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Devastating Fire Leaves Ashes Across North Clarendon
A night of horror in Clarendon as nearly 200 families become homeless after a massive fire devours about 160 buildings. Fire raged through Main Street, the depot, and the water works amid shifting winds and dwindling water supply, with residents rescuing belongings multiple times while thieves plundered others. Relief efforts mobilized nationwide. food, clothing, and shelter organized for weeks of hardship, with extensive losses listed for dozens of property owners and businesses.
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Kuhn
Torpedo Office
Erie Street
Main Street
School House
E. Morris
Railroad Street
Main
Exchange
Clarendon
Goal & Weaver
Weaver House
T. J. Mahoney
Clarendon Road
McNett
Opera House
G. M. Hill
Boyd Bros
Post Office
Warren Fre
Burgess Rankin
Henry House
Warren
Frank Dalrymple
Fred O'Hara
W. T. Richards
Warren Companies
Morris
Jurendon
Warren & Farnsworth Valley
Charley McCandless
Simpson
Ridelsperger
Stoneham
Old Clarendon
Bean Farm
Rev
Philips
Alvt
Cauley
Willoughby
Keystone Hotel
Pudeng
Brunswick Hotel
Erie
Storey
Palace Drug Store
Christie
Pittsburg
C. C. Allen
A. W. Rankin
Starl Waters
Robert Fuller
E. T. Hazeltine
Geo
Col. Watson
Judge Scofield
Burgess Bradley
C. C. Duffield
Wangaman
Warren Ro- Hef Corps
Beecher & Copeland
C. A. & D. Gornon
J. H. Rockwell
Palner Gilbert
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Warren & Farnsworth Road
Ruhl
National Transit Office
Telephone Office
James Parmlee
Harrisburg
Express
Express Company
Relief Committee