The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07
NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL FIRE
Valuable Historic Records and Oocu,
ments Reduced to Ashes-'mp0S-
sibIe to Duplicate Them

Albany y, Y.-Five million oolia'S
nrobablv could repair the damage oo''N
NV fire in the state capitol WedhesuaS'
hrt money can not restore the hls'oiF
col records which we're the PRIDE OIL us
state library. After examining '"e
teriov walls with a transit, STATE IA
| ob;+oct Ware declared that the mas
o;,,o Mia Of granite was as plumb ana
trre as ever. The flames llcheu up Wv
s4ota library, the court Of CLAIMS 'he
assembly library and document IooA'9'
nost If the offices of the excise depart
mont and the quarters Of the senate
f,orce committee. Water and shloAe
took mn the work that the flames ialu
dow, and the damage from this cause
extends to every part of the building
Next to the financial loss the ch'ei
, osoo+ Of the fire will be the ineVltaply
: DELAYED machinery OF state soS1' -
. mont Although the senate chahipe'
4 stands practically untouched ana ie.
a thousand dollars can restore 'le me- ~
ing place of the lower mouse " ~
# CORNER beauty. week or longer H."
O intarvene before legislative pushes
- an nrocoed in its accustomed char
ID nels.
or Although the fire started IN I'll
to northwest corner of the building
70 caused the greatest havoc in the Sou'
"a wost corner. Here the red-tlled pom
Mt cd cupola fell, carrying down part
tho oorved granite work that supper
Ito ed il and a towering stone chlihhe
The entire west wall above the secol
o,- door was bla ?kened and many Oh
stone window frames were ruinea
the fierce heat. The granite coih'
'oh .1so was ruined. Conservative eS
mates place the damage 10 the eA'e-
stone work at 100000.
The interior masonry was damat
sta, n the extent of $l,5oo,OoO, ana
same sum will represent the loss
d; the contents of the state library,
No trace has yet been found OF d
rrs uel ] Abbott, the aged night wa
man in Inc state library
The state carried no insurance
=, o, the capitol building has been resar
as absolutely fireproof. 1t was IN
-, not tho building that burned, Dut
and contents. ,.:..or,
,inst Most precious, from the histori
{ of. standpoint, of the fuel the I'D
Hall found in their path were inc '"s
tbree manuscript folio volumes OF
GOV. lannon's official records OF the y
,so, nors Of the city of New Amster'
tho covering a period from 1851 10
Thoso were in course of transl'
nv 7 F. Van Laer, and his ira
.;on, were burned with the OH
Dutch documents.
rance In addition to these the state
'e all tho correspondence OF Governor
rance CLINTON 5000 pieces in ALL ahe
G the or;oinal letters of Sir William Jol
al net 10 Governor Daniel D. Thompk
" hre Among the documents lost Wer
9 net ords dealing with the history o'
69'4' Carolina during the revolutionary
At the request of that state a oi
nending in the legislature 10
o Ex- the department to turn them .
ly dis their original owner ~,
xpress The state library ihe''uins ~ :,
.lso is valuable genealogical works Il
O have United States, toeethei
Ariz, nr;celess documents, some Oh 'h'
money inc hack to 1776 and irrepiaceaa
sillo TO The assembly anu een">
stored with thousands Oh 'o'u'
law and code books, also a nun
documents and manuscripts u
.sser. never be replaced.