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Brown’s Tract Mill fire in Thendara

Brown’s Tract Mill fire in Thendara

Brown’s Tract Mill on fire. Smoke is billowing through the stacked lumber. Of the nine men pictured, all are unidentified except for Ferris Williams, on the far right, stooping over the hose cart, and Mr. Goodwill, standing on the lumber and looking at the fire.  July 1916. Thendara, NY.

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