Bingham News | 1922-11-11 | Page 1 | Highland Boy Rooming House Destroyed by Fire

Highland Boy Rooming House -Destroyedby-Fire 'v ' ' : ' - '- ' ' t i, . i I A rooming house consisting of fourteen rooms was practically destroyed by fire on Thursday evening, at the Highland Boy. The rooms were operated by Mrs. Alma Jones, in conjunction with the Boston Con Hotel No. 1. Some df the roomers lost the whole of, their effects and had to go to Bingham to secure rooms for the night. Ross Johnson who operated a barber shop in the same building lost all his possession The local volunteer vol-unteer Fire department did excellent ex-cellent work in confining the flames to the one building as the many frame buildings adjoining would have made good fuel for the flames. It is supposed an over heated stove was the cause of the fire.