Source: Manistique Pioneer Tribune: March 22, 1901, Page 1.
Court House in Ruins
It caught Fire from the Furnace During the Blizzard.
Tuesday, and was Entirely Destroyed. The Vaults
Withstood The Flames and the Contents are Safe.
LOSS $15,000, INSURED FOR $6,000.
Schoolcraft County’s court house is in ruins. The fire which caused the loss had its inception in the basement, and a super heated pipe in close proximity to the timbers of the first floor undoubtedly caused the trouble.
The fire gained so rapidly that the occupants of the building barely had time to save anything, and Treasurer Rogers was compelled to escape from the window.