Wibaux Building
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Destroyed by fire June 9, 1964. Almost everyone who lived in Miles City at the time remembers seeing the fire, even the smallest children turned out to witness the tragedy. It was said that a cigarette butt down a greasy garbage chute was supposed to have started it and it smoldered between false ceilings. At the time, the building was not completely occupied. There were at least three retail businesses ( the main floor was shared by Army Surplus, with Waddell's barber shop on the corner by the alley), the Miles City Club and several apartment tenants in the building at the time of the fire. The Miles City Club was able to save most of the Club contents, including the original Huffman photos and the personalized photograph of Teddy Roosevelt. That photo still hangs in the Club and there are signs of water damage on it from the fire. | Destroyed by fire June 9, 1964. Almost everyone who lived in Miles City at the time remembers seeing the fire, even the smallest children turned out to witness the tragedy. It was said that a cigarette butt down a greasy garbage chute was supposed to have started it and it smoldered between false ceilings. At the time, the building was not completely occupied. There were at least three retail businesses ( the main floor was shared by Army Surplus, with Waddell's barber shop on the corner by the alley), the Miles City Club and several apartment tenants in the building at the time of the fire. The Miles City Club was able to save most of the Club contents, including the original Huffman photos and the personalized photograph of Teddy Roosevelt. That photo still hangs in the Club and there are signs of water damage on it from the fire. | ||
| + | [[Image:WibauxBuilding1964.jpg|right|Billings Gazette, June 11, 1964, pg 26]] | ||
(UP News) - Wind-whipped flames destroyed the historic Wibaux Building in Miles City Monday night, | (UP News) - Wind-whipped flames destroyed the historic Wibaux Building in Miles City Monday night, | ||
causing damage estimated at $100,000. Other buildings in the business district were | causing damage estimated at $100,000. Other buildings in the business district were | ||
