Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio
January 31, 1929
FURNITURE PLANT BURNS (Logan Furniture Company) $75,000 DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY FIRE IN LOGAN, OHIO SNOWSTORM HINDERS FIGHTERS
Logan, Ohio. January 21, Fire caused by an explosion in the naphtha room of the Logan Manufacturing Company, furniture makers caused damage estimated at $75,000 today. The flames spread to a warehouse adjoining the naphtha room, containing finished furniture valued at $50,000. The furniture had just been completed for spring trade.
The blaze was discovered by Harry Haxpson, a workman, who sounded the alarm. The Nelsonville Fire Department made a fourteen mile run in eighteen minutes to aid local firemen. The blaze was brought under control during a heavy snowstorm
The plant is owned by State Representative L. P. Mooney, of Hocking County, Harold R. Tipton, and Ward W. Davis. Fifty-five men were left without employment because of the fire.