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(Continued from Page 1) partment in a boat. On Sunday, May 26, 1928, a resident of Centre Bridge returning home from a church service in Stockton, found old Centre Bridge on Fire on the sc ond span from the Pennsylvania side. A bucket brigade was organized and the flames were extinguished. Thursday evening, July 19, 1923, an old unused fish cabin located on the river bank close to the New Jersey and broke out in flames and threatened to destroy the bridge, but firemen saved it. The following Sunday evening, July 22, during a heavy thunder shower the old bridge was struck by lighting. Twenty-five volunteer firemen droo ned through the floor of the burning bridge to the river below. All escaped drowning, but some were injured. The fire that destroyed the bridge was the scene of a famous painting of Edward W. Redfield, America's fore most landscape artist, who resides in the artist colony near there. A move ment started by the residents of Cen tre Bridge and Stockton immediately after the fire culminated today in the formal dedication of a fire-proof span free of toils.
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Bristol Courier
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jul 18, 1927
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