On June 11, 2003 at about 9:12 am a fire started in the apartment directly above the Society's Hatboro facility. The location of the fire was directly above the Museum/Library sections in the rear of the building. Although the apartment was completely damaged our offices did sustain water and smoke damage mainly in the area shown in the following photographs. Renovations expect to take about four weeks.

The Society is grateful to the dedication and experience of the local fire company's that extinquished the fire, namely, Hatboro, Enterprise, Horsham, Willow Grove, Warminster, Hartsville, Abington, and Huntingdon Valley fire company's and their group of dedicated volunteers. The Second Alarmers Association and Rescue Squad also answered the call that totaled 50 firefighters. We are also so grateful to our neighbors Bux Mont Office Supply, owner Mark Amos and his staff, Bev, Theresa, Mary and Janice who assisted us in removing many of our most precious artifacts from being damaged by the smoke and water. Although we have lost some of our publications and other types of colletibles we feel lucky that the losses were limited to those items.

DATELINE: JAN 9, 2004

Young Adjustment Company 's Richard Burr, Director of Claims, is shown here presenting A's Society General Manager, Ernie Montella, with the insurance settlement check from Zurich Insurance for the Society's damages as a result of the June 11, 2003 incident. Montella commented on how pleased the Society was in the prompt and courteous manner Young Adjustment represented the Society's interest and that "we are finally back to where we were prior to the June 11 incident."

BEFORE	AFTER
AFTER	AFTER

Click here to take a the full virtual tour of our museum pre June 11, 2003. In 2001 the museum was renovated for the 100th anniveresy of the A's first game.