Jackson County, Missouri Genealogy Trails

The Kansas City Box Factory was completely destroyed by fire a few nights ago. Harry Krober and James A. Sturtevant were sleeping in the building when the fire broke out. Krober escaped but Sturtevant was burned to death
COLE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, Jefferson City, Fri., 12 August, 1887, p1. Typed by Joanne Scobee Morgan

Incendiary Fire Near Kansas City-
Kansas City, Mo., June 16.—The residence of Jesse Nolan, situated east of this city, was burned this morning by incendiaries. Nolan heard a noise in the kitchen, got up, and found the house on
fire, apparently fired from under the porch, Friday night last, he saw a man at the window, who, when discovered, was joined by another, and ran away. He suspected their object was to steal meat,
of which he has quite a quantity. He removed this to the cellar for safety, and he thinks the thieves were after this, and being disappointed, burned the house. The loss is $3,000.
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, MO., Thurs. Morning, June 17, 1875- Transcribed by Candi H]

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 23 - The 13 dead and the missing in a fire which destroyed a rooming house here today, as announced at 10 o'clock, were:
Dead:
Mrs. Elisha Colston, 27
Violet Colston, 5
Vernon Colston, 2
Leo Brown, 27
Mrs. Gussie Brown, 25
Katherine Brown, 7
Arthur Brown, 6
Marguerite Brown, 4
Leo Brown,Jr, 3
Mrs. Viella Munyon, 63
Edgar Munyon, 18
Unidentified man
Unidentified baby
Missing:
Mrs. Anna Sargent, 43
Donald Sargent, 5
[Source: San Antonio Evening News, February 23, 1923. Submitted by Nan]