Countryside & Small Stock Journal, September 1st, 1997
The intentional burning of a barn that had deteriorated beyond repair is described. Three of the 3,000 slates on the roof had fallen off. The resulting hole led to the ruin of the barn.
I watched a hundred-year-old barn burn to the ground one day. As the crackling flames shot up in the air, rapidly engulfing the old building, a large raccoon suddenly appeared on the ridge of the roof. The raccoon had been roused from its daytime sleep in the hayloft by the smoke and flames and shouts of the firemen, and had quickly scampered up the oak barn beams to find a safe place to hide. As the flames sp...
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