Fire destroys Hamlin garage, damages home. #MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Fire destroyed a garage at 2236 N. Larchwood Rd. Sunday afternoon. According to Mason County Sheriff Sgt. John Balowski, the 68-year-old male resident said he had been welding a yard ornament in the garage, cleaned up his equipment and went into the attached house. He then…