The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-19
SAG HARMON BURNED.
ne 0usintest OF Long Island Villages - tie
Mercy OF an Incendiary.

SAC HARBOR IL. l., Feb 18.-Thlrty-three
buildings were burned here this morning. in.
Guiding tho Nassau House and several OF tho
largest buildings in tho village. 1t ia impossi.
bic rs yet to estimate tho losses. The following
Is a list OF some Of the property destroyed Main
street. long wharf west sido: NJ. II Gregory.
two wooden buildings. The fire. supposed to
be tho work Of an lnccndiary originated In the
back room Of his store. Insured for t5.OOO;J j.
W. Nickerson. one building wood. insured for
$500; T. s. Crowell. workship. insured for
$500; Music Hall. Benjamin +. Hunting. brick {;
Main street. east side. long wharf. NJ. II. Greg
ory. ono building; John Fordham. ono
blacksmith shop. wood. amount Of insur-
arce 500: II. h 8. French. two wooden
buildings; Bay street. corner OF Main George
B. Brown. stores and dwelling. wood. insured
for about $4,000: John Dccastro. barn. stables.
and bowling alley. insured for about $4,000 /:
Nassau House. II. J. Power. proprietor
$500 insurance, on furniture. Bay street
about si 200 Maidstone mills, French. Cooper 4
yedcdiah Conkin's blacksmith shop. brick store
house, wood; Division street. cream Of tartar
works, pr; Q; $. stiwell. wood. no insu!ranaccc; (;
Mrs. Edward Murphy dwelling wood. insured
for $500; Cross sireet-Mrs. Henry Graham.
dwelling, wood. insured for $500: Thomas
Lowen. dwelling. wood. no insurance: Rysam
strect-Peter Hughes. barn. wood no insurance; (;
Frank Corcoran, dwelling. insured for $500 n.
Matthews, dwelling wood. no insurance Zach
arias Rogers. dwelling wood insured for ~ 800
Sag Harbor IL close to the eastern end of Long
Island. on Gardeners Bay. 100 miles from New
York. IL IL n small seaport with population
OF 1000. engaged in fishing and coasting COM
mcrce. and has been in n dead d-and-aivc condi-
ton ever since tho whaling trade went into decay
80 years ago. When that traffic prospered Sng
Harbor sent ont fleet of seventy vessels. and
was itself n busting. important town, lined
with wharvcs ietting out into har-
bor filled with shipping. and streets
alive with sailors from every land. Now there
are no ships and no sailors, except the crews of
occasional coasters. sag Harbor has been u
railway station five years. In u description Of
the village by SUN correspondent, published
recently. Is tho following account Of how a fire
| ia treated in Sag Harbor:
aau ife ss an ocoasIansl fira race OF eyc,,
some old barn or shed il u fortunate event.
Ihen they haul out the same three old
snglnes used forty years ago Generations In
tnrn have manned those brakes Generally all
three break down after half an hours pump
ing. ,Ephraim Byram. the skilled and wonder
1ui village mechanic who once made u planet
arium and any number Of clocks. including IN q
ono now over the New York City Hall,
has been half supported by work done
from decade 60 decade on those three engines
Everybody goes to n fire in sag Harbor. People
meet nnl shake hands at the fire who haven I
seen each other for months. For week after
ward they tell each other where they were and
what they were doing when the fire broke out. -