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Halifax Barn Fire, 1924

This story of a fire near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in the Lykens Standard, September 26, 1924:

BARN AND CROPS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT HALIFAX

Handicapped by the lack of fire-fighting apparatus, volunteers were unable to save a barn and two small outbuildings on the farm of L. N. Keasser, near Halifax, late Thurssday, but managed to save some of the livestock and to prevent the farm house from igniting.  The loss is estimated at about $7,000: crops, several work horses, a dozen hogs and some farm implements having been destroyed.  The buildings burned virtually to the ground within a half hour.  Origin of the blaze, which started in one of two outbuildings destroyed, has not been determined.  It was discovered by a farm hand about 5 o’clock.  L. N. Keasser, the owner, and his family were not at home.

Aid was called from Halifax and vicinity.  Lester Eby, Halifax fire chief, assisting in directing the fight against the blaze.  The farm hands nearby when the fire was discovered managed to save most of the livestock and some farm machinery.  The structures, all of frame, were fanned by a slight wind.  Sparks from the outbuildings ignited the barn.

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