Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-31
AT SENECA FALLS, N. Y.



Disastrous Result of Allowing Fire
Trap to BE Built.
SENECA FALLS. N Y, July 81. The
inevitable has occurred The Pew
building, against the erection of which
three or more years ago such earnest
protest was made, fulfilled its mission
as tire-trap Wednesday morning, and
it is feared that it has also proven
death-trap. A few minutes after
o'clock a. m. the building, which was
directly opposite Hoag's opera house,
in Fall street. was discovered TO be
burning in Sutherland & Squires res
taurant. In few minutes the entire
structure was on fire. Had naught but
the shell suffered there would have been
trifiing cause for regret but ut I o'clock
the fairest commercial portion OF the
town WAS in ashes or in flames. The
Pew building was approachable from
but one side, and the atmosphere quick
ly became so hot that the ireman could
not endure it.
The splendid Phoenix block, involving
the elecric light plant. the postotfice, eX-
press Office, the Reveille printing estab-
lishment, The Courier SandersOn's fur
niture ware rooms, and the Western
Union Telegraph Office succumbed to
the flames, and within four hours fifteen
stores east of il, to the Sheldon block,
were ruined.
The flames sprang across the street to
Hnag's opera house before an hour had
passed and that was consumed, with all
of Fall street on that side east to the
Sheldon block. while on the north side
the cooperative block was the limit.
On State street the flames extended to
and i1cluded kellogg's Livery stable. but
all of his stock was saved.
Assistance from Ncighboring Towns.
A steamer came from Waterloo soon
after daylight, and about o'clock
train came in with steamer from de
neva. An extra steamer from the Sils-
by works was also In service, beside the
two village steamers, All three news
papers are burned out, and the telegraph
and telephone service is suspended. The
Gleason and Bailey works We're several
times on fire, but the flames were kept
down with little injury, The Western
Union Telegraph company is doing bus
mess ut the railroad station.
At O'Clock the fire was gotten under
centrol, and although ii broke out afresh
several times it was confined TO the
teFflUofy Already named. Ihe Dullu-
ing consumed embrace thirty. three
stores, the livery, blacksmith shop and
three houses, and Hoagls hotel. Wen
ty-tive of the buildings were of brick
and from two to three stories In height,
aud only one of them for business pur-
poses was vacant. Three of the best
equipped printing offices in the state,
The Courier, The Reveille and The
Journal lie buried in the ruins.
The mail was wholly removed from
the postoffice, but the safe could moi b3
reached, and the books, money. stamps,
etc, it is hoped, are safely wet down !
the waters OF the raceway beneath.
Grand Army hall III the third story Of
the Daniels block is among the things
that were. A part of the records Of
Cross post. including its charter and the
irreparable loss of many relics and me-
mentoes, will be source Of regret to
veterans.
john Duff, of the paid fire depart
ment, had II leg broken by flying pipe
and hose. All the saloons were closed
Wednesday by order Of President Rum