| On January 7, 1910 fire broke out in
the Smith and O'Connor's pool room in Bramwell.
Before the fire stopped, it had burned twenty-one
buildings to the ground. It destroyed everything
on Main Street from the Train Depot to Block
Street with the exception of the famous Bluestone
Inn and the Senior Edward Cooper's house. The
loss was estimated between $100,000 and $300,000.
This unique photograph shows the devistation that
took place that day in 1910. The view is looking
toward the southeast from the area of the historic Bramwell train depot.
The depot is shown on the right of the photograph. The "Red Men's Lodge Hall"
is in the far left of the photograph When
Bramwell was rebuilt following the fire, economic
and social life flourished in the town for the
next two decades.
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