Daily Archives November 20, 2018
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HOUSE FIRE
November 20, 2018
Calls
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11/20
18:24 #053937 HOUSE FIRE *17210 DUTCH HOLLOW RD NW* BOX:F1501 DUE:CO15 E152 E630 E162 T52 T62 SQ2
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On This Day in Frostburg/FFD History
November 20, 2018
Events
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ON THIS DAY IN FROSTBURG/FFD HISTORY
Cumberland Evening Times - November 20, 1936.Old Frostburg Opera House Burns
Landmark Seventy Years Old Is Destroyed
The second fire in the business section this week completely destroyed the old Frostburg Opera House at the corner of Main and Depot Streets early this morning. The alarm was sent in about 2 a.m. by Russell Carter of Grahamtown and by 2:30 the building was a mass of flames.
Said to have been a spectacular fire, fed by grain stored in the basement and huge virgin white pine girders, melted the copper roof providing a fireworks-like display lasting most of the night. A four-story brick structure, it was owned by Mrs. Joseph H. Hitchens and for years housed the largest motion picture theater in the city. Recently, it had been
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