Daily Lycoming Gazette and West Branch Bulletin: August 21, 1871 – Terrible Conflagration – Forty Buildings Destroyed1
- Old News
- August 21, 2019
About 8 o’clock Sunday evening was visited by the most destructive conflagration ever known in the history of this town. The wind was blowing a fearful gale from the south, which had prevailed during most of the day. The fire commenced in a stable belonging to C.M. Baker, on Black Horse Alley, and owing the