Chapter 1
What year and month did the fire start?
December 1949
What happened to Mrs. Fischer?
12 continuous hours.
What town were the homeless people located too?
Cumberland
Who Founded the town of Hyndman?
Samuel Waters
What was the name of the people who's house the fire started in?
Mr. and Mrs. Somers Fischer
What was the name of the lady that survived the fire from the Fischer home?
Mrs. Bessie Beal
How many families ended up homeless?
28
Who was considered the local hero?
Mrs. Turner
What year was the town founded?
1877
How long did the fire last?
5 1/2 hours
Who was Dr. Topper?
The town physician
What is the monetary loss from the Hyndman fire?
700,000 to 1,000,000
What did Mrs. Turner have her husband cover the windows with so she could not see the fire?
Newspaper
What opened in 1889?
National Bank of PA
What caused the fire?
The liquid filled Christmas light
Radio and Chair
What national agonies came to help the town of Hyndman?
Red Cross
what magazine did the town be featured in?
Life Magazine
What happened in December 1949?
The town of Hyndman Caught on Fire
What did Mr. Fischer do to try and remove the flaming tree?
He tried to plunge it out the windows of his house.
What letter shape did the fire burn?
T
What was the only thing left standing from the bank? How much was found in it?
vault; 12,000
How many people were living in the town at the time of the fire?
1,500 people
what happened on September 11, 2001
The terrorist attack on the United States in NY, DC, and PA