The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-03
FIFTY
PERSONS
IN DANGER
Tenants of Larchmont Casino
Escape From Burning Build
Ing In Their Night Clothes.

Larchmont. N. Y. Nov. s.-Larch
| mont's wealthy fire department had th'
| fight OF its life yesterday morning. Tn,
FIRE started about $50 o'clock In the
basement Of the Philadelphia market
owned by A. III. Kuhnast. and spread tc
! FIVE other buildings. including two liver5
stables and the large Larchmont Casino
all OF which were destroyed. The loss Is
estimated at about 500. 900, one-half oi
which is insured.
About so persons lived In the burned
buildings and they had barely time to es-
cape in their night clothing. A subscrip-
tion to buy clothing and household goods
for the destitute was started by Frederick
w. Flint and In less than an hour $4,000
was received.
The society women of Larchmont have
opened a large summer hotel on the Bos-
ton post road and will provide food and
shelter for the homeless families until
they can get better quarters.
The burned buildings are the Larch-
mont Casino. owned by William Murray.
and valued at 10000: the Philadelphia
market. $50, 600; A. c. Montross. livery
stable, $4,000; J. c. Harding. livery stable,
$4,000; the Larchmont auxiliary fire house
$1,000: house owned by Walter Flor
renee $4,000. and carpenter shop. owned
by John Ibstern, $500.
The Alexander building used as an
apartment house; the Larchmont National
bank, and n pharmacy adjoining the
burned buildings were damaged by water
to the extent of several thousand dol
lars
The fire was discovered by a milkman
who saw flames bursting from the base
ment OF the Philadelphia market. There
were IL persons asleep In the upper
stories OF the building. BY the time the
milkman had gone upstairs and spread
the alarm the flames were coming out of
the big plate glass windows OF the first
floor. and the tenants had to leave every
thing behind and flee for their lives.
The Casino. which was a large shingled
building. built almost wholly of North
Carolina pine, next caught fire.
When the fire alarm was sounded Chief
Bronson was in New York. In his alb
sence William Campbell. president OF the
manor. took charge. He telephoned to
Mayor Clarke OF New Rochelle for help,
and Chief Ross and his men. with the
big six ton engine and n hose wagon,
made record run TO Larchmont.
Chief Ross directed his attention to the
adjoining buildings and saved several of
them. including the LarchmontN bank A
wagon load OF Mamaroreck fremen. un-
der Capt Jack" Hegeman, reached
Larchmont about the same time that the
New hOcnene volunteers arrived ana
helped fight the fire.
Chief Bronson arrived on the first train
from New York and took charge OF
operations A number Of yachtsmen
went into the livery stables and rescued
80 horses and half n dozen big automo-
biles belonging 10 the rich men along the
Sound.
Good work was done by Charles A. Sim
ger. president OF the New York and STAN
ford railroad. Mr.. Singer invented a new
method OF pulling the walls Of the burned
buildings down. When all other efforts
had failed. he attached one OF his big
trolley cars 10 the chains and. taking
the motor himself applied the power. A
big cheer went up as the car moved of
and the walls tottered and fell
Tho fire was under control at noon.
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