The following are abbreviated accounts of incidents from "The Lost History of the Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company and the Fire Service in Loudoun County". Detailed descriptions of these fires are recounted in our 400 page book.
November 22, 1820 – A stable to the
rear of stores on King Street in Leesburg was destroyed.
November 18, 1867 - The roof of a wooden
shed
attached to the residence of Mr. Edgar L Bentley, of
Leesburg, burned.
November 16, 1878 - The Thomas Nichols
barn in Philomont, burned.
November of 1881 - The storehouse of Mr. Taverner, in
Hamilton, was destroyed by fire.
November 24, 1882 - Mrs. Shlief of Leesburg
had her dress catch fire while lighting a lamp. The fire was extinguished with
no loss of life.
November 30, 1888 - The new public
school house near Catoctin Church, seven miles from Leesburg was burned. Cause
– Unknown
November 1890 - The barn on the
Wheatland Farm, located 8 miles south of Leesburg, burned.
November 08, 1894 -The residence of Mr.
Morris Mcfarland, about two and a half miles east of Aldie, took fire and was
burned to the ground.
November 16, 1890 -The “handsome” dwelling house, near
Hamilton Station and the W.O. Railroad, of Mr. William F. Mercer, was entirely
consumed by fire.
November 22, 1891 – Two stables were
destroyed by fire. They were located on Ayer St. just east of King, in a
section locally known as “Murderers Bay” in Leesburg. A small cow stable and
workhouse were also destroyed.
November 8, 1893 - The dwelling house of Mr. Guilford
G. Gregg in Round Hill, was destroyed by fire.
November
1894 - The furniture factory in
Round Hill, was almost completely destroyed by
fire.
November 17, 1896 - The stable of Mr.
Wallace George in Leesburg, was burned and with it a valuable horse belonging
was killed.
November 1899 – The basement of
the home belonging to Judge J. B. Mccabe of Leesburg was damaged by fire.
November 22 1904 - The dwelling of R.
H. Wilson in Round Hill was destroyed by fire.
November 22 1904 - The large stave,
heading and barrel factory located between Round Hill and Hillsboro was
destroyed by fire.
November
10, 1905 – A fire damaged The Leesburg Steam
Laundry building.
November
25, 1905 - About fifty stables of the Loudoun
County Horse and Colt Show Association and a dwelling house occupied by the Hellem
Family, were totally destroyed by fire. The property was located one mile west
of Leesburg.
November 13, 1916 -The ice plant building used by the
Christo Cola Company in Leesburg was destroyed by fire.
November 19, 1918 - The Bluemont Mill burned down for
the third time.
November, 10, 1919 – In Middleburg, The W. W. WELSH &
Co. Store along with the houses of Dr. Goettling, and Mr. Haga were destroyed
by fire and several other houses were damaged
November 26, 1919 - The 100 year old house, formerly known
as the “Noble Braden Place”and located in Paonian Springs was destroyed by
fire.
November 22, 1920 – A fire damaged the Leesburg home of Mr.
And Mrs. H. H. Lefferts.
