An estimated 400 people were attending a barn dance in the auditorium. Taking place during World War II the fire is believed by many to have been an incident of enemy sabotage orchestrated by agents of Nazi Germany. (12 December 1942)
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Saturday 30th of September 1978 (x) — Victim of Lawrence Singleton Mary Vincent is raped and mutilated by Lawrence Singleton aka . Singleton raped Vincent and then severed both her forearms with a hatchet and threw her off a 30-foot cliff, leaving her naked and near death. She managed to pull herself back up the cliff and alert a passerby who took her to a hospital.