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Bandon Fire Fighters Resort to Dynamiting Downtown Buildings

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Fire was a constant threat around the turn of the century to towns consisting mostly of closely built wooden structures. Voluntary fire fighters, equipped with rudimentary equipment sometimes took drastic measures to reduce destruction. They turned to d

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Christopher Shockey