The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23
BETWEEN TWO MINUTES
A Story of a Great Fire.

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Third Sand was a busy settlement. do
ing business in a small way in oil There
were 20 little houses, huddled all togeth-
er; there were half dozen producing
wells, with their derricks ard pumping
machinery; there were many big storage
tanks perched here and there among the
hills; there was the railroad; there were
about 50 people, big and little.
All that was before the fire. Only
ashes and ruins and dcsolation marked
where Third Sand had been. Even the
railroad was only a tanglc of twisted
rails Most of the people went to the
larger oillcds. Some of them made
homes in Oldtown, over beyond the rim
of hills, where the fire did not reach and
where Jack lived, but wherever they
are they tell thrilling story to this day
about the fire.
The place was quite shut in 10y the
woods on every side. Many of the stor-
age tanks were fairly in among the trees.
If the fire should come over the hills,
nothing could save the little oil settle
mcnt. 1t was only Il little fire as yet,
but the wind was blowing in that way,
and tho wind ,r,s much .tr,,,,,,. tr,,, ~
nen,,Io In tho L,,llo,, 'b,l INV. i1.a 80 g.
I.,I wont do,,.,, in thn L''i,,,,. ,',,I "a
thn t,Ic nr ,y,rnina nrt Tho ,,,o,, d.,,,.,,
tbcrn ,y,.o l,l.,. Il ,,.a. a,,I,. i,..'.
story and thcv ,,,,o mo hood -, IL
IL r,,,cl.J ,,,.,,. I,.,,,,o,,.,,l IL. .,,,
nor, mot Iot,,,.J l,. L,,,.i,,,, - ,I,o
mon I,r.,l,i,, ~ lin ~
Uo followed tbr nIl natb b,al. f., oll.
town II erhtrd pnr,d lin md la a,'t
mast m, frst If H., III ,.,lI, tI,.,t t.,I
bnnr J,iIln5 Fl, ,I,,t .,,.,;,,, ,II,, ,.ali
was ,IIy, now lint II I,1 I,,,n !, ,,.n,,,,,, IN
it, DEW. ,rd I,,I.'l f,fI,.,. I,,I ,,.,,,,,l .,I
onorafnj If rrar.,,,tin,, ,Ln III ~ mo-
OIItn,yn railroad ,t,ti,n h,. ,.,,. If y, IT,
tIa ,yao,lnn t,.,,,,,.,,. tL,t IL, Ia lii
for tbcrc WINS mo- Trird Sard st,t i'
tl,r
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dismantIrJ drrricL Mo oId HAMA am that
usnd tn ,rn ON tI,is tr,,,,,.,, L,I ,,'.t i
homo ana .i,,,, tI,,, NH MI. - -,
GOOD rs ncw cyront fbat ono nr tha 10
ve,s was ,ni..in., ,roI,, bo L,.,,n.1 -, t.n.l
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car yn,,lJ Lr IF mo- earthly ne, art,r aI1
his trouhIo Rnt what hnv wonlJ ytan
ia tbinI, obort. tb,ts
lilo found III, Inv.r and s,ortod or
with If roin,. no.t tLo I,io c"Iin tba+
VIII mon Ind l;,.o,I j., L,r,,.,, ,rI,irI S,.,,,I
vos eottIcmnnt II .tood Ia. itsaIr an+
of tho wov hard to ,,ot NJ onJ -. snIital
~ us hav.l.s nnst II w.as oocrm;ad
nevertheless Tho Widow sir, Ii,nd in
if ROM rrno win UttIn Kotv hnr ..ro,,I.
child os bc,, only communion r,,y :,
mitn of a qirl sat an thn dnor.t,.,, now
nih,lino = r,rIst md sbo caIloJ ar -,
Jncl, ne bn nasyod.
"C,r.nn,'l c,nn ov.,,..-,,,,o o,,.o,. ar
+o tbn farm nicl,in borrios- WON, bo
hac1, i'm 'nost t,,n,rro,. ,,ro., :,
..Tomorro,,' yVLat.. '.rin,, f. ho,,r,o
If Won MI tl,ot timn >" Ear tbo horrv
Farm v.,s , God two ,riIos o,,.,r
aEotLin. i,.t ,,of, tn stov ri1,h+ horo
Same nc .,ronn,. s.i1. .I,.,vs do To,I,in
over bocn,nns ~ mo
IIo know tLot shn was ofton lort lv
bersolf for c,ronnv ,nust ,vorl, ,,,bor, .bo
could Inf he mi nn,.n. tban.,ht - bor
holm, oIono in +L,t Ji.r,,l ,I,,o ,,,,,.
niobt Ia ala rnt M 40 D., III,
could bn d,9 Al tbo TbirJ Sud no,,Io
o,.n,, Ill. I;t.Ia ,,il,,o4 ,,, - H.,
holm tndar il son,,aJ
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on ia aa"r c,os., m Tn + az, ,,,a ' "n
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civ, ,,..,. y,,,,, ti,,,o p,,t ti,a,, - tI,at
should honnan for, ,,ron,,io, ca,I,ir,t ha.,,
la,. ,',,,oL !, IT, Ia Li,,,,'Ir ..I,,
tLir,,., Lai,, .,r,,,t s+,,,.o,,, t.,i. c,,Ii -
oil cot nm ON StiIts nm tho hillside inst
oho,.o tI,a .o,I,i,,
T,o1. flIIa,,.,'I a., ,n,,,,,,.,,. 1.o,,,,, Coz
Il Icd dirnctI. - tho;r La,l, .,,to ana ~
o,co fau ~ ,ro,rI. ,,nt+in,, a., ,a,.a,. =,
place on the hand ear. That was alb
sorhing work When he got it done at
last and came ont of his little work
shanty, he found that things were hap
P',tt"9'
That little ire IN the woods was al
ready an army with banners of flame
ana smoke moving swiftly to destroy.
All the men OF the ! hrd sand mad gone
OUT TO meet ana hSht the terrible IN,
Vader, Many oil the oidtoWh men nad
gone TO help thGn' More We're running
10 JON men, ana JACK ran win these.
oh' 1t : All zoo ia'e' Jack gaSped as
ne ran q , u, men eouldil stop
th;tt nre - now
OF an the Woriu over tH're beyond
the nils seemed drcadlUIlN awe with