Bad News From Marysville

Wind Causes Damage at the Burns Brickyard

In late May of 1904, the Burns family of Chuckery received word that relatives near Marysville had suffered a huge loss of bricks at the Burns Brickyard.  John Burns, formerly of Chuckery, was in the process of enlarging the kiln at the family brickyard.  His workers had made 55000 bricks needed complete an expansion of the kiln.  These bricks were destroyed by rain when high winds destroyed the drying sheds on the Burns property.