New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-06
THE FIRE RECORD.
FIERCE FLAMES IN COHOEs.
=. po,ryNa MILL AND TWO OTHER MILLS DE
srpoyyD-Ioss $630.0OO.

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sTRoYED--Loss, S63O.OOO
V. Ian. 5,-The iercest and
=, a,sostrous fire that has visited Cohoes IN ohs
,,me broke out ths morning. IL originated III 'io ~
nj, of the rolling mill Of Morrison, Coi"en % age
srork WAS suspended there last FRIDAY lor repair" mn
20. IN have been resumed this morning. during 'no
cold OF last night the wheel was frozen IN tine p
NM ENGINEER began thawing 1t out when the oil caus'
er and the flames spread with great rapidity beo''
sbs fremen arrived the rolling mill was mass VI "a"
aud was past all hope OF being saved INC nio.
successfui In diverting the fire from the cen' Pt
M the oity which includes the great kni'Uhs ar
lor,es In less than one hour the entire "orkS nu
a,r,od o,d notbing was left but the furnaces anu
,har chinneys The flames drove the WOIAnnon 80 -
ouickly that they had no time 10 nt ',
nscas and hence the loss Is mucn greater '""H " 49,
,,aa xvonld have been The iron VIII ho" h"Fo W
cool In Them and they will then nave 10 no "ioN0n
hafore the iron can be removed me toIaI lIs Oh The
soiIinS mil is estimated at half miilon uona's 1"e
insurance sre driven to the Pilot Mills which were
coon blazing Within five minutes alter ~ na ~
FIRE this immense brick sruc. ,ttorIv hepess to stay
s1air nrogTess 1t m0mentafy eApetteV 'n may
gasoline tank would explode anu a uo in IN, tank
hot time before the IRE, made the situation
D,oTe hazafdous An explosion oIio"eo WHICH i'"' anu
rye "ss mill 900 and tho insurance
nro6a6Iy sos 600 Powers 0'Brien's mill occupied
oriion Of the Pilot Mills Building. and Is lnVoYSu III
he General ruin Their loss IL $4,000 and Is party III
once ~, Nil. D,,,,. an, +boir contents ia
NO foIows: North British and Mercantile, 5000; Con
mercial Union So 500; Germana, $500; star, ~ oo
PhTnix. of New-York 5000; London AssuranGe
SO 500: Merchants OF Providence 1915 Trans
of Hamburg, $2500 Imperial Of En8iana' $9'9 gU0
Standard Of London $1,000; Firemans Trust, T2'o0o;
Of Hew-YoTk, $1,000; Pnpni1 Connecticut, g. 800
Home of NeW-York, $1,000; KtDai OF Sonnecucut
go 500: Manhattan of New-YOrk S2,0OO; Niagara,
$500: Hanover, of New YORK, $500: Westminster
Of Canada 81 500; British America, SloOo iIortets
md Traders 81, O00 London ana FTOVmclal, Sl,Ovui
NATIONAL of Hartford ~ 800; Springfield, OF Massncnu
sets 20 500; Merchants, Of New-Jersey, S9 9o
Lancashire, $3.50; North German $3 3'SS29i
Fire Association $3.50; Prescott. Sz'o200;
CIV of London, $2,s50 Metropolei $3.50;
Ta1onchet 50 $685. New Hampshire $l,9OO Gern man
American, So 900; New-York Bowery, S1'Oooi flfe
mans S265S Total, $l03.S75. ~. uo
The Insurance on MORRISON Caldwell Pages prop
ertv ia as follows: Union OF Philadelphia - O0O North
British 4 Mercantile, $1,000; CommeIcaI on rcn
$1,000: Imperial and Northern, "a 0OO; Ho"aiI VI
Ssw-York 50 400; Standard, S2,90Oi London and Fr0
yincial 7O5 Prescott 81 7O5 CITY OF London S-'oo
Manufac, urers 81 705 Metropolis S2ooS; Norm HeI
MAJ 81 7O5 Orient, $1,705; New Hampshire $d.'Vo
Troy Ageueies, additional $1,000 IotaI $4o'VV09.
: O'Bren d Powers's assurances are US iouoMs'
Phnnix 81, O00i London Assurance, Sl;VOV; n, eta,
~ 900 shoe and Leather, $1,000; security, GLOW
london aud Provincial, $500; Royal 81, 100; North
America $4,000; Williamsburg City, $23OO; bunaio
1}erman 81 0O0 Guardian, 81 600; Shoe ana Il. athC
So 500; Conhance, 81 ,500 Pennsylvania OF Flt'sos'
So 500 Total, S24,750