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Hollidaysburg, PA Court House Fire, Mar 1917

Posted June 18th, 2008 by Teri
Blair County Court House, 1908

FIRE IN COURT HOUSE

Altoona, Pa., March 1. -- Fire threatened the destruction of the Blair county court house at Hollidaysburg yesterday, when rubbish in the cellar caught fire from some unknown cause and filled the office of the prothonotary and register and recorder with smoke. The public documents kept in steel cases, were uninjured.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA 1 Mar 1917

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