FIRE DESTROYS PARAGOULD MILL
JULY 29 , 1931
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
PARAGOULD , ARK , JULY 29 , THE MAIN MILL BUILDING OF THE HICKSON-ROGERS
MANUFACTARING COMPANY WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORGIN EARLY TODAY WITH A LOSS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE PLANT WAS BUILT NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO AND HAD BEEN OPERATING WITH A SMALL CREW ON A PART TIME BASIS RECENTLY.