The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-09
Three Barns Destroy
ed By Fire
Buildings Near Pennington
Liberty Grove And
Woodlawn Burned

Rising Sun firemen received two
calls for aid on Saturday evening
The first one came about eight
O'Clock, from Porters Bridge, where
a fire had been discovered at the
sawmill of Samuel w. Fitzgerald.
The timely discovery OF the blaze
enabled its being extinguished be-
fore the fremen arrived on the
scene. ~
The second call came about nine
O'Clock, from Pennington, where
the harm on the farm of Benjamin
Densmore was on fire. The fremen
made a quick run, with apparatus
Int as there was no water supply
little could be done except to pre-
vent the fire spreading to the nearby
dwelling.
The barn and shedding were total
ly destroyed, together with a guam
tity of straw and hay.
Two pigs and thirty-two chick
ems persisted in the flames.
The loss is placed at about 81
500. with partial insurance. The
The loss is placed at about $S,-
600, with partial insurance. The
origin of the fire is not known.
The large barn on the farm OF
Robert Russell, near Liberty Grove,
was totally destroyed by FIRE OF un-
determined origin on Tuesday morn
ing.
Members of the family were In
the barn milking about seven O'Clock
when smoke was noticed and an In
yestigation revealed fire in the upper
mart of the barn, under the roof.
The Rising Sun firemen were
called and were soon on the scene,
but the flames spread with such
rapidity that the structure was
doomed and there was little the fire.
men could do, except prevent the
spread of the fire to other farm
buildings.
The barn, together with 40 tons
of hay, some straw, machinery, etc.,
was destroyed. The loss is placed al
$4,000, with partial insurance.
A third disastrous fiIs IN this i'm
mediate section within q period OF
four days, was that of Tuesday
night, when the barn on the farm
of the Kelly brothers,-Frank, Dode,
william, and Clarence, near Wood
lawn, was struck by lightning dur
ing the electrical storm that pre-
vailed, and totally destroyed, togeth-
er with all this years crops, and
six head of registered Holsteln
cattle.
Frank Kelly's Holstein dairy
herd of about thirty head is one OF
the finest in the State, and last year
won highest honor for production
of any Holstein herd in Maryland.
In the fire Tuesday night a bull
valued at $4,000, and five heifers
that he had been offered $3.50 apiece
for, persisted in the flames.
The barn was equipped with every
sanitary requirement, that the rigid
laws for the handling of milk spec
ify.
Rising Sun firemen were called to
the scene about nine O'Clock, and
responded Immediately in the driv-
ing the rain. They succeeded in saw
ing the dwelling and other nearby
farm structures, but the barn was
doomed.
The Port Deposit and Perryville
firemen responded to calls for aid,
but the road leading to the Kelly
farm was jammed with parked and
locked cars of sightseeing autoists,
and these engines could not get near
the fire.
Some of these automobile owners
will have to appear before the Mag
istrate and show cause why it was
necessary to block the road with
their locked cars, as the State Police
took the license numbers of all of
the offenders.
The loss on the Kelly property is
estimated at $4,000, with partial
insurance.
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