Description
About noon last Wednesday the house of "Aunt" Dinah Robinson was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was given and soon a host of willing workers were on the grounds, but the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save the building.
The colored Baptist Church, which was a few feet away, caught on fire several times, but was saved by hard work and the damage is slight. Aunt Dinah lost her house; and her furniture, etc. was greatly damaged.
"Aunt" Dinah and "Uncle" Tommy have been faithful and hard-working in the past and are now old, and their journey down the "river of life" is almost ended. Aunt Dinah bought the freedom of her husband and two children herself with money earned by washing.Date(s) of Creation
4/14/1887
