New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-20
THE FIRE RECORD.
NINE BUILDINGS BURNED.

LARGE FIRE IN IBvINGTON-ON-TnE-II DsON.
flre broke ont about 2:3O a.. H. yesterday at
lrvingon-on-the- Hudson Lord & Burnhams factory
ana before O'Clock buildings were burned 10 the
ground The loss is estimated at $4,000 which
is mostly covered by insurance. The factory contained
large quantity of lumber used in the manufacture
greenhouses, but was well equipped with appliances for
extingnishine fire. Henry Lord, of OF The men,
hers OF the firm, went through the building at p
Monday night and found everything all right The
boiler fires had been eXtnguished Smoking was not al
lowed in the building William OBrien the nj ght watch
man, noticed nothing out of the way 2 o'clock, bat
haif an hour Later Mrs Langrow who lives in Main-st
was awakened by the sound of glass cracking. and on
seeing the flames burst forth the alarm by awaken
ing family in adjoining house The fire broke ont I'm
Ast and spread rapidly up Main B-st. The hand en-
CINE of the Irvngton Fire Department soon on the
spot and and messengers dispatched help to
Hastings and IOnkers Men gathered rapidly and poured
buckets of water on the ames and in three hours the
flames under control
The fire spread from the factory to the lumber shed
the rear, and then consumed private stable by
W. T. Warman. The building at Main and A-sts was oc-
cuplcd down stairs by Supervisor Il. W. Chrisicd and
The icig'0n Courier and upstairs by families The
occupants rescued before the building Quilted
II Is feared that the records of the Greenburg
were Destroyed they in the Office in safe with
the assessment rolls and other useful documents Run
ming east, the fire attacked the dwelling occupied by
James Murkey frame house. and Supervisor Chris
helds house, two-story cottage, both OF which
destroyed. The honse occupied by J. Mann was also
burned up In 1t was the family of George Holden a
driver W lose wife had given birth to a child the day be-
lore when Holden aWoke there was not much time to
spare wrapping blanket around his wife he carried
her under one arm while in the other he carried a
Eeaold child and his young babe. They obtained shelter
IN ncighhor's house His young wife further
postaed by the excitement, and her condition yester-
HhN was frllch TWO other stables the property of Mr.
Chrsicld were also destroyed.
Inc losses ana insurance follows Lord q
nam, loss 100000 fully insured W. T. Warman. loss
$1,000 insurance, $1,000 Il. W. Chrisied loss S. 600
lnN insured James Anderson loss, $1,000 Insurance.
- 200 James Murkey. loss, $500: insurance 81 800
MIS- NJ j. Mann, loss, 5000; insurance. ~ 900 me
irthgtoa courier loss. 81 500; insurance, 81 Lord
~ thurman had 5000 insurance in the London
pool ana Globe, which company held large portion Of
tc risks represented by The total loss Other
sustained by the Westchester, Columbia Gens Falls
Companies.
LordN Burnham, who rebuilding jay Gould's con-
scrNat0ry burned months had their factory
new middle dome which had been lust completed and
was reAdy for erection This of destroyed
~ Inc IRE Several persons in the ncghhorhood the
re packed mp their goods and removed them
homes when the flames visible. Fortunately the
Wlhd eW from The southwest, carrying the fire
from Ihtlr houses Several persons think the fire
caused bN an lnccnulaTy, Dut offer evidence hevond
lnc absence OF any apparent COulla