A few homes survived the carnage, largely because of the quick thinking of their owners. The Wilmans house (not pictured) was spared only because R.D. Wilmans brought his farmhands in from the fields and stood them on top of his house with wet towels and blankets to brush away the blazing shingles that landed on his roof. Located at Third and Pine Streets, it was directly in the path of the blaze.
1926 – After the Fire
