Monday, January 25, 2016

Barn Fired By A Shooting Star Defiance Crescent News 7 Aug. 1901


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     The barn and contents of Gustave York near Cecil,was fired by a shooting star or a falling body of some sort and was totally destroyed. The body was seen to fall by his brother about 80 rods away and by several parties in Cecil and the barn was in flames in a few minutes thereafter. His loss was $350 with insurance at $140 which was settled the next morning by the S.T. Price & Company Agency.

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