GREAT PERKASIE FIRE PICTURES
 
 Extensive winds helped to fuel the fire. Rolling balls of fire could be seen at many times during the fire.    View of railroad tracks looking toward gutted Shelly's structures and the Herstine Building.
 
 View of Seventh Street from railroad tracks.    View from Sixth Street of firefighters working in alley next to Lesher's.
     
 Wind, water, and fire make visibility extremely difficult.    Late in the day the fire was under control.
 
 Volunteers worked through the night to control the smoldering ashes,    Skeletons of structures were all that remained the day after the fire.

 Aerial view of the devastated downtown Perkasie area. Shelly's current parking lot is in the lower right hand corner.

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