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Woman Guides Cattle from Burning Barn Before Collapse
A woman on Paper Mill Road aided by milking cows led 24 cows and a bull to safety as a 50 by 50 barn burned and collapsed. Firefighters saved nearby buildings as 800 to 1,000 bales of hay and equipment were destroyed. The farm belonged to the late John C. Russell. Fire crews from five companies fought the blaze. cause undetermined.
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Catherine Lynn
Paper Mill Road
Interstate 81
John C. Russell
Lynn
Jones
Friendship
Rous
Shawnee