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Fire threatened mill in 1913
A short circuit in the electrical wiring at the Odessa Flouring Mill caused a fire which threatened the building and a power outage for the entire town for more than a day on June 22, 1913.
The mill had been operated with steam power until 1911, when Odessa finally received electric power. A malfunctioning switch on the electric motor which now powered the milling machinery caused the fire.
The Odessa Record carried this report on the incident in its issue of June 27, 1913:
When head miller Neal Leary went to throw the switch at the flour mill last Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock to start the mo...
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