The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-01-05
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Sfxty-onc Bulldings Destroyed
Loss Upward OF S2C0, ,00O.


ever visited Central Penn, yltsnia oc
cured on Saturday night. December
1871. in the town ot Mifilin, Juris;a
county. About halfpas, seven O'Clock
III the evening the flames were firsl
iisroved IN he building know a. ,br
" Crystal Palace" on the corner of
Bridge aud Water streets. and before
any aid could he rendered fos,fhe ex-
iingushmeat of the Crystal Palace
he fire communicated to ib- adjoining
buildings un the srurh side of Bridge
street. and, with The exception uf three
lwcllipW houses, consume the entirr
sos, berp portion Of the town. consist
ins of thirty-ouc dwslliogs, stores, aud
Offices
In short time after tho fire broke
ont it was evident the cnuilagration
would be disa>icrous. The only fire
apparatus in the town WIS an ancient
Dire hand engine which when a'tenpt.
81 To he used proved an entire failure
Sceing the dire condition Of affairs
the aurhoriti., icclgraphci to- the
"gicers of the Pennsylvsuis R,ilroad
Company for aid. This request
ws' promptly complied With. The
first asa .tance uf the railroad r.,mpnny
was the Scniing of Ibt Hope Fire
Company II l. wistuwn. di,irucc twelve
miles from Mitilip. to the scene oi the
coufrgration This fire company hsd
all hgucw hand engine, aud y h"sc
cuirsge w'lh several hu, drel feet oi
hove, tut wh it arrived ut the fire
va found 10 be entire useless, IN ac-
count Of uat being ahle ~ draw us own
water.
The fire every minute was gaining
terrible hYadway aud threatened b.
destruction of the entire :nwn. The
lir" department oi this city was tel =
grsphcd 10, aud they cherrIu'ly re-
sp"udrd ibnt anyibin. IN thelr puYer
wOuli he rendered to STAY the drs,ruc.
iinu at the dccOurinA element Chief
Etgincor AEjrrw SrhaNrr immrdI
at lv summnued thr Fiirniship Steam
! Fire. "a" Company, NJ. ! with
heir stcsnrr sni hose carriage the
/ Ci'iI.n Steamtrv cuginr COMPANY.
NJ. j. with their steamer: he h"se
carriage u h. ,iuui VI Steam Ere
engln', No I, s'd truck of the SIT
Vernon Hook aud Ladder Compsnv
to report imu,rdn ely ut the lo,' oi
No'ih street. where ar. we're 10 watt
,ug IT, tI.c them 10 Il I'll n
/ he c"uIanirs responded I romltly
aud a. IT, - "'CprG were under way
: toi the >crL, o, cunNa ration, iOrty
niue mites AWAY. Tue spc 'il tain
arrived ~ Patterson, uppu>i'e Miiilu
about - 80 4 VI. The friendship
steamer, G,oi VIII hose car. age. and
! Vernon tucA w,rr lnmrdia y an.
loa"cd aud proceeird across the river
t. the scene Of conf rat,on, hut n
the Tire fond Lad spent il Jury 'h-ir
SERVICES wrrc not hrought into lcqui.
-iDirn The whole sUlthrrn PAT of
the toHo. from the south -iie ui Bil.r
street to Lost ere k. except the resi-
dcnce Of Mr. Parker, aud three other
buildings nj the upper cni ol that
>Iect, were competed, drstr ,vrd
Tnr BUILDINGS EsTRuyED.
The bdll lin. kuuw a. the tavstni
/ pa,ace ~ II tour story sruct ur". s''uat
ed on the corner OF Bird 20 aud Water
streets, aud Immediately on the bank
uf he cGral The fist iln,r was oc.
rnped Ly Scl'ars d Suluuli dealers in
dry goods, hardware. points e.
Tlcy had in store n very largr stock
of uil> and other iunummdhle matter
The second floor. which war on a level
with the rising street. was occupied
nv Gray hill \ Shelby. with drr sond.
uni u tiouS They hal very hrpr
stock nj goods, amounting 10 at least
$4,000. They lost everything. Al
Joining. IL h same building. wa,
the hariwarc tirm of Wra,m n 90
with u very extensive stock ui good.
i, their huc. Everything ia their
store was Totally d strnyci, amonn,,n,
To- several thon>uni doilr, The
thiId story ws> occupied by lroluoi.
Trihc, No - |. q. H. NJ; LGs' Geek
lodge oi Old Fell vs.. and Patterson
Council were in session when the fire
broke out and were compelled ,n lrav.
their room 81 suidrnly that they did
mt even save their records ur anvihinp
hrl"ugins 10 the c"uucil. The Lost,
Creek Lodge OF Otd Frllnw, II
ever, thing save he r hn"k> an rec
"rds. lroQuoi> Trne "f Red Mrn b,,
Ouc of the finest COLLECTORS nf rnrr
and all! siuiei animals aud hir,l- ni
he county. all "i which were tutall,
destroyed 10y the fire TIN f,ur,h
tory al the building was "rrupel Nv
lnInu Lo,re \ Y. :. Thrv had u
valurhlr library ut books which. with
all heir furniture sud ,r.ala. Va, t..
tally DESTROYED Mr., II.lahsugh u
prominent m"m'rr at the nr,Ier. at
tempted rn gave >"ne ot their va'usblc
Ip'"p"rty. but the progress of the
iarc, Nt> 50 great ~ ln almost >niT =
cate him, lie vs. overcome ty the
hr,t in hs efforts ln rescue the prnr =
cry, AMI was nnv rescued by pari,>
shn cane tn his rrirf.
The Odd Fe,iows' Hall. n very fiuc
hrirk hu ld,ng u few doors above rhr
Nry'tnl Palace, was occupied on ih,
ri,~t and second floors hy NJ. Til'ou
Esnenschrde as div goods stnr,.
III. store was filed with a lnr.e stuck
nf .nols aud his loss is almost total.
The third story Of this hrliiin. was
occupied ny Hff!ntown Lodge | O.
10. +, The lodge owned The huilnlnp