, 1873-07-31
THE LONG ISLAND FIRE.
An lmmcnsc Arcn Burned Over.
oteho1,ie H. r. (Juip 2t Correspondence Of The Hrook
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potehoge i. (Juip 2t}, Correspondence Of The Hrook
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sufroit County, aB most Of your readers arc
aware Is long "Trip Of 1.1d .ama; o2mpra7sng p a,a ta
Ia l,ayn commenced at Unkdalo, a station on tho
South gilo Railroad, nino mlos weat Of ratct-
ocuo The ca,,ac Of the fro Ia supposed to hnyo
lDon BpArk from ono OF tho engines Oh tho
rho fro from Onkdato, burnt In q northcrly
direction for six miles, until 1t rnaehca tho Long
island 1sailrond traoh It thon took so!tlloas.
Of tlo South Side Hailroad. At ono timo during
tho afternoon tho wind blew. lercely from a,' thS
and th9 village 9f 1 Pnohog0 II @naer
Of hoing destroyed. Tho smoke from
tho burning woods was almost anfrocating, and
tho rcd-hot cinlorB which woro blown nbont III
a'arm, but ~ tho shades Of evening drcw near,
tho wlnl aott'od and thoro was o calm with
slight dow, md then tho fro bmouldorod, emit
ting largo volumoe Of smoke. With tho MD Of
thoso who hayo fought flroa in tho woods before,
and pond on tho west side OF tho village,
which Intercepted tho largost wing Of the lory
aond, patchogue escaped.
least fifty miles, and the aottiorR on tho plains,
mostly dermans, whoHe farms arc cultivated by
women, hayo suffered Hovere lobBes. To-dRy in
company with al old nett1or and trusty guido,
your reporter visited Q portion Of tho country
devastated. It waB attll ablaze, and 1t waH only
By going "ro11ndabout !" that wo were ouabled ID
roach aone Of the farm.houaos for tho purpose
Of gotting information.
About throo mics northwest Of patchogue ID
place known nj Sandy Hollow. Yesterday, on
q small elevation In tho Hollow, stood protty
little farmhouse, with its outbuildings fowls,
landish namo. It took him years to olcar up tho
| place and to pay for It. But just at tho tma
when ho was rejoicing bccauao ho Was clear OF
dobt, and out Of the tolls Of spectators, the fire.
anil 4rs%1 %1,oyt rr{r and In a.
moas the twinlling of nj eye, tho flames encircla
| his homo and 1t iH gono. Not d Vestigo OF it
remains except the blackened ground. Hia
fowls have disappeared, md his hog has boon
roasted to d ciaier no insurance. The poor
! fellow WAS seen at tho blacks1ntth's Shop nt
| 1atchogue, this morning, with bis gray marc.
Sho, with his few blackoned acros. are tho only
| poHBpsBionB loft to him after years OF sweat and
| toll. His namo Is John Gromoux.
| While driving In Il northwesterly course thq
Wow was boundless, blackoned plain, with dend
| game strown along tho road, where they had
Sought protection ia win from the fire by which
| thoy wcro surrounded. Yhoro WAS tho Bmoko
| from tho pinos which would have been diBagroo+
ablo but for It rosinoua qunlittos, and the sens-
bilites wero outraged " cloud m of black aehea
and aoomod to pouotrate ovory poro in tho body
We wero strongly reminded Of the story in tha
old Book, Of tho plnina OF Gomorrah, only wa
| did not rot the brimstone.
Whom wo emerged at tho first clearing, on thu
confines Of Bohomianville, about miles nortll-
west Of Patchoguo or at tho corner Of Ocean
avenuo mud d road which leads to sayvillo, we
to bo1ong to a Mr. Cabblo, d native Of tho
Emerald 1Hlc. Ho could not be found,
and we wera afterwards informed that
ho Was absent In tho city. We pulled up
Mt o house close By, and woro aoon surrounded
by three German women, who, from thoir sum
burnt corntennnces, wo concluded had been
clearing land aud planting corn aud other vego-
tables all sumnler 0n Aeeins us, tho oldoat o,1o
| r. ocrr Tn RI
informed us in brokon Engliah that the men
folks wero nway from home, earning few
dollars among the old settlers. And then, OK
claimed Bho, soe Beo pointing round. Poor
womap, the garden which is full Of fruit-traos ia
scorchad md nc brown III tic ripcst nuts; tho
fonces are destroyed. and her acres Of corr-cab-
bagos, and othor vegetables thoroughly dried BY
manure. m Wo wero further informed that
It was with tho greatest difficulty that they
saoIico to tho iames. On reaehing ,.ae the
iB known as Bohamanvillo, comprising four or
five houses. We were alown the smoking r1ins Of
q houao which belonged to man who worked In
. entirely gone, except fow burning embers !;
. tho iiory ifend had no mercy. Horo we had to
:, | contend with moro tears. The woman who in
formed us Of tho burning Of the fish mans house.
= worl,s far1n, while her husband hires out fol
J. tho summer, for tho purpose Of earning fou
dollars toward paying OF the mortgage. Va
i understood her to say, It's too bad, ana tl;a
- destroyed, and, from tho appearance Of tllo
= house, it m1,Bt only havo boon saved by very
= = great oxertion. sho gave Us to understand thai
tho fro completely surrounded the clearing ssla
y y was afraid that she would not bo abo 70 got
- away alive, especially when tho lah mans house
~ blazod, cracked and foil almost aa Buddony aa
y flush Of lightning.
! About mile southeasterly Of Dohemianyi'le
~ :. is road called Broadway nyonuo, which r'1'a
: north and SOUTH botwoon 'Holbrook Station aud
- - patchogue. On this road no less than four farm
3 honses. and ontbutldings were burnt to Lux
= ground. Tho following persons arc the owners
!. Mossrs. Joroux, Jobs, MaHBolor, and Dralors.
In tho neighborhood of Lakeland it is reported
y that three houses and 3 barn we're destroyed
y reiterated by Mr. Damford, Nell-to-do farmo1
4 on broadway avenue and confirmed by cigal
~ ~ poddler who halls from that locality.
At Eetonyilo about three miles west Of ,;. Rste
"a oguo, the fro swept over the ground with Tilt
~ ~ rapidty Of railroal expross train:
10 1t tits place, tho barn OF W. ]. Spence, ant
b. its contents valued ut about $1,000, were con
"a sumod
y y about 9.0o0 or $4,000, has also Disappeared
"a - This house is said to be owned by Mr. Plerco
~ ~ of Droolyn.
~ ~ loalor in fowls, Who has Just returned from
~ tho north side of the island, reports that til
At At house Of Mrs. Dodge, woman WHO liyes m a!oi,
~ ~ Station. OH tho Long Island Road, WAS consume
h. | this afternoon.
ne Tho wind at this time Of writing, midnight,
VI VI to have crossed to the lorth Hido Of the Lon
II, TO Island Iailroad track, and ia burning lerccl
m ha about seven or eight miles northeastoFly q
ie ia Patchogue. 1t is hoped that it will rain
'ao 'so No estimato Of tho damage can be made. "a
se Eatonyllo the damage ia said to be about - 600
6s 1T Boho1nanyllle, Including damngo to erors
Ot s30Uo on Broadway avenlo, 90, o0o at Lake
r. land mud other places named no estimate YET y
". The damage to the woods cnnnot be calculated.
,as Tho ioas in buildings aud crops falls upon yer
ms poor peoplc-in tho majority Of casos upon oo
A. mans, WHO have been wording for years In @ ords
farms arc worked by tho fenlnlos Of each famil.
who aro satisfied With one calico dress a yes
oacl,. Whcn visited today they woro AL bart
footed, and it Ia mid that oven in mld-wlnte