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Fires destroy two barns on Middletown area farms
Two fires burned large barns on farms near Myersville and Adamstown. Dennis Flook's bank barn on Middletown Road lost 10,000 bales of hay and straw with no livestock harmed. A second fire at Ry B. Kanode's farm destroyed a 36 by 36 barn with 4,000 to 6,000 bales of alfalfa and mixed hay. Firefighters from Middletown, Myersville, and Independent Hose responded. one rescuer was treated after inhalation. Nearby areas reported minimal damage beyond fallen limbs. In a separate incident, Dr. Jacob W. Bird, key to founding Montgomery County General Hospital, will be honored for 50 years of service with a ceremony at the hospital.
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Myersvile
Lock
Middletown Fire Company
Meersville Company
Jerry Quill
Independent Hosempany
Zraken
Frederick Memorial
Carrell Manor
Ry B. Karode
Adamstown
Kanode
Montgomery
Carroll Counties
Frederick
Randallstown
State Police
Carroll
Jacob W. Bird
Montgomery County General Hospital
Bird
Rains
St. Peter's Catholic Church
R. MicGill Mackall
Baltimore