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FIRE and RESCUE
SQUAD NOTES
Safety reports from Flint Hill, Amissville and Washington last week were all “safety fans” could wish for. No fires, no serious accidents. Let’s keep it up.
Fire completely destroyed a hay barn on the Clover Hill Farm of J. Maurice O’Bannion on Monday, Juno 10 about 6:30 p.m.
One thousand bales of hay went up in smoke. With the exception of one load, it was last years hay. - Cause of the fire is not known, but it is thought to have been a case of spontaneous combustion.
Ten panels of fence was aha burned.
Th* Sperryville Vol. Fire Co. was called but wore unable to save the bam, they were able, howeevr, to keep the fire from spreading to other buildings.
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