15,1989
: Arson"- destroys
Elstonville bam
.ELSTOIiJVILLE - Arson
was listed as the cause of a
$lOO,OOO fire that destroyed a
large barn along Rt. 72,
about a mile north of
Elstonville, Lancaster
County, Wednesday night.
There is no other ex
planation for the cause of the
fire since there was no
electrical service to the
structure, according to
County Fire Marshall
Dennis Gerhart, of the
Lancaster State Police.
The barn was owned by
Menno Ober, R 4 Manheun,
but was being used by
Marlin Reiss, of Elstonville,
who rents the Ober land for
farming.
In addition to the bam, a
tobacco shed was destroyed
and a com shed extensively
damaged. Contents of the
bam that were lost included
a chuck wagon, two hay
wagons and about 500 bales
of hay.
Eighteen heifers in the
bam at the time of the blaze
escaped. The bam opened
into an adjoining meadow
and the animals ran from the
flames.
The fire was discovered
about midnight by a
neighbor, Mrs. Earl Sm
neger, who was returning
home. When firemen
arrived, the barn was
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completely engulfed in
flames.
Besides fighting the
flames, firemen wet down
the home of Mrs. Audry
Byers, just north of the bam.
The house was not
damaged.
It was the second bam fire
in Lancaster County in as
many nights. Tuesday mght
a bam along Rt. 322 at
Bnckerville was gutted.
Another fire Wednesday
night destroyed a large hay
bam at the Delaware Valley
College of Agriculture,
Doyiestown.
The bam had only recently
been filled with feed, ac
cording to a college
spokesman.
The fire broke out at 8; 15
p.m. Investigation is con
tinuing into the cause. An
inventory of losses also is
continuing.
Three nearby cattle bams
were not damaged.
Livestock were removed
from the barns as a
precautionary measure
during the blaze.
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