On Tuesday morning, December 4, 1934, on Route 14, east of Millersburg, a coal truck heading for Baltimore with a load of coal, operated by William Otto of Shamokin, struck a horse drawn wagon owned by the Lykens Valley Sanitary Dairy of Millersburg and operated by W.A. Specht of Millersburg. The trucker claimed that the milk wagon had no lights on it and he struck the wagon before seeing it in the heavy fog. The wagon was demolished and a quantity of milk was lost. Specht was severely bruised and cut about the legs. The horse escaped injury. The accident was investigated by Patrolman E.A. Shoop of the Lykens sub-station and the damage was set at about $150.
While debris cleanup from the December 1st tornado was still going on, a structure fire occurred on Fifth Street in Halifax on the evening of December 3, 2007. Engine 29, Engine 29-1, and Utility 77 responded. Engine 27 (Gratz), which was in the area helping with the tornado cleanup, was later called to the scene to assist with overhaul.
On December 4, 1844, the Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge across the Susquehanna River west of City Island was destroyed in a long and spectacular fire. The fire was believed started from embers or hot coals dropped from a steam locomotive. The fire department of the era was powerless to do anything about it. Loss was listed at $130,000.
The Lunatic Asylum at Augusta, Maine, was destroyed by fire on the morning of December 4, 1850. The number of inmates who perished is said to be seven or eight. The bodies of seven have been found. Most of the inmates were necessarily turned out, into the open air. Some found refuge in the jail and almshouse, others in private dwellings, and it is supposed that a few were wandering abroad. The fire originated in the air-chamber contiguous to the furnace, and when discovered had filled the galleries with gas and smoke, which rendered the efforts to rescue the patients extremely hazardous.
On December 4, 1980, a fire broke out in the Stouffer's Inn in Westchester County, NY , killing 26 people. Among the fatalities were 13 high-ranking executives of Arrow Electronics Inc., then the nation's second largest electronics distributor. The deaths of the employees cost the company $5.5 million pre-tax Arrow's earnings fell and it took nearly a decade to reestablish its operating profitability. Arrow sued the owners of the inn, the Stouffer Corporation, alleging that Stouffers agreement for renting the facilities implied that the rooms were suitable and safe, reasonably free of fire hazards, and reasonably equipped with devices to minimize the danger of fire.
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