The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-23

heaviest of the two Mr.. Steiner es-
timated his born to be worth be-
tween $500 and $1,000. and said his
house was worth at least $4,000. A
wagon, reaper, and other farming
implements, together with fodder,
feed and grain, were stored in the
barn, and these were consumed. Not
even a chair was saved from the
dwelling, and it is believed that his
loss will probably total between $4,000
and $4,000. He stated that he carried
about $4,000 insurance on the barn
an dabout $1,000 on the house.
Burkittsville, a country town, in
the extreme southwest corner of
Frederick county, was last Tuesday af-
ternoon threatened with destruction,
when fire broke out in the barn of
Mrs. David Arnold, and spread to
nearly a dozen other buildings Of the
town. For one long hour there were
grave fears that the entire town
would be burned. A strong gale blew
showers of sparks from the burning
Arnold building to Burkittsville. Some
of the sparks were carried from the
outskirts to the center of the town.
The Arnold farm is operated by
Wiener Arnold, son of Mrs. David
Arnold. With the exception of the
house, stone structure, virtually
every building of any consequence
was destroyed. The loss has been es-
timated at about $4,000.
The following is the list of build
ings on fire at one time and the own
ers:
Edward Magaha, stable.
Irving c. Magaha, she'd
p. M. HORNE, house.
Miss Annie Sewers, house.
Lutheran parsonage, stables.
Samuel Zecher, fodder ricks and
barnyards.
Ezra Horine, stables.
John HORNE, stables.
Albert Miller, stables.
John Roelkey, stables.
The combined loss to these men will
hardly aggregate thousand dollars.
Smouldering shingles lifted from the
Arnold barn scattered over these
buildings. At one time these small
fires threatened the destruction of
Burkittsville.
With the exception of one horse,
which was reported to have been
burned in the barn, neighbors and
friends of Mr.. Arnold saved all the
livestock from the burning barn and
outbuildings. The barn was entire
ly destroyed. With it was consumed
about 125 barrels of corn, and about
40 tons of hay. The loss incurred by
these two items alone is about $1,500
The carriage house, hog pens,
chicken houses, wagon shed and out
buildings on the Arnold farm were
burned. The house, although it stood
between the burning buildings and
Burkittsville was not burned. The
shower of sparks were blown over
this structure. 1t was stone build
ing.
Hagerstown, April 19-Exploding
dynamite injured four persons, two of
them seriously, and shocked num-
ber of Others when the barn on the
farm of DR.. c. B. Boyle, 1-2 miles
from this city, was destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon. The injured are:
Hagerstown, Md, April 19--Fire at
about IL o'clock Sunday night des-
troyed the large barn on the farm of
Mrs. Sarah E. Grimes, this city, locat-
ed near Taylor club house, consuming
all the contents of the barn, together
with all the live stock in the building
The farm is tenanted by George Pow
ell.
The loss will fall quite heavily on
Mr.. Powell, as he has lost practically
all of his farming equipment. The
farm was large one, containing
more than 200 acres, and quite a
quantity of feed was lost. The barn
was a large one and in good repair.
The loss will probably be between
$4,000 and $4,000, partially covered by
insurance The origin of the fire is
a mystery, as everything about the
place appeared in order when the
Powell boys returned home.