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Consumed by flames, a once stately barn was reduced to rubble.
Berks County writer experiences
tragic loss of barn and contents
By LAUREL SCHAEFFER
Berks County Reporter
SINKING SPRING, Pa. -
The people of this area are
worried, and have the right
to be, especially if they have
a barn. Fire has taken two
bams already and almost
had a third one.
The first fire was on March
1. It was the bam of Donald
Schaeffer, my husband. We
lost all of our hogs, some of
our equipment and crops,
along with the countless
“odds and ends” which
never seem like much until
they are gone. It was
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practically full of hay and
straw.
Now we can truly sym
pathize with others who have
watched their hard work and
countless efforts to up in
flame, knowing how helpless
their livestock were. Our
weren’t just pigs, they were
more like our family. And
the worrying, how will we
ever get back on our feet
again?
But one good thing, we
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have many people to thank
for their generous help when
it came time to work.
Another barn was
destroyed on March 10. It
was the bam of Lester
Kreider, only minutes away
from ours. They too have
unfortunately experienced
the horrid terror when their
“turn” came.
The Kreider bam was full
of cattle, fortunately they
were evacuated in time, but
that was all that was saved.
A third bam in the same
vicinity was almost another
victim. Thankfully that one
was saved.
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