The New York herald., 1876-02-24
GREAT PRE- AT TARRYTowS

TnE WHOLE VILLAGE HxDANoKEED-FrFrEKS
nUnDrxos puEsED-Lossns ovEE oEE HUN
DEED AID TWENTY-FIVE THOUsaSD Doll
LARS - SUPPOSED MALICIOUS WORK or
TRAMPs
shorty snsr twelve o'slock % TassdaT night the
quisi village q rarrytown ne uasou, startled
BY the cry % ore. caused BY NE nrhi of mass Of
smoke issuing IRON = stable In ne rsar % building
on Main street between nalirosd ana orchard
street. that portion Of the tosE known "l ndcr
the HnL" In an incrcatly short spsos o. time
the building completely wrapped Ia namsa
Half gale Of wi1d was blowing ron the west, carry
ing the Gre upon the adjoining buildings rhess
sirueturcs many of them cutie extensive we're buut
for tho most part Of wood aud contained iunammabio
goods Fronting nain street. they stood shout 900
feet from the passenger depot Of ne Hudson River
Railroad and extended from Railroad avenue on tho
west 20 Orchard street on ma east
Tho FIRE spread with marveous rapidty. There was
no hose TO be hat and hrc engine IN the village
What 10 do knew Al last messages were teie-
graphcd to Yonkers, to sing sing and 20 fcckskl for
assstance but owing to The absence of proper trans
portaton. the latter. town was tho only which
could respond with Gre spparsiua A telegram
came back from there saying that a train would
speedily leave with engine and hose company and
about sixty nremcn. IL past one O'Clock. and
everything Indicated that the whole village doomed
The people throwing Insignificant Quantities OF
water upon the IRE with buckets As though 20 show
its contempt for their Lpuuan efforts at extinguish
the ire shot menacing shafs in every direc-
tion now enveloping cornicc next roof then tho
floors and their contents aud naally the walls them
selves. The wind shifting. FIRST TO point of
the compass and then To another seemed IN the
flames and wait their whitening breath everywhere.
In tla Or of Ia
row OF brick buildings already scorched and
bstered so that water poured upon their wooden roofs
and cornces emitted clouds OF All that the
block which the fire originated lost beyond
demption, and consequently every effort bent 10
the protection OF the houses across the street.
Al four O'Clock the train bearing the brave nremen
and their apparatus camo laundering down the road
IRON PeekskilL general shout OF welcome VAS sent
up by the assembled multitude, and without any delay
the engine and hose taken from the platform
car at the instant the train halted when The bremen
got at their work eighteen buildings mad been
sumed and the still greedy fire was fast eating
into the nineteenth, which stood on the northeast
corner OF Main and orchard streets. Those Pcckskn
nremen worked with most admirable skill and the
energy of heroes. They had tho satisfaction OF
seeing the fire yield little by little and nay at about
seven O'clock die out out with the demolition OF this
nineteenth building
AS soon as 1t became evident that the flames would
spread considerable OF territory the
pants Of the various and other threatened build
ings began removing their goods ana household effects
No these articles deposited in the streets
than horde of thieves lild hold OF many OF them and
made of. In this way several thousand dollars worth
freely that drunken the rule rather than
the exception among certain class Liquor stores
were ruthassy broken open and qaickly despoied of
rnk ORIGIN OF THE DISASTER
From all that could be learned at the scene OF the
disaster yesterday there is little doubt that the fire
the work OF an incendiary Tramps TO 20
into the stable where the flames FIRST discovered,
and nearly every about the village is firm In tho
belief that these mscreants purposey set fire to tho
place for the purpose OF page The fact that so much
stealing done when the fire at its height
ainlV ni %
Tho loss on buildings and goods Is estimated at
$125 oo0 about onehali of which is covered by
ancc. The principal sufferers are John F. Warner,
hotel keeper, loss stock and furniture, 81 800; Will
lam Perry, saloon keeper, loss $4,000. partially in
building and stock $4,000 insured for
$500; John Gilchrist, butcher building
81, So0 George C. Briggs hotel and restaurant loss
on building furniture and stock, SO 500 insured for
5000; L. Baranch, clothing, loss about sl,5oo
the latter was owned by Seth Bird and was
valued at $1,000 insured for $4,000; b.
Armstrong, boots and shoes loss $4,000, partially in
sured; f. b. Cypher. confectionery, loss $5 600 in
sured for So 000 G. w. Graham, fancy goods loss
stock and furniture So 500 insured for s5 600; II. 5.
Culver. dry goods, loss and insurance not known;
James f. Ayers, tailoring establishment loss on build
Ing stock and furniture $lI 200 insured Tor $40 Ooo
the buildings destroyed were owned by the Olmstcd
estate and were valued at $4,000, partially insured
Five OF the three story brick structures owned by
Charles Sterling, OF New York He estimates his loss
$50, Ooo insured for about equal amount
Baxter Co.. drugglsts estimate tner loss AZ S4,oOO,
insured for So sOO and Moses SCHNEIDER, jewcllcr,
loss not known but is said have been fully insured
w. r. Collins, halter, lost stock about 81, 900;
no insurance C. W. Stone owned two OF the burned
buildings which valued at 5000; insured for
81, 0O0 The upper portion OF these stores
pied by many families who lost everything either by
nre or the hands of thieves,
The insurance companies on which the losses will
chiefly fall the Merchants, Irving, Adratic
Mechanics and Traders, and Etna, OF New York;
Williamsburg City, and the Lycoming of Philadelphia
During the progress Of the 1rc the village autnori
telerraDled
Bates started nj with the reboa William r. Have
meyer having board 4, 900 feet of hose ON ar
riving the of the conhagration the fire so
far under control that the Havemeyer took part in
it's extinQuishment.