The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-25
$4,000 FIRE At
H0OSICK FALLS
LAST NIGHT
N. Lurie & Co.'s Department
Store Completely Destroyed
NEARBY BUILDINGS DAMAGED
Damaged Sustained by Baer Bros, w
c. Thomas, Eagle Confectionery
Company and TWO Lodges

The village of Hoosick Falls re-
ceived its baptism of fire last night,
when the largest department store in
the place. that of NJ. Lurle & Co., on
John street, was destroyed and ada
cent buildings badly damaged. The
/ loss is estimated at S65000
! The flames originated from some
unknown source in the cellar, and
were discovered by an errand boy
about Z o'clock The lad, being sent
downstairs found the cellar afire from
one end to the other, and was oblig
ed to run for his life. The flames
spread with such rapldity that they
reached the main part Of the store
almost as soon as did the boy, and
panic ensued among the clerks, who,
Of necessity, fled from the place with
out saving anything.
The Lurie store, despite the efforts
OF the firemen, was soon destroyed
and the blaze, gaining the magnitude
joining three story building, also
owned by Lurie & Co., and occupied
by the Eagle Confectionery company.
This like the department store burn
ed like finder, and the entire interior
fell prey to the fiery element.
! II seemed improbable at this stage
that the Hoosick Falls department
| would be able TO cope with the big
blaze with any degree Of success and
that help would have to be summon
ed from out Of town. The firemen
worked valiantly however, and finally
at 1880 o'clock had the fire under
control.
In the meantime the blaze had
reached the Thorps block, at the cor.
ner Of John and Church streets this
block igniting in the rear, and then
the store of Baer Brothers, also a de
Ipartment store. The stock of cloth
ing and hats was badly damaged by
fire and water, but the efforts OF the
village department prevented the
flames from reaching the front part
Of the structure. AS result the
loss in the Thorpe block and the
Baer store was only partial.
The Office Of Judge Heaton, sur
rogate OF Rensselaer, county, was In
the same building with the Baer stor,
upstairs, and sustained considerable
damage from water, as did also the
manicuring parlors OF Miss Leith.
Upstairs also, on the third foo
were the lodge rooms Of the knights
of Columbus and the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows. The members o
each lodge when they saw their quar-
ters in danger, carried out their char
ters, pictures, furniture, etc, so tina
the loss sustained by these bodie,
was not considerable. The dininl
room Of the Odd Fellows suffered ex
tenslyely from the water
The drug store of w. G. Thomas
on the east Of LURES was reachel
by the flames in the rear, but wa
damaged in front only by heat, smok
and water. Practically all the bottle
in the store were broken by the hea
and the rear part Of the building wa
considerably burned.
| The fire was the most extensiv
which has visited Hoosick Falls &
several years and. during It's earl
/ stages, threatened to wreak In tina
! village the same havoc experience
only recently at Granville. A stat,
| ment of the individual losses and IN
| insurance amounts could not be DIT,
! cured last night, but the insurance
materially below the amount OF los