The court house of Waller county, at Hempstead, was destroyed by fire on the 15th inst.  The county records were saved by the fire proof vault which had recently been placed in the building.

"Waller county court house destroyed by fire." The Southern Mercury, (Dallas, TX), Thursday, March 23, 1893, p. 8, col. 1.

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