Rose Bros. Store, Corner of Cedar & Oak – Opened Nov. 1, 1900 and destroyed by fire, Jan. 5, 1903
Source: Manistique Pioneer Tribune, Jan. 9, 1903, page 1.
The Rose block, one of the largest buildings in the city was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour last Sunday morning, entailing a loss with the stock it contained, of nearly $60,000.
The fire, which without question had its inception from the furnace in the basement gained great headway before it was discovered, and on account of the tardy arrival of the fire department owing to the delay in securing a team to convey the fire apparatus to the fire, the building and contents were a mass of flame before much water was thrown and as a result not a dollar’s worth of property was saved.