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M87- 27, Box 1
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Fire fighting--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Naval stores
Fire prevention--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Firefighting--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Survival and emergency equipment
Emergency vehicles
Fire engines
Solvents industry--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention
Turpentine industry and trade--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention
Distilleries--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention
Fires--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Fire
Smoke
Distilling industries--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention
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Accompanying note: "Huge clouds of black smoke billow for hundreds of yards into the air from where the main building of the W.J. Boynton and Sons Naval Store refinery stood before being consumed by fire this morning."

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Yoder, Russ(Russell), 1921-2005. Fire at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida. 1957. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/260518>, accessed 26 June 2025.
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Yoder, Russ(Russell), 1921-2005. Fire at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida. 1957. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/260518>
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(State Archives of Florida/Yoder)
