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       [FDHistory] On this day. . .May 3rd
       By: Diable Fire Date: May 3, 2011, 7:06 am
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       1903-At around 11:15 a.m. what was believed to have been an
       arsonist entering the shop of the carriage factory of Lewis
       Heiges in Mechanicsburg and set fire to the building.  Due to
       the high winds and the amount of combustible material in the
       building the fire took off and was beyond the capacity of the
       Washington Engine Company and Rescue Hook and Ladder Company.  A
       call for assistance went to Harrisburg at 11:55 a.m.  Fire Chief
       George Lutz and the Goodwill Engine No. 7 hose carriage and
       steamer were loaded up onto a flatcar and taken across the river
       via the Cumberland Valley Railroad.  Harrisburg firemen were in
       service three hours.  Nine dwellings, the three story carriage
       factory, six stables, a blacksmith and shoemaker shop were
       destroyed and or badly damaged in this conflagration.  Overall
       loss was fixed at $40,000.
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