Lebanon Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania • Page 10

Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, Tuesday, October 35, 1960 age jo eanon ay Camera Report Of San Giorgio Fire BATTLE continued to battle flames as day broke over haltered hulk of the San Giorgio Macaroni Company plant at Eighth and Water Sis. Several hundred fire fight- Doily NEWS Photo. ers from Lebanon city and county as well as from Ephrata and Reading fought (he flames which started at 3:12 a. m. Damage unofficially was estimated at nearly $2,000,000.

All photos on this taken by Phil Scioiti, head nf the Daily NEWS pho- iograpliy staff. Daily NEWS Photo. EPHRATA FIREMEN Firemen from (he Pioneer Fire Ephrata, in io Lebanon early this morning to assist combatting the blaze. The Schuylkill from Reading, was also at the fire scene. Daily NEWS Photo.

FIREFIGHTERS Firemen from the Chemical Company pour water on the shipping department portion of the plant during the general alarm fire which swept through the San Giorgio plant early this morning. TOPPLED members of the Lebanon Hook and Ladder Company examine their damaged 60-foot aerial extension ladder after a member of their company, Joe Fick, was injured Daily NEWS Phots. when the truck toppled over fighting the macaroni nlant fire early this morning. It has been i.hat a hydraulic jack may have slipped causing truck to toppje. is Wf Daily NEWS Photo.

HOSE addition to battling the elements, the firemen ran into trouble with their hose. This hose sprung a leak but it was quickly replaced. Doily NEWS Pholn. LONG unidentified fireman waters down part of (he buiiding in an attempt to save the structure. vW COLD AND found it tough going as they battled the blaze in close to freezing temperatures early today.

A high wind also added lo their problems as they battled the dollar conflagration for nearly eight hours. Doily NEWS Pholn. multi-million.