A. Barlow’s home was found to be in flames. The volunteer firemen responded in what numbers and with what speed could be managed in the teeth of the worst storm of plain’s history. The engine house was almost buried but in an incredibly short time the fire...