Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 22, 1943
Caption:
FIRE DESTROYS TAVERN: Volunteer firemen spewed water to little avail on the Lakeview Inn Restaurant at Whitmore Lake this morning in an attempt to check flames which originated in an over-heated coal stove in the second-floor apartment. The building, owned by Jack Durbin, was destroyed with total damages believed to be about $5,000.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1967
Caption:
Flammable Dolls Collected: Ann Arbor Fire Department Inspector Benjamin J. Zahn (left) holds on of 26 rag dolls which have been condemned by fire officials throughout the nation as hazardous and highly inflammable. The dolls, all made in Poland and distributed in the United States, have nitrocellulose faces which burst into flame when exposed to heat. The 26 dolls before Zahn and Ann Arbor Fire Marshal John R. Williams have been turned into local authorities since announcement of the hazard they present was made. They will be destroyed, Fire Chief Arthur L. Stauch says.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 20, 1947
Caption:
Gerald Hamlin, of 8963 Joy Rd., stands silhouetted by the glow of the raging fire that destroyed two barns and their contents on the farm of a neighbor, Arthur Zeeb, on Earhart Rd. near Pontiac Rd., last night. Cause of the blaze was not determined.