Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Fire
September 18, 1924
FIRE CAUSES $75,000 LOSS AT SALISBURY
Special to The Courier.
Meyersdale, Sept . 18-- The town of
Salisbury, Somerset county, was visited by fire
which caused about $75,000 damage Tuesday. The
town has no water system and the big engines
that were brought from neighboring towns in
response to the call for aid could not be used.
Chemicals provided the chief element in
combating the flames and finally to prevent the
spread the Hay Hotel was dynamited. At this
point the fire was checked.
The fire broke out about 3 o’clock in
Frank Kiefer’s
store. It wiped out the east side of Grant
street, the main thoroughfare between Union and
Fourth streets. This is the very center of the
town. The buildings destroyed include the Valley
or Loechel
House, the principal hotel, the
Hay Opera
House, Hay
Hall, both two story frame structures with the
stores underneath and the
Hay Hotel,
which was dynamited. The flames jumped acros
[sic] the street and destroyed the
McKinley
building, a two-story frame structure, the first
floor of which was occupied by
C.D. Wagner’s
grocery store and the second by lodgr [sic]
rooms.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pa 18
Sept 1924
Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
Audrey!
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