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San Antonio Light clipping, 31 Aug 1928 — headline “Fires Damage Home and Coffee Plant” with brief about two fires including Hoffman-Hayman Coffee company at 331 Burnet Street

Brief San Antonio Light item from Friday, 31 August 1928, reporting two small fires the previous evening: one caused slight damage at the Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Company on Burnet Street, and a second fire partially destroyed a residence elsewhere in the city. It is a rare news-line mention of the plant alongside routine fire coverage.

Transcription

Fires Damage Home and Coffee Plant

Two small fires broke out in San Antonio late Thursday, Fire Chief J. G. Sarran reported Friday. Slight damage was caused by fire at the Hoffman-Hayman Coffee company, 331 Burnet street, and the home of Porfirio Pena, 166 Octavia place, was partially destroyed in the second fire.

Source

“Fires Damage Home and Coffee Plant,” San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), 31 August 1928, p. 21. Newspapers.com (page view), https://www.newspapers.com/image/1259145509/ (accessed 29 April 2026).

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