Wibaux Building
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[[Image:WibauxBuilding1964.jpg|right|Billings Gazette, June 11, 1964, pg 26]] | [[Image:WibauxBuilding1964.jpg|right|Billings Gazette, June 11, 1964, pg 26]] | ||
− | (UP News) - Wind-whipped flames destroyed | + | (UP News) - Wind-whipped flames destroyed |
− | Wibaux Building in Miles City Monday night, causing | + | the historic Wibaux Building in Miles City |
− | + | Monday night, causing damage estimated at | |
− | + | $100,000. Other buildings in the business | |
− | by fire. Firemen rescued several elderly women trapped | + | district were threatened but were not |
− | + | damaged by fire. Firemen rescued several | |
− | a fireman was strapped to the end of a boom on a | + | elderly women trapped in their third- |
− | + | floor apartments by smoke. At one time, | |
+ | a fireman was strapped to the end of a | ||
+ | boom on a construction company derrick. | ||
A new bank building was built in early 1966. First Security Bank & Trust (formerly "Miles City Bank") occupied the building until the ????. It is now the Stockman Bank. | A new bank building was built in early 1966. First Security Bank & Trust (formerly "Miles City Bank") occupied the building until the ????. It is now the Stockman Bank. |