Moorestown, NJ Fires, Jul 1911
$12,000 MOORESTOWN FIRE BLAMED ON INCENDIARY
Special to The Inquirer.
MOORESTOWN, N. J., July 11.----For the fifth time in July and the fourteenth since January 1 residents have been summoned to a fire here. Two barns belonging to J. Clement Hopkins, a barn and ice cream plant belonging to R. M. Haas and the garage of George R. McKelvey were consumed last night.
Citizens were summoned by the wife of former State Senator Samuel K. Robbins, who rang a large dinner bell at a window of her home.
An incendiary is blamed for the many conflagrations here. R. M. Haas was kicked thrice while assisting in taking eighteen horses from his barn. The total loss is about $12,000.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 12 Jul 1911
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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