Author
Title
Fire Wipes Out Town [Buswell]
Series
Sunday Star, July 3, 1910, Part I, page 5.
Publisher
City
Washington, D.C.
Date
1910
Original Date
Comments
It is interesting that the last sentence about the population of Star Lake was added to this article about Buswell. Who knows why?
Libraries
- Bookwood Historical Collection, Star Lake
Text
Fire Wipes Out Town.
STAR LAKE, Wis. July 2, [1910]--Forest fires have destroyed the Buswell mill and lumber yards and fourteen Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad cars. The town is almost totally destroyed. The damage is estimated at $100,000. Star Lake has a population of about 700.