PART 2 OF 100 YEARS IN SANDSTONE
1893: Bank of Sandstone closed temporarily due to heavy withdrawals, reopened in a few weeks; Catholic Church bought old school building; Explosion of can of black powder injured four men during Fourth of July celebration; Panic of 1893 caused financial disaster for Ring and Tobin, creditors closed quarry.
1894:Fire destroyed Sandstone, Hinckley, Mission Creek, Miller, Partridge Pokegama and 600 hundred square acres of forest, over 60 Sandstone residents die; Governor's Fire Relief Commission agents disappeared food, materials and money for survival and rebuilding; James J Hill decided to move Eastern Railway division point from Hinckley to Sandstone; James J Hill built Sandstone Commercial building on corner of Main Street and Fourth Street (still in use today); Minnesota Trust Company opened quarry on limited basis.
1885:Minnesota Sandstone Company organized to reopen quarry; Episcopal Memorial and Presbyterian Churches built on Commercial Avenue; population grew to 1058 (300 in 1889); Scott General Store built; Eastern Railway of Minnesota invested with Kettle River sandstone completed; Opera House added on second story of Flod and Anderson's Meat Market; New 24x42 foot school, called Central School, built on lots donated by Minneapolis Trust Company; 15-room Murphy Boarding House and Firestrom Boarding House helped relieve housing shortage; 15 new business places completed; 80 foot high village water tanks held 2000 barrels of water; Eastern Railway sheds equipped to supply coal to 20 engines at one time; Population doubled since 1894
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