On March 10, 1984 at 7:27 p.m. firefighters responded to a barn fire on the West Creek Road, Lurgan Township. An arson fire destroyed a barn and its contents along with 12 dairy heifers, the barn was well involved upon arrival of firefighters. Firefighters from six companies battled the blaze in 10-degree weather for almost 3 ½ hours. Water was obtained from a nearby creek to battle the blaze according to Rusty Anderson, Newburg fire chief. A damage estimate was not available. The West End Fire and Rescue, Newburg-Hopewell, Letterkenny, South Newton, Upper Frankford Twp. and Vigilant Hose companies operated at the scene. 
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Arson Fire Destroys Barn
On March 10, 1984 at 7:27 p.m. firefighters responded to a barn fire on the West Creek Road, Lurgan Township. An arson fire destroyed a barn and its contents along with 12 dairy heifers, the barn was well involved upon arrival of firefighters. Firefighters from six companies battled the blaze in 10-degree weather for almost 3 ½ hours. Water was obtained from a nearby creek to battle the blaze according to Rusty Anderson, Newburg fire chief. A damage estimate was not available. The West End Fire and Rescue, Newburg-Hopewell, Letterkenny, South Newton, Upper Frankford Twp. and Vigilant Hose companies operated at the scene. 1 comment:
No comments can be made anonymous, you need not sign in but you must sign a name or they will be deleted. This is just to seperate fact from fiction and keep it from being anything like whacker fest pa fire.
I am sorry to add the word verification but recently 88 of my post were spammed in one night. I do not have the time to correct that many post again, so this will eliminate the bullshit.
It is pretty cool hearding some of the Chief's/Officers names from back in the day.
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