July 2, 1963 The day of the big DuBois fire

  • The July 2, 1963 fire in DuBois captured by Anna Lang.
    The July 2, 1963 fire in DuBois captured by Anna Lang.
  • Remains of the garage, photo courtesy of Lyle Droge.
    Remains of the garage, photo courtesy of Lyle Droge.
Anna Lang was fixing lunch at the farm and husband Art was in the field when their daughter Ardis called from DuBois. Anna remembers her words clearly, “Mom, dad, come quick! DuBois is on fire!” Everybody in the area came running when fire broke out in DuBois, July 2, 1963. Arnold Chauza, who owned the garage there, was loading fuel on his truck when fire broke out inside the garage. The fire…

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