Walnut Bottom House Burns Down

On March 5, 1936 at 2:30 p.m. firemen were summoned to Walnut Bottom (north side of town) for a house fire. A blaze that started around the chimney destroyed an occupied 2-½-story frame house and all its contents. Firemen were unable to save the house but managed to protect the exposures. Damages were estimated at $700.00 The Vigilant Hose Company answered the alarm.