- Author
- Worner, William Frederic.
- Date of Publication
- 1931
ALLENTOWN FIRE
By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER
N Thursday, June 1st, 1848, a destructive fire visited
Allentown, Pa., and left it in a deplorable condition. The fire
started about three o'clock in the afternoon, and, owing to a south-
easterly wind, the flames spread with rapidity. Three hours later,
the