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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

January 28, 1899: J. M. Harden Wagon House destroyed by fire - Democratic Advocate

J. M. Harden Wagon House destroyed by fire

Democratic Advocate, January 28, 1899

The wagon-house of J. M. Harden, on the Nicodemus road, near Reisterstown, was destroyed by fire at an early hour last Saturday morning.

The loss is $1,250 and the insurance $850. Mr. Harden thinks the building was set on fire by an enemy.

The wagon house contained farming implements and a buggy, all of which were destroyed.

The building was located about 200 feet from Mr. Harden's dwelling house. The fire was discovered shortly before 2 o'clock by Mrs. Harden, just as the roof of the building fell in with a crash.

About two years ago a son of Mr. Harden shot a man in the leg, who, he alleges, was in the act of setting fire to his father's threshing machine.

Democratic Advocate, January 28, 1899. [18990128 Wagon House destroyed by fire DemoAdvo]

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Democratic Advocate, January 28, 1949: Train Wreck At Sykesville

Train Wreck At Sykesville

January 28, 1949 Democratic Advocate

Train Wreck At Sykesville - Three Men Injured When A B. & O. Freight Engine Was Derailed; 26 Cars Piled Up—Three trainmen were seriously scalded by steam Saturday afternoon when a freight train was derailed on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad At Sykesville and a section of the rail pierced the locomotive boiler.

Twenty-six cars of the 73-car train were derailed. Eight cars were overturned and witnesses said that they were "a mass of twisted wreckage.”

Officials of the B. & O. said, that the old main line now used only for freight traffic, will probably be closed by the wreckage until late in the afternoon. According to State police, the three injured men were riding in the cab of the locomotive at the time of the accident.

Democratic Advocate, January 28, 1949. [19490128 Train Wreck at Sykesville DemoAdvo]

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