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Octave Delph. Second oldest firm in BSL next to L. A. DeMontluzin. (SCE Jubileer 1942 pg 6, col 2).
Planchet, Georges & Chiona, Louise Ursule m 1879 (OLG MB 1)
Planchet, G., Building owned by G. Planchet on waters edge at head of Union St. and used as a postoffice was destroyed by the Storm Oct 3, 1893.
The beautiful four-room cottage on the beach, owned by Mr. Planchet and occupied by Dr. W. E. Walker was a complete wreck. The massive pillars washed from beneath it and the building crushed as an egg shell in a giant hand. (Daily Picayune 6, Oct 1893).
Planchet, Mrs. Three buildings located between the church and the opera house burned Sept 16, 1907 (SCE)
(It would appear that Mrs. Planchet owned six buildings in this vicinity in 1907 that were all burned. Echo of that date mentions:
1.	Planchet building occ on 1st floor by Kosminsky & Layman, and on 2nd floor by the Cumberland Telephone Company's central exchange.
2.	Mrs. Planchet's residence.
3.	Planchet building occ by Kings Dau. Public Library Beach side of Front.
Planchet building occ by store of H. S. DeGillum Planchet building occ by Thomas Reed Drug Store Planchet building occ by off of Dr. R. J. Turner
however possible that some of these buildings had a
----occupancy and were therefore combined but the
article does not read with this implication.
Mrs L^j/lJ^-Planchet lost 6 separate properties in the recent fire. She is presently quartered in Bookter Cottage, Front and Bookter. She is considering moving to New Orleans. (1907 Nov 23 SCE).
This morining a fire was discovered about 5 o'clock in Osoinach's Theatre (Opera House). Immediately north of the big Opera House was located the Merchants Bank while in the same yard, a little westward, stood the handsome home of Walter Gex, the well known attorney. Across the street were located Evans Drug Store, an annex to the Clifton House, a fruit stand, and Miss Josie Welch's Book Store. South of the Opera House extending to the corner of Union Street where the fire was finally brought under control, stretched a number of costly buildings including the Clifton Hotel, St. Joseph's Convent, the Catholic Church, the Planchet Store building, and a number of private dwellings. The Bay is supplied with very poor fire fighting apparatus and still poorer system of water works. It was only the wide sweep of open country between the Bank and the Pickwick Hotel that kept the latter from going also. The Markey House (Crescent Hotel), one of the old landmarks was gone and the Convent building (St. Joseph's),
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