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HAYWARD—For the Antonio Ancona family, life was ending in Russell City.
They were the last family still living in the old community, which is being razed for an Industrial park. One relative was one of the area's first settlers.
Yesterday they began moving their possessions to a new home in Union City, south of Hayward.
But arsonists, the plague of Russell City during its final years, struck again.
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By Tom Harris
Flames from a wind-whipped grass and brush fire, skirling the eastern fringes of Castro Valley, threatened to destroy a dozen or more expensive homes along Crow Canyon and Jensen roads today before firemen and borate bombers won the battle against the stubborn blaze.
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Alameda County firemen were kept busy extinguishing two separate fires which broke out late last night and early this morning on Mississippi and Louisiana Streets in Russell City.
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The biggest fire yet to hit Russell City burned down 17 structures yesterday afternoon and blackened 23 acres of grass.
It was one of three major fires in Southern Alameda County yesterday.
Fanned by a stiff wind, it took area firemen five hours to get the blaze under control and another four to put it out. No one was injured.
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RUSSELL CITY — The Alameda County Fire Patrol is getting the idea that either someone doesn't like them or is trying to clear Russell City of all the vacant houses.
The fire patrol answered an other call last night in Russell City and found another vacant house almost completely destroyed by fire before the firefighters arrived.
The firemen have responded to 20 fires in Russell City since the first of the year and five of them have occurred since April 12.
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HAYWARD, Feb. 17.—Eight persons early today fled the second floor living quarters of a Russell City grocery and service station which was destroyed by fire which broke out shortly before 6 a.m.
One woman was burned as she rushed back into the flames in the belief her 2-year-old daughter had not been carried to safety. The child it was, learned later, had been rescued by other occupants of the building.
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