On April 4, 1929 at 10:00 a.m., a fire alarm was sounded for a fire in front of the C. C. Weicht Garage. A gasoline truck carrying 200 gallons of gas was enveloped in flames after a fire started in the hose used to fill the underground tanks. The flames spread to the awning in front of the garage and the garage itself before being contained. Firemen performed heroically in keeping the fire from spreading. A damage estimate was not available. It was thought that a spark from the pumps caused the fire. The Vigilant Hose and Cumberland Valley Hose companies answered the alarm.
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