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After passenger abandonment in 1947, [9] the JW&NW continued freight operation with diesels, but gradually freight business declined along with Jamestown's industrial activity which for years had been primarily the manufacture of furniture. Shipping business also was lost to trucks. Total abandonment occurred in 1950.
Furnitureland South in Jamestown, North Carolina is the largest retail furniture store in the United States [1] with 1.3 million square feet and $180 million in sales as of 2004.
Dec. 3—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Rural Fire Department extinguished a fire at a slough on Saturday, according to Fire Chief Brian Paulson. The fire was reported at 5:45 p.m. near the ...
The Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation was an American manufacturer of trucks and fire apparatus founded by Addison Ward LaFrance in 1916 in Elmira Heights, NY. [1] The company ceased operations in 1979. LaFrance was a relative of Truckson LaFrance, the founder of the similarly named fire apparatus manufacturer American LaFrance.
Nov. 25—JAMESTOWN — Family members who were displaced by a fire on Oct. 27 say that a city of Jamestown worker is their hero after he woke them up and helped get their kids out of a burning house.
Jul. 5—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Fire Department responded to two fireworks-related calls late Tuesday, July 4, said Grant Christianson, fire inspection officer. The call at 1109 14th Ave. SW ...
The J.B. Van Sciver Co. building at 10th and Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania about 1940. J.B. Van Sciver Furniture Co. was a furniture company in Camden, New Jersey, founded in 1881 by Joseph Bishop Van Sciver and later run by his sons, Joseph Bishop Van Sciver Jr., Lloyd Van Sciver, and Russell Van Sciver.
Oct. 27—JAMESTOWN — Five people were displaced after a fire caused "significant" damage to a house early Friday morning, Oct. 27, in southeast Jamestown, according to Lt. Sheldon Mohr with the ...