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SALLY RYAN COSTIK Special to Olean Times Herald

February 13, 2021

81 years ago, McKean County Courthouse destroyed by fire

SMETHPORT, Pa. — At 2:51 on the morning of Feb. 12, 1940, every electric clock in the McKean County Courthouse stopped due to a silently advancing fire in the basement.

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