Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - May 13, 1905 FIRE AT PENNSBURG A five hundred ton carload of lime placed in the wooden lime bin at the Hillegass & Krauss, coal and lumber yards in Pennsburg, on Monday, in some unaccountable manner began to slack and started a conflagration shortly after dinner. An alarm was at once sent in by phone to Edwin MILLER's bakery next door to the fire house and the fire alarm was sounded. Within five minutes after the alarm was given, the Pennsburg Fire Company with its hose and hook and ladder trucks was on the scene and had a stream of water on the burning building. After an heroic effort on the part of the firemen they succeeded in taking the burning roof from the building for they were then better able to apply water on the lime as well as on the burning sides. The firemen did remarkable good work for the building was only partially damaged, so quickly did they get the fire extinguished. Flames were already pouring out on all sides when the fire was first detected and had the company not responded so quickly and did such excellent work after arriving at the scene it is likely that Pennsburg would have witnessed its largest fire, for thousands of feet of dry lumber was housed close by, and a large frame warehouse stood within fifteen feet of the lime bin. The damage to Hillegass & Krauss will amount to about seventy-five dollars which is not covered by insurance. FALL KILLS WOMAN OF EIGHTY-SEVEN Ascending the stairs at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mahlon DeTURCK, of Friedensburg, Oley township, Berks county, where she had been celebrating her 87th birthday anniversary, Mrs. Hannah LEVAN, widow of Daniel LEVAN, lost her balance and fell backward. Her skull was fractured and she died in ten minutes. CHILD WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED A young child of William McFADDEN, of Boyertown, was on Monday morning found dead in bed. Deputy Coroner Wm. H. FOX empanelled the following jury to hold an inquest: L.P.G. FEGLEY, foreman; Henry B. STAUFFER, Theo. S. FEGLEY, F.H. HARTMAN, A.F. SHANER and H.M. BINDER. The verdict was that the child died of natural causes. FELL FROM TREE AND WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS While William H. WIEAND of Dillinger was sawing some branches from one of his apple trees this week he had the misfortune of falling off and in some doing struck his head against a limb which broke off and inflicted a gash about an inch and a half long directly above the eye. He was at first unconscious but only for a very short time. BRIDE OF THREE WEEKS VICTIM OF PERITONITIS Mrs. Nora Raisbeck ROEDER, a bride of three weeks, died on Tuesday evening, at the home of her father-in-law, Henry C. ROEDER, of East Greenville, after an illness of five days, with penumonia and peritonitis. She contracted a cold the week before while watching a base ball game in which her husband, Charles H. ROEDER, was the pitcher. The young couple were married in New York City, on Saturday, April 15, just three weeks prior to her death. She was 21 years old and was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. H. ?. RAISBECK, of Coplay. Mr. RAISBECK was formerly captain of Jay GOULD's steam yacht, Atlanta. At the Atlas Cement Mills, at Coplay, he is the personal representative of George J. GOULD. Since their marriage the couple has resided in East Greenville, with Mr. ROEDER's parents. HORSE THROWS DOWN RIDER AND INJURES HIM James GERHART, of Pennsburg, who is in the employ of D.K. GRABER, met with a painful accident last Friday while delivering three horses to Conshohocken buyers. He rode one and led the other two and all went well until a short distance below Norristown, when the horse which he rode reared and tossed him off. Mr. GERHART was painfully bruised at his leg, so much so that he could not walk. He was taken to Norristown and brought to his home on Saturday morning. He is now slowly improving and is again able to walk with the aid of a cane. GRADUATES FROM THE UPPER HANOVER DISTRICT There were six scholars from the Upper Hanover School District who passed the examination successfully before County Superintendent LANDIS, when he examined them at Green Lane, a short time ago. They were: Florence SASSAMAN, of Palm school, average 76.69; Amanda BOYER, Church School, 73.61; Elsie CONRAD, Palm, 73.46; William H. KECK, Church School, 74.46; Frank FENNEL, Carl's School, 91, and Elmer ROTHENBERGER, Klinesville School, 75.53. WILL PREACH AT BALLY TOMORROW Rev. F.F. GABEL, of Philadelphia, will preach in the Mennonite Church at Bally tomorrow morning, and in Boyertown in the afternoon, in the absence of the regular pastor, Rev. A.S. SHELLY. The latter holds communion services in the Allentown Mission in the morning and has services at Zionsville in the afternoon. STARTED WORK ON POND IN PARK Edward LIVEZEY of Pennsburg this week started work on excavating a place in the New Goshenhoppen Park for the purpose of making a pond. He uses a scoop to take the loose ground out. The driveway in the Park is also being graveled. AT 90 YEARS, WALKED 10 MILES Nearly 90 years of age, Richard SMITH, of Trexlertown, walked 10 miles from Pottstown to Pine to visit his old friend, Aaron ROHRBACH the last survivor of the Mexican War in that section. CALF WAS BORN WITHOUT EYES Samuel HAMM, a farmer of near Albany, has a cow which gave birth to a freak calf, which has no eyes. The calf is otherwise a monster and the owner says it will weigh 200 pounds before it is four weeks old.