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Fire destroys barn near Creagerstown after phone delay
A $25,000 blaze roared through a 40 by 60 foot barn owned by Roy Elliot near Creagerstown. Lack of a telephone delayed calls to Thurmont and Graceham fire units, arriving to find the structure engulfed. Over 10 tons of hay and straw burned, with about 300 bushels of corn in a crib mostly lost. Three tractors and various tools also perished.
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Creagerstown
Roy Elliot
Vernon Fisher
Guardian Hose Company
Thurmont
Graceham
Harry C. Miller
Miller
Leslie R. Sovocool
Graceham Company