Messenger-Inquirer du lieu suivant : Owensboro, Kentucky • 20

6C Region MESSENGER-INQUIRER, Friday. August 6, 1999 iFire destroys historic Paintsville buildini Resident: Blaze out eyesore jliiujhi i.mT I 4J- newsstand in the building that sold cosmetics, cigars and newspapers. In recent years, however, the building had become run down and needed to be removed, said resident Trigg Dorton, 79. "It's a landmark, but I don't mind (the fire) because it was an eyesore," Dorton said. The city's electricity was shut off about 8:40 a.m.

Thursday after the fire caused an electrical line to collapse, resulting in street lights going out across town. The power was turned back on at about 12:40 p.m. Cooper said no accidents or injuries were reported as a result of the power outage. The local hospital, Paul B. Hall Medical Center, had a back-up generator.

Cooper said LeMaster's daughter, Amber Ratliff, came to see the fire, but went into labor and was taken to Lexington along with her father and other family members. "I don't know if this caused it or if it was just time," Cooper said. once housed the Herald Hotel on the top floor, and various shops and restaurants on the main level. Firefighters responded in one minute Thursday to an 8:14 a.m. 911 call reporting the fire, Dixon said.

The fire was contained by 10:30 a.m., but continued to smolder throughout the afternoon. Six fire departments helped battle the flames. The Herald Building was destroyed, and a duplex behind also sustained some fire damage. A McDonald's business office next to the building was spared, as was a home directly behind it "It could've gotten very serious," Dixon said. At one time, the Herald Building housed a department store that was the only place in town to buy Levy jeans, Paintsville Mayor Robin Cooper said said.

A restaurant there called Malcolm's was a popular place for teenagers, he said. Cooper said his father ran a Press tit PAINTSVILLE Fire gutted the Herald Building, a historic down-Mown landmark built in 1928, sending clouds of thick smoke billowing Sato the morning sky and cutting off (lie town's electrical power for four "tours. No injuries were reported, although a roof collapse provided a inclose call for some firefighters, said Sob Dixon, Paintsville fire chief. The cause of the fire is unknown, paid Don Parker, a Kentucky State arson investigator leading Hhe examination into the cause of Thursday's blaze. tl In recent years, the Herald Building had been primarily vacant with ihe exception of a small business of-4ke operated by the owner, Johnny eMaster.

The two-story brick Iliuilding covers half a city block and 7- Associateo Press Firefighters work to put out the last of a fire that on Thursday. The cause of the fire is still undetermined, destroyed the Herald Building in downtown Paintsville according to police. Kentucky gfloundup (I issinnn CT3 rn Super Savings On Reclining Sectionals Hi bcJ-t it- -1 imipii --4 FOR CRPn ll 2 PC. CASUAL CONTEMPARY MOTION SECTIONALS SOFA. LOVESEAT COMBINATION CASH -N- CARRY "7TTTTT7TT From wire reports Disappearance 3iow considered homicide BOWLING GREEN The of Walter Greg Fowler, 44, has been upgraded to a homi-I tide by Warren County Sheriffs Detective Roger Castle.

Since June 21, search and res-Hxie crews have combed the area in CJnd around Barren River hoping to Hind clues to Fowler's disappear--anee. Debra Kay Fowler, 42, of Smiths iGrove reported her husband miss-jng June 20 after she said he failed -Ho return home from a fishing trip on Barren River along the Allen aad Warren counties line. Bowling Green rmayor sued by eity commission BOWLING GREEN City com-; missioners have voted to sue Mayor Eldon Renaud for removing a fellow, i tonimissioner from an appointed seat and filling the vacancy himself. Renaud's removal of Commis-vsioner Joe Denning from the board 'of the city's Housing Authority and the decision to place himself on the board also prompted at least one person to call for Renaud's removal -from office. City attorneys, however, have said Renaud's move falls within his authority.

State law requires the commis-J sion-approved appointment of four people to the board with a fifth seat to be filled by the mayor or his designee. That fifth appointment does not require commission approval. Crane falls, injures workers HICKMAN SGL Carbon Corp. was investigating an accident in which a crane separated from its overhead support and fell about 15 "feet, injuring four workers, at the 1 plant Medical personnel at the scene Tuesday identified them as Dwayne Cook of Mayfield; Charles Frost of Troy, John Q. Adams of 4 Union City, and Billy Griffin, whose hometown was unavailable.

Cook reportedly suffered a mas- sive head injury and was flown to Regional Medical Center at Mem- phis, where he was listed in critical condition. Frost, Adams and Griffin were feken to Parkway Regional Hospital fai Fulton. Three of the injured were SGL employees. The fourth is an employee of Job World, a third- party employer. i 3 131 OAK NOSTALGIC DINING ROOM 8 PC.

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