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152 HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY PAPERS. Beaver County Press. The "Herald" office was then in the McLaughlin build- ing where the O. H. Couch building now stands on Third avenue. The office was destroyed by fire February 13, 18Y1, the fire taking place about 11 o'clock at night. Christopher O'Eourke a prominent contractor of the town, raised some money among his friends to start the paper again, which with the insurance money received, enabled Major Hays to resume publication March 24, 1871, under the name of the "Beaver County Press." He had a splendid outfit, probably the best ever in the county to that time, consisting of a Cottrell & Babcock power cylinder press, a large job press, a large quantity of body and display type, sufficient and to spare to run a large paper and do a great amount of job work. His foreman in the new office was Samuel K. Alexander, with W. P. Dorsey compositor and J. F. Mc- Caughtry apprentice, pressman and job printer. I. N. Jones was a compositor on the paper, William Hamilton of Beaver Falls, later a druggist, was an apprentice, and D. F. Daniels was the last apprentice on the paper. The new office was in what is called the Park building, 811 Third avenue, in the second story of the building. The "Press" was a good local paper for that day, equal ,to the best, and the office had a large amount of job printing. The paper went along with varying fortunes until January 14, 1874, when it was discontinued. Af terr ward the material was sold by the SherifF, and was bought in by J. C. Hays of Meadville, father of Major Hays, the latter going to New York City where he wrote for some of the papers.