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Bulletin Column: May 30, 2019

These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated.

FIRE DESTROYS DUSTY-AREA BARN

A fire early Saturday morning destroyed a barn on the Repp-Steiger Road two miles east of Dusty. The fire is believed to have started off a heat lamp which was used of warm baby chicks.

Crews here received the call at 3:49 a.m. When they arrived on the scene at the Dawson Messersmith residence, only the frame supports of the barn remained standing.

The residents we...

 

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