, 1870-07-01
The GREAT FIRE ON LONG
ISLAND.
Ten Thousand Acres OF Wood t.nud
HuFned-Loss, s1OO,O00s
EfuEn Shs fs.c YaEk IZ.,aLz 1.-na


HuFned-Loss, 100000
From The teac York YrruM Jtn> ~
:. Ihe largest fire which has ever occnr,,,, ",
me "oods OF Long Island co1amanced g fan
minutes after II o'clock on Saturday nom m
tae llne OF the Long Island Railroad. abmt
t;oe Gne an4 ~ nan miles east OF Deer Park sta-
non; Ihe fire originated from . spark frnn,
the locomotive attached to the freight tram
gong east, and in tho immediate yic;n;tv ~
where the foreman of the Deer Park Sect;on
vas At work With eight men. Notwithstanding
the ire originated as ii did, these men. # 4
saaa: & ne.tnsr lifted finger to stay the destroy
danger Of general condagration. Tho faEm-
~ o. the nei5hborhood were al at work in
the bay fieles, and, although some Of them
saw the nanes, none OF them werc aware Of
the danger until about 4 p. m., when il com
ng9sea TSo cnn,s 10 sptead re- IN IN feaFfunanner.
ward, toward Boulevard Station, driven bya
Light westerly wind. About midnight Sstnr-
gay night The wind changed 10 northeast. and
me lanes commenced to run south toward
baoyson and the more thickly populated Sec
noas. re 0o alarm nov became general. and as
many as 500 men we're at this time a.htinr
the flames. Sunday morning fonnii : tracs
overrun two and q half miles east and west. 1
and nearly three miles south; but Ettla fenr
was entertained that the fire would run fur-
tnef south, and it looked as i the force Of the
L.. ADO0k
wind commenced to freshen and blow from
the sou:heaet- The flames gained now head
Deer Park. >~""-0
At o'clock Sunday afternoon the smoke
VAS 20 dense in the houses at Deer Park that
tire heavens we're black, is il dcnse cloud OF
smoke hung overhead. The roaring OF the
1nmes, the sound OF falling trees, tic Shouts
Of the men and the darkness Of night, which
lhung oFer what seemed to be q doomed VII
tage, were truly appalling.
Ihe school house fence WIS already IN fra
and the people were bually engaeed Ia bastily
removing the va1uablea from their homes
when OF sudden it commenced to rain. For
a an e. hour TIE rain poured II torrents at first
u i u'o nor nave much effect on tho deyourinE /
names. but before q haEf hour was over. it was
evident That the village was saved. Tho men
who had BEEN at work 20 long took now heart, 4
md By niGhtfan tho fire was CONQUERED Ths
lo1loE1ng are come Of the losses:
D. II. Skidmoro lcaca zoo cords Of wood and /
loses goo cords Of wood and had 400 acres
burned overs Ha1let Weeks, 200 cords Of /
weed and $50 ncrcs burned over. Stephen
sanmis, 100 cords Of wood and had $50 acrea
burned over; siias Muncy, Is CORDS Of wood
g 1nu 10y acres burned over; B. southard lo8es
ne wilson estate are heavy losers. MANY
osner persons lost heavily, bur at present cam
aot ascertain the exact amount,
On Sunday, during the most exciting
me, deer and rabbits we're seen croasin9
he. road to Babylon and lie railroad y
arge numbers a large fold Of com on the
:osth Of the railroad caught fire and burned
lke 20 much finder. Hundreds Of acres Of
|Iass was also burned From TWENTY-FIVE to
NY miles OF fence shared the same fate, as
,cl as number OF thousand feet of timber,
~ Sunday afternoon q large pile Of railroad
les commenced to burn huf II ,r.o ;,,-,o3: |
tely put out By tho foreman OF the railroad
quad.
The people in this section are bitter against
y ne Long Island Railroad Company, claiming
nat t1e nett1ngs on the smokestaelus OF Their
ocomotises are all worn cut and do not cou-
me the SPARKS. soA
Before the shower on Sunday there had been
OF Iain IN this vicinity for six weeks, and ev-
Iythlng Was dry and badly parci,ed. The
aower seems to have been confined to a yerT
aIrow slq tract Of country, for it did not rain |
!ther . milo north or eouth Of tho burned
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