Runion's Furniture re-opening in grand style after months recovering from ...
06.02.12
Knowing the restaurant was adjacent to his own Runion's
Furniture store, and fearing the blaze might spread, Runion dressed hurriedly and drove to his store where his worst fears were confirmed. By the time he emerged carrying a laptop computer and other paperwork, the fire had spread from the eatery into the insulation
above the tin ceiling in the most historic portion of Runion's structure, which a century earlier had been a feed store. Firemen already had broken a window of the longtime furniture store and were inside as Runion rushed in to get some "critical stuff" related to the business out. ORRVILLE -- It has been almost exactly seven months since June 30 when downtown businessman Jack Runion vividly recalls being awakened from his slumbers at 4 a. m. and being told Jerry's Cafe was on fire.
Source: Wooster Daily Record