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FIRES
1:00
Fort Worth firemen are investigating the cause of a
pre-dawn fire that heavily damaged a vacant houseat 2206 North Commerce.
The four room house is
owned by the estate of the late Joe Garcia, a north=
side restaurant owner.
Fire officials say three
other houses in the same block have been damaged
by fires of unknown origins during the last few weeks.
AFTER SWISH
Another overnight fire, this one a two-alarm blaze
fin Fort north,
in the clubhouse of the Sylvania dark bwim in g ool
put the damper on plans for any labor day swimming
by neighborhood youngsters. The pool.was scheduled
to be open ." todae$ Fire officials say
the blaze apparently started near the electrical boxes
on the first floor of the building, and then spreadto the second
floor and roof. Damage is set at
fiveQthousand dollars.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fires], item, September 4, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc988994/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.