Pennsylvania Town Burned Out
Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
October
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text
Pire broke out in Weed'a livery barn at Austin, Pa., and ia flve hours' time every building in town but iive. was burned to the ground, and probably 800 people were made homeless. fire was startod by a load of hay being run into a, gas jet. In all about, 100 buildings were bnrned, mostly residenoes, the larger losses being1 the M. E. and Presbyteriau ohurches and the opera house, ïhe loss is placed by insuranoe experts at about 8200,000,
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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register