Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 20, 1955
Caption:
Fire Draws Crowd: A noon-hour fire yesterday at the Virginian restaurant, 313 S. State St., brought firefighting equipment and a large crowd to the scene, as shown in top photo. Though the blaze was confined to the basement, damage is expected to total several thousand dollars. In the picture at lower left [this photo], employes and University students are busy moving stock from Wild & Co., next door to the restaurant, to avoid smoke damage. Dense smoke hampered firemen in their attempts to bring the fire under control. At lower right, Fred Schmid retreats gasping from the interior of the restaurant. Chief Ernest Heller, who was breathing with difficulty this morning, said the fire was probably caused by defective wiring in the ceiling of the basement.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 20, 1955
Caption:
Fire Draws Crowd: A noon-hour fire yesterday at the Virginian restaurant, 313 S. State St., brought firefighting equipment and a large crowd to the scene, as shown in top photo. Though the blaze was confined to the basement, damage is expected to total several thousand dollars. In the picture at lower left, employes and University students are busy moving stock from Wild & Co., next door to the restaurant, to avoid smoke damage. Dense smoke hampered firemen in their attempts to bring the fire under control. At lower right [this photo], Fred Schmid retreats gasping from the interior of the restaurant. Chief Ernest Heller, who was breathing with difficulty this morning, said the fire was probably caused by defective wiring in the ceiling of the basement.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 20, 1955
Caption:
Fire Draws Crowd: A noon-hour fire yesterday at the Virginian restaurant, 313 S. State St., brought firefighting equipment and a large crowd to the scene, as shown in top photo [this photo]. Though the blaze was confined to the basement, damage is expected to total several thousand dollars. In the picture at lower left, employes and University students are busy moving stock from Wild & Co., next door to the restaurant, to avoid smoke damage. Dense smoke hampered firemen in their attempts to bring the fire under control. At lower right, Fred Schmid retreats gasping from the interior of the restaurant. Chief Ernest Heller, who was breathing with difficulty this morning, said the fire was probably caused by defective wiring in the ceiling of the basement.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 3, 1948
Caption:
At The Height Of The Blaze: Its awning name-lettering almost obscured by the smoke-clouds rolling from its blown-out windows, the Capitol Market at 123 E. Washington St. suffered a $30,000 fire shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Although the cause of the blaze is undetermined, James B. Thompson, proprietor, who discovered the fire, said it apparently started near a basement ice machine. Fed by escaping fuel gas, the flames raced up through the flooring into the street-level vegetable department and destroyed food stocks across the ground floor. Yesterday's was Ann Arbor's most major fire since the Wild & Co. blaze last December. (Story on page 13 and pictures on pages 13 and 22).

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1936
Caption:
State St. Fire Causes $100,000 Damage: A blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the second floor of the Wild building on S. State St. early today, causing damage of $100,000 to offices, the Wild & Co. clothing store and the New Granada cafe. The above picture shows the second floor of the building after it was swept by the flames. The light showing in the background is caused by daylight streaming through where the roof had burned away.