Thursday, April 16, 2009

500 Chickens Killed In Fire

On April 16, 1929 at 11:00 a.m. firemen were alerted to a fire on the Walnut Bottom Road, three miles east of town. A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a frame chicken house killing 500 chickens. Firemen had the blaze under control quickly. A damage estimate was not available. The Cumberland Valley Hose Company answered the alarm.

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