Wrightsville, Pennsylvania
Fire
September 11, 1909
WRIGHTSVILLE’S BAD FIRE
Other Towns Help Save Business Section – Stables
Burn
Special to The Inquirer.
MARIETTA, PA, Sept 11. – Wrightsville, on
the York County side of the Susquehanna River,
southwest of here, with a population of 2500,
was threatened with destruction tonight. Fire
was discovered in the frame stables of Earl D.
Sweeney, butcher, in the business section, and
in a short time it was burned to the ground.
Biernstock Brothers, hardware dealers, and other
business places adjoining were ablaze several
times and were with difficulty saved.
The reservoir contains very little water and the
river is lower now than ever known and no water
could be drawn. By hard work firemen of
Wrightsville and adjoining towns kept the flames
from spreading. Sparks were carried a mile.
Bucket brigades from cisterns saved the
buildings. This is the fifth fire in
Wrightsville within a short time the work of an
incendiary.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia,
PA 12 Sept 1909
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