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On This Day in FFD History

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ON THIS DAY IN FROSTBURG/FFD HISTORY

A reprint from the Cumberland Times Friday, December 7, 1928
FROSTBURG HAS $11,000 EARLY MORNING BLAZE THAT GAVE LOT OF THRILLS

Two Children Carried From Blazing Standish Mansion, a Landmark, Which Is Gutted - Another Family Barely Escapes Suffocation - Woman Loses Bonds.
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Frostburg, MD., Dec. 7-- Fire of unknown origin blazing through the roof of the Standish mansion, one of Frostburg’s oldest landmarks, one hour and 15 minutes after midnight, brought the clanging of fire bells awakening the residents of Standish Street to view one of the most destructive blazes in residential districts of the city for many years. The Standish mansion, a portion of which was

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