January 2nd, 1932 photo courtesy of Walter Bell.

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January 2nd, 1932 photo and copy courtesy of Walter Bell. (Strand blade sign in the background)

January 3, 1932 Fire destroyed both Morrill blocks in Franklin Square. Twenty six businesses were destroyed. The blaze required fireman from as far away as Haverhill, Massachusetts, and burned so hotly that the sprinkler system in the Strand Theater was set off The Morrill Block was rebuilt on a smaller scale. The new building had only two floors and ran from Third Street to Second Street. No cause was discovered for the fire.