In the fall of 1896, the town of Ontonagon in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, burned to the ground and 2,300 people were left homeless. The entire Diamond Match company was destroyed. After the fire, the factory left town for good and attempted to take all of the remaining lumber with them. The authorities stopped them and used the lumber for the town, however the village would never be the same. If we use the figure in the article, 60,000,000 feet of lumber would bring you half way around the world... equaling a amount of matches impossible to calculate...
Ontonago Michigan, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Of the city of about 2,000 populations hardly a house is left standing. Among the property destroyed is the extensive plant of the Diamond Match Company and 60,000,000 feet of lumber in their yards. Conservative estimates place the loss at $1,500,000. No lives were lost at last reported Communication has been cut off and no news will be possible. The fire had been burning in the woods southwest of the city for two weeks......
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2 comments:
The commentary at the top of this page states that "The authorities stopped them and used the lumber for the town," referring to the 60 million feet of lumber stored by Diamond Match. However, the article below states that all 60 million feet of lumber was destroyed.
I am rather confused here. Did the commentator not read the article correctly? Or are there additional sources that were not disclosed?
I sincerely hope that an answer is forthcoming.
If I remember reading correctly there was SOME lumber left and they attempted to take that with them out of town and was stopped. Was not sixty million but enough to help the town.
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