New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-22
THE FIRE RECORD.
position.
TIE OSCEOLA FIRE.

ABOUT $50 BUILDINGS BURNED-HANTZDALK RE-
PORTED ENTIRELY CONsUMED-EsCAPE OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN THROUGH THE BURNING
wOops-LossEs AND ISsURANCEs-oNE WOMAN
SAID TO HAVE BURNED TO DEATH.
TYRONE. Penn, NAY 21.-Fire is still raging
flrosy throughout the woods in the neighborhood of
Osceola Mills, Penn. About $50 houses were con-
sumed in osceoa, and 400 families rendered home
less Great praise due TO Mr. D. d. Wood trainmaster
of Tyrone who through his conduct and presence
Of mind saved q great many lives. He fitted up train
OF boxcars, which he filed with men, women, and chill
dren, and sent 1t through the burning for
est at extremely fast speed TO Phillipsburs.
-Four such trips were made and about
1000 people were thus taken to place OF safety. Great
excitement and consequent confusion prevailed among
the people Hantzdale Of about 900 inhabitants,
situated six miles from Osceoa, is reported as
entirely burned. The fire is spreading rapidly through
the woods beyond Hantzdale, and at latest
accounts has reached ParsonsyiIlc, small
town six miles distant from Hantzdae. The ties the
Pennsylvania Railroad track from Osceola TO Hantzdae
are burned so be shipped for time.
Provisions have been sent In response 10 call from {.
g. Lingle Burgess Osceola from here BeIefon Hun
tngdon and places for the sufferers and meetings
are held raise funds for their relief The heaviest
losers By the OsceOla fire AZ follows:
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, $65, OOO Lverght, Jingle &
Co.. $4,000; T. c. Helms q Co, $4,000; John X
f fISD $1,000 RT D. COG fi Sse $1,000 O.
Jas H. Upton p ,OO0 s. A. Cris $4,000; John Elliott
x CO.. 81 OOO j. c. III nderson, $4,000; Emmett say
eIs - 0OO Presbyterian Church, $1,000, and host OF
smaller amounts ranging from - 600 upward
The insurance the OSceOla Mills probably foOts mp
100000 outside OF the Nloshannon Land aud Lumber
Co.'S Mn, Of which the LycOminS Insurance GO. have
$50 5000 1Etna $4,000; Home New-York, $4,000 (;
North British, $4,000; London and Liverpool and
Globe, e, 900 Royal, $4,000 Atlas, $4,000 and the
Gernania, Sl2OCO The balance Is divided IN the
American Pennsylvania Farmerss, Allemanil, Lanca-
shire, Phenx and German American companies.
The MoshanuCn Mill ls placed in Philadelphia, and will
reach probably 100000.
Later reports say woman, named Stoneberger,
WAS burned 10 death.
THE ASSURANCES on THE PROPERTY OF THE MO-
SHANNON LAND AND LUMBER COMPANY.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.-The assurances of
the Moshannon Land and Lumber Company, whose
properly destroyed by fire yesterday at osceola,
Penn, are as follows:
Continental Niagara, Republic, Hanover, Faneuil
Han, Orient, New-YOrk aud YOnkers, Equitable,
4ttna, Manufacturers and Merchants Of New
ark, and PhGnx OF Hartford, S5.031 each;
writer's, and Home OF NewY0rk SlO,062 each; COnnec
ticu S5l5 Royal Canadian, British American, Atlas
and Manufacturers or Newark 80 900 each; HewJersey
Central. Germania, Peoples, Citizens Of New-YOrk,
Equitable of Providence, Merchants OF Provi-
dence. Hoffman, Mercantile, Rochester, German,
t.c S2,jlj each; Royal Guardian, Atlantic Of New
York, Manfacurcrs' OF Boston Connecticut Allcmana
Of Pittsburgh birmingham OF Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, iron City OF Pittsburgh Benjamin Frank
lin Lancaster, and National OF legheny, -, 800 each
making total OF $le5,670