Hamel Newspaper Articles
FIRE AT HAMEL’S CORNER
Source: Alton Telegraph, February 24, 1881
The one-story frame building in Hamel’s Corner, owned by C. H.
Gaerdner and occupied by him as a general store and saloon, together
with the larger portion of its contents, was destroyed by fire about
eight o’clock last Saturday morning. The value of the property was
about as follows: building $600.00, store and saloon furniture and
fixtures $2,000, stock of general merchandise $3500.