Name not reported

Two people died in a fire at the Opelika, Alabama, jail in October 1897, according to a year-end chronology in the Red Lodge Picket published in January 1898. The chronology gives no names, ages, or other details about them. It is a single line in a list of the year's events, and it does not say how the fire started.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Source

• Red Lodge Picket, January 22, 1898, page 4 Red Lodge Picket, January 22, 1898