Saw mill burning. In 1880 Mr. Barclay owned and operated a steam-powered sawmill behind the railway station about one hundred feet behind the present fire hall. Two railway spurs - one on either side of the mill - facilitated loading cars. Mr. Barclay also owned and operated a water-powered flour mill near Coleman - now known as Leard's Mill. In 1889 the sawmill was destroyed by a disastrous fire that also demolished the homes of Mr. White and Mr. Frost and the Post Office, housed in Mr. Frost 's home, as well as several unoccupied buildings. In the early 1900's Mr. White , a millwright, built a new mill on the same site but operated it for only a short time. During the next ten years this business was consecutively owned by Ambrose Currie , Allison Home, and Ira Clark from Mt. Stewart, who operated it until this mill too was destroyed by fire. In 1922 Russell Webb built and operated yet another mill on the same site. His brother Alvin and Dominic Perry were the firemen. Garfield Carruthers was also an employee. In 1927, when Russell went to Alberton to do carpenter work, the mill was taken over by William MacNeill from West Devon . After Mr. MacNeill 's death, his sons Oscar and Claude managed the business until 1935 when they sold it to Sanford Phillips , Sr. who had the mill demolished. 251