1903 Fire Newspaper Coverage

News article from the Centralia Sentinel, Dec. 3, 1903

BAD FIRE AT KINMUNDY

An Entire Block Burned and Many Places of Business Destroyed; Loss, $120,000

Centralia, Ill., Dec. 3.- A disastrous fire at Kinmundy, a few miles from this city, supposed to have originated in the Masonic temple, Wednesday, destroyed the entire block and a portion of the block west.
The temple was built about a year ago and was a three-story building, and it, with the Odd Fellows' building, Miss Sanders' millenery store, Gun and Kelley groceries; Whitson's harness shop, Whitmore's grocery store, Egan's grocery store, telephone office, two banks, Middleton's grocery store, Gramley's grocery store and Drs. Camera's, Smith's, and Songer's offices and many smaller establishementsare a total loss, conservatively estimated at $120,000. The Effigham fire department was sent for and went to Kinmundy, but was powerless to do more than check the flames.