Allegany County MD Archives News.....Mann's Choice Mill Burned, July 8, 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Wendroth dwendrot@tds.net January 24, 2009, 3:11 pm Bedford Gazette, Bedford, PA., July 8, 1921 July 8, 1921 About 8 o'clock Wednesday evening the big grist and flour mill at Mann's Choice was destroyed by fire with all the contents. The mill was owned by John M. Egolf, and rented by C. R. Hartman. Mr. Egolf bought the mill last February a year and Mr. Hartman rented it last April a year. The big mill was built in 1896 by G. W. Mock who sold it to C. N. Faupel and he in turn sold it to C. P. Fletcher who sold it to W. F. Fauple and father. Then A. C. Faupel bought it back and passed it over to Mr. Egolf. The mill was equipped with new machinery last summer which changed it from a belting to a sieve system. There was $5000 insurance on the contents. The origin of the fire is not known. It was discovered by Messrs. Harry Cuppett and Ross Mortimore and seemed to be on the first floor between the engine room and the machinery when first noticed. The loss will not be to Mr. Egolf and Mr. Hartman alone. The farmers will feel a complete loss because of the inconvenience of having to go beyond their limit to mill and to market. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/newspapers/mannschoicemill.txt