Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-13
LOSS SI,OOO,OO0.
Big Fire I'm the Business POr'
tiOn Of Albany.
Several Large Buildings Now In
Ruins.

James ID. Lyons State Printing House To-
Stores, the Hotel Columbia, Hotel Fort
Orange, williams Printing ONCE and
Several Other Firms.
ALBANY, Sept 13.-Shortly before 3
o'clock Monday morning flames were
discovered raging in tho upper floor of
the Old Middle Dutch church building,
which forms an l. from the Hudson av-
enue building to Beaver street, standing
in the center of the big business block
bounded by South Pearl, Greene and
Beaver streets and Hudson avenue. The
fire appeared to be in the rear of the up
per floor Of the old church building,
where it joins the Nelson Lyon building.
The whole of the L, through to Beaver
street, was occupied by James B. Lyon,
state printer, except portion of the
northeast corner of the building on the
ground floor, which was occupied by the
G. f. Williams Printing company.
The flames spread with frightful
rapidity up through the stairways of the
Hudson avenue building and soon broke
through the roof. running along the cor
nice. In twenty minutes the whole in
terror Of the building was a seething
crater
A general alarm was sent In and soon
the whole fire department was at work
on the conhagration. At 1888 the whole
front of the building toppled over and
fell with crash into Hudson avenue,
the rebounding debris flying through
store windows and doors of the build
ings on the opposite side of the street.
Fortunately no one was injured, but
there were many narrow escapes, there
being an immense crowd In the vicinity.
Everything contained in the Hudson
avenue building is total loss.
The lower floor was divided into
stores and was occupied by F. G. Mix,
agent for the Columbus Wagon COM
pany; W. c. Geel umbrellas; John Ing
mire. paper hangings; Fl. FL. Walsh, sad
dlery.
The four upper floors were occupied
by Russell Lyman, shirt and collar man
ufacturer, and Hughes & Simpson,
paper box manufacturers.
Adjoining the L building on the east
is the four-story brick building owned
and occupied by Edwin A. King, bonnet
bleacher. The big chimney of the Lyon
building fell on this structure, together
with twenty-foot wall that sufmount-
ed 1t, crashing through the roof and
tearing out half of the rear wall. Then
the state printing building caught fire
and in very short time was a mass of
flames.
At O'Clock the fire communicated TO
the rear of the Hotel Columbia, and in
a short time what was once the armory
nj hn naA~
The fire worked into the interior of the
building and it was soon gutted.
1t next entered the rear Of the Hotel
Fort Orange and between fire and water
the interior of the building was soon q
wreck.
Williams Printing oompany's plant
is also total loss.
The flying sparks spread in all dfrec-
tions and the American hotel was set ON
fire number Of times, as was also the
Albany theater and a number Of other
big buildings.
At 4.BO the fire was under control and
all danger Of its spreading was past.
Everything was combustible in the
church building and the front addition
had been consumed and nothing left
standing but the bare walls.
The losses as far as can be ascertained
at present are as follows The Hudson
avenue building, $4,000; James B.
Lyons state printing house, 5000, 600;
Williams Printing company, $10, 900. A
building In the rear of Columbia hotel,
$4,000; Hotel Columbia damaged $4,000.
The total loss can not now be estimated
but will probably reach O million dol
lars. 1t is impossible to get the insur-
ance, but it is believed that it will cover
the losses pretty fully.