folks, that link from Alan did not seem to work for me, so here is the
report in the STLPD:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fire-guts-historic-home-with-ties-to-mark-twain-embers/article_d2205ae7-2d7b-5dab-939f-a17b120ed4d8.html

it's a pretty rough part of town, these days, on the "old northside"; arson
is suspected;

nota bene my university, SLU, has extensive holdings of James Clemens and
his family, including extended family like Cyril, in the archives... there
are mountains of material, some of which I've looked over, but  if any
intrepid scholars are looking for some less well traveled roads in MT
scholarship....

-hb

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Alan Gribben <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Forum Readers,
>
> Last night fire destroyed the St. Louis mansion of James L. Clemens. It
> was=
>  built in 1859 and there are indications that Sam Clemens visited it at
> lea=
> st once. James L. Clemens was the benevolent relative who rescued the
> Hanni=
> bal birthplace house from being auctioned after John Marshall Clemens left
> =
> the family impoverished at his death.
>
> See the attached newspaper article about this sad event.
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.
> ksdk.com_mobile_article_news_local_historic-2Djames-2Dl-
> 2Dclemens-2Dhous-3D&d=DwIBAg&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=
> f7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=uJlY2eQHWZKx-w1RxLjIAugCV38vMvyw-HbJU0zxUoc&s=
> maC3elOPD3TLL8j8aj2lXc9a5jBpy8GGzE1ZGUEku_w&e=
> e-destroyed-by-fire/455990594
>
> Alan Gribben
>



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