Chestnut Grove Road House Burns

On March 23, 1937 at 3:00 p.m. firemen responded to the Chestnut Grove for a house fire. A fire of undetermined origin destroyed an occupied 2-½-story wood frame dwelling. By the time firemen arrived all that could be saved was the summer kitchen. The rural pumper responded to a chimney fire east of Shippensburg on the Walnut Bottom Road shortly before the Chestnut Grove Road fire was reported. The second engine responded to the fire and when the rural pumper heard of the severity of the incident they also responded. A group of boys from the Big Pond CCC camp armed with portable tanks used in fighting forest fires helped keep the blaze from spreading before the Vigilant’s arrival. A damage estimate was not available. The Vigilant Hose Company extinguished the blaze.