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Re-Printed from the Cumberland Evening Times, Page 19 – Thursday, January 2, 1975

Frostburg K of C gutted

ONE INJURED, SMOKE FELLS TWO OTHERS
Fire gutted the Frostburg Knights of Columbus building, 117 East Main St., yesterday about 9:30PM.

Five fire companies and the LaVale Volunteer Rescue Squad truck responded to the alarm turned in by Enoch Price, a fireman, who was passing by the building in his car and noticed smoke. He summoned the Frostburg volunteer fire company

Firemen were at a dinner in the police station and arrived at the scene within minutes but it was reported the fire already had blazed into the ceiling of the two-story, brick building, which was gutted.
Three firms on the ground floor-Quinn’s floor service, Frostburg antiques, and affairs storeroom, along

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