NO INJURIES OCCURRED WHEN A BUILDING COLLAPSED SATURDAY MORNING IN HINTON.
THE BRICK AND CONCRETE BUILDING AT 119 SOUTH FLOYD AVENUE, ALONG HIGHWAY 75 COLLAPSED AT ABOUT 8:20 IN THE MORNING.
OWNER SARA SMITH SAYS NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE STORAGE STRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLAPSE:
HINTON1 OC…ALIGNMENT MACHINES. :09
SHE HAD EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS OVER 120 YEARS OLD, TO HER HUSBAND ON FRIDAY.
HINTON2 OC…….OR NOT. :13
PART OF THE ROOF AND THE BUILDING’S SOUTH AND WEST WALLS COLLAPSED.
SMITH SAYS SHE DOUBTS THEY WILL REBUILD AT THAT LOCATION.
HINTON3 OC…SOMEWHERE ELSE. ;12
THE BUILDING SAT JUST SOUTH OF THE SUBWAY RESTAURANT AND A BLOCK SOUTH OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
Photos by Dennis Morrice & Le Mars Fire Dept.
