Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-08-29
Fire.

town, and one of his imps was abroad
early last Saturday morning on n
mission of devastation when Se kin
died fire in the stable of the Jun;a.
ia Hotel. Warren Plett, student at
law, saw the light of the fire and ran
70 the place Marsh Graham. baker
was aroused by the cracking of the
boards in the fire in the stable and
he and Plett were about the first on
the scene, about that time. as near
as can be learned from those at the
scene, the alarm of fire was raised in
the hotel to which the stable belong.
ed, and Jacob McNeal, clerk in the
house ran without hat or pants to
unlock the stable so that the horses
could escape. ]. d. Wallace. and
Alexander Wallace, of Tuscarora Val
ley We're there upon the scene, hay-
ing been aroused from their bed in
the hotel and were anxious to get
their team of three horses from the
burning stable. Two of the horses
were gotten out, the third one per-
ished in the flames. Alexander Wal
lace was severely burned about the
hands in the effort to cut the halter,
to free the horse. A horse owned
by Mr.. Minich of Loysville, Perry
county, was burned to death Land
lord Foormans S horse was loose and
ran out when the doors were opened:
the beast was severely burned, and
ran in to the country as for as to
Daniel Sieber's from which place it
was brought to town by David Sic
ber after daylight Foorman's horse
stood close to the pig stable which
McNeal says, had straw on its loft.
Because the horse was severely burn
ed, and other horses beyond it were
not severely burned, some have con-
jectured, that perhaps, the fire had
been started in the loft of the pig
stable, instead of the hay NOW, of
the horse stable. Four hogs were
burned in the pig stable, and two
hogs were burned in pig stable on
the Of lot Mrs. Layer. While all this
effort to release the stock at the sta
BILE WAS going on the flames burnt
out through the roof of the building
in such volume that railroaders across
the river were startled by the danger
that threatened the town, and they
opened the whistles of locomotives
to arouse the people The whole
community was aroused by the pc
culiar whistling of engines, and away
out in the country people were AVA
kened and conjectured what the noise
could mean
The fire was not long in reaching
the hotel; the boarders packed their
things and fed: number however
returned. and with the aid of citizens
helped to carry the furniture and
goods from the building. The loss
of this property is over $4,000, IN
surance about S4.500. The proprie-
tor and keeper of the hotel, John
Foorrnan was away on the railroad
shipping cattle, and came home on
Saturday and found his place in ruins
Mrs. Kepner & Son had a drug
store in the south end of the build
ing; nothing was gotten out of the
store Loss $500, insurance 3, 600.
This drug store passed through the
fire of 1873. B. F. Kepner, deceased,
was then proprietor.
On the north of the Foorman no
tel was the Jacob Thomas dwelling
house and store room, and Post OF
fee. The house was occupied by
Thomas, and the store room by Eby
& Souders, and the post office was
kept by VIM. Rodgers who moved 1t
70 his place ofresidence on third street
after daylight when he placed 1t IN
tbe store of VIM. Marks The Pat
terson Hook and Ladder company
pulled the post Office building down
10 keep the fire from progressing
northward along Main street Eby
& Souders had stock of over S4oo'
insurance $500. The stock WAS Ia
ken out in hurry ike when chased
bv fire. The household goods OF
Thomas was removed as we'll as could
he under the circumstances. Line
loss on dwelling house, store rooms
and so forth is $1,000, insurance
S2,400. ..,,
Across the alley, southwark from
the hotel was a large brick building
facing on Main street, from the ouila
mo down to the alley running par
alell with Main street was a 1raihs
ware house to store goods IN Ioi
Francicus & Co., who occupied the
corner room of the house. Inc ware
room addition took ire from th'
rtable and was soon consumed, Du'
not SO with the brick part, there the
burning was of slow progress, pn,
Glow as it was it still progressed I'll
tba hardware store was destroyed
oI,nost to a piece. The stock Oh
hand was valued at $4,000, insur
ance about $4,000 r. f. ParKel
owner of the building occupied tn
other large room to keep store IN !,
n ooods were removed in pei.l
maIl manner. The building and hi
stock OF gOouS wac on
600 insurance $4,000 Franciscu
& Co. have passed through all tnIe' re-
of the great fires that have devastated
LIE The large store building OF Jon, n,
Yeakley adjoined Parkers s mouse So .,
tbe south and was occupied oy sooiI
teepers Yeakley q son. ai,u 'o a,.
Pennell, both stores OF wllIn WIFI strIe I
hurried out in fire pell mel s,y,e stor
Of dnS YeaLiey axle & son was $4,000; ;1n ,nsu, u
once az about $4,000 The The. vaise ss 5oG q
rence ien about $4,000. Yeakle
lnsa ,ras one of the victims of the the grea
fire of August 2S' ls'o. d. ias des.roye, owe