The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-06-08
ANOTHER FIRE.
The Fulton House Garage Burned Last
Friday Night. Surrounding
Property Escaped.
ALL AUTOMOBILES WERE SAVED.

lot on which the Fulton House, o.
ReXroth hotel property stands
was destroyed by fire last Frida,
night.
The fire was discovered abou
II o'clock, and on account of 1t.
having been a warm summer
evening, many persons had moi
yet retired. In q few minutes
after the first alarm had beer
given a dozen or more men were
there, the doors were battered IN
and the automobiles backed out
and taken away to places of safe.
ty. BY this time, the fire hose
was attached and effective work
done. In less than an hour the
fire was under control.
The garage was two story
frame building 20x35 feet, and
originally built for a hotel stable.
On account of there being anoth-
er stable on the premises, and
because of the increased automo.
bile travel, the stalls were re.
moved and the building fitted up
as a garage. In one corner on
the ground floor, a small box
stall was reserved, IN which a
COW was kept at night. A door
opened from the alley into the
COW stable; and, also, there was a
door between the COW stable and
the part used as garage. There
was also small opening in the
COW stable through which the
manure was thrown into the sta
BILE yard. 1t was through this
opening that the lncendiary
crawled to gain entrance to the
building. When he got into the
COW stable, he opened the door
and turned the COW into the gar.
age among the automobiles. He
then started the fire, and left the
place through the outside door,
leaving it stand open. The fire
soon communicated with the
second story which contained
hay, and the whole upper part of
the building was ablaze.
The garage contained three
automobiles-all belonging to
transient guests. One was
Dig Packard in which were tour
ing party composed of j. IL.
oeloert, son James and daughter
Mary, and Mr.. and Mrs. D. w.
Selbert-all of Somerset, Pa. ].
H. Selbert is lumber man, and
D. W., Is the County Superln.
'endent OF schools of Somerset
county.
The second machine was a
cadillac Thirty, in which were
travelling Johnstown party com.
posed OF q, II. Bracken and wife,
MISS Louise Bracken, and G. A. |
Dyers and wife. These people
were just returning from a de.
ilghCiul outing of ten days IN
mnIch they had visited Pittsburg,
Erle, Buffalo, New York, and |
rhlladelphla. The third machine
was Warren Detroit, and was
occupied by DR.. w. A. Marsh and |
iamlly, of Mount Pleasant, Pa,
'uese people were going east and
uau just finished the first day of
'no'r outing, The total value of
'De 'hree cars was IN the neigh
oorhood of SS,0O0.O0. While the
""cuines We're all insured, the
O"ners considered themselves
t''y fortunate that they did not
nave to collect the insurance and
," ~ae cnances of completing their
journey afoot.
.. .lor'0nately, the night was
' and the building was cover
W''h a steel roof, otherwise,
.Do'e would be a different story
'e'l; for, just across the allev
s. !" Ile north are the Holman
tS tSaOles and slaughter shop, to
s.s,, ~ east are the j. w. Greathead
'aO'e and o. L. Greathead s
tsot t'V@oolle repair shop; a few
sto, 70 The west Is the large hotel
tba hue and less than 100 feet to
,ue 'ro south u Is the large hotel build.
,es,., s had the fire not been ar
asa ou Just when it was the con-
N.Y. station would have been the