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"Buildings & Structures of Pocahontas. Pocahontas, Miss. The hotel fire caught from second floor flue moments before the Sunday morning worship hour at the Methodist Church. Church-goers hastened to the scene and evacuated most of the John Porch furnishings from their apartment. The Hotel and J. H. Oswalt store, left, burned. Dewees store, right, was saved by a bucket brigade marshalled by 'Miss Annie' Dewees. Bank building, left of Oswalt store, was saved by Grady Baker, Jr., stubbornly fighting eruptions on roof with water hose. Photo by Mrs. W. J. Lea, 144 1/2 Lee Ave, Belzoni, Miss." View of building on fire.
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  • Item: 77
  • Description: "Buildings & Structures of Pocahontas. Pocahontas, Miss. The hotel fire caught from second floor flue moments before the Sunday morning worship hour at the Methodist Church. Church-goers hastened to the scene and evacuated most of the John Porch furnishings from their apartment. The Hotel and J. H. Oswalt store, left, burned. Dewees store, right, was saved by a bucket brigade marshalled by 'Miss Annie' Dewees. Bank building, left of Oswalt store, was saved by Grady Baker, Jr., stubbornly fighting eruptions on roof with water hose. Photo by Mrs. W. J. Lea, 144 1/2 Lee Ave, Belzoni, Miss." View of building on fire.
  • Date: 1942-02-14
  • City/State: Pocahontas, Mississippi
  • County: Hinds County
  • Call Number: PI/2014.0007/Series I
  • Filename: 123841-photo.tif