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Frank Jaeger
Jaeger Plant Destroyed by Fire
1911
08 24 PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
During the noon hour on Tuesday the
wood working plant of F. C. [Frank] Jaeger near the corner of 7th Street and
Western Avenue [612 Western] was totally destroyed by fire, and the machinery
and stock were also practically ruined, entailing a loss of about $5,000,
partially covered by insurance. A summer
kitchen in the rear of Mr. Jaeger’s home was totally destroyed, but the rest of
the house was saved, although considerably damaged by smoke and water. Most of his household goods were saved. The fire is supposed to have originated in
the dry kiln of the factory. Mr. Jaeger
was at dinner when neighbors discovered the fire and sent in an alarm from box
12 at Clyman and Fifth streets. The fire department responded promptly, but owing
to the inflammable condition of the factory, it was a mass of flames when the
fire boys arrived, but they did heroic work in saving adjoining property, and
within a very short time had the fire under control. The home of Mary Jones at 604 Western Avenue,
just west of the factory, was scorched and narrowly escaped burning. WG
1957
"Watertown Kitchens"
City Dir ad
1966
06 01 JAEGER
MANUFACTURING ASSETS SOLD
Sale of the
physical assets of the Jaeger Manufacturing Co., 1109 South Ninth Streets, at
the Loeb Industries expansion was finalized today. The Jaeger Company was started by the late
Frank Jaeger before the turn of the century, and moved to the present site in
1912, and was purchased by George Wolff and Herb Lange in 1946. After twenty years of operation in a gradually
dying industry, the present owners have joined the 60% of millwork concerns
throughout the country that have disappeared from the scene in the past fifteen
years.
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