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Roaring flames wrecked the Louis Shulsky mansion at ~~ North Broadway last Friday in, the village’s worst fire in years. The loss was estimated at more than $100,000. The house was fully furnished, but no one was living there at the time and there were no in juries among the more than 100 firemen who fought the blaze for two hours. At one point, gases, smoke and flames heaved the roof into the air a foot or so. Then it dropped onto the top floor. The walls of the structure remained standing. About 40 volunteer firemen from Irvington were aided by 20 from Dobbs Ferry and 30 from Tarrytown. The fireman laid a total of ~2,500 feet of hose from hydrants on Broadway.Four dines poured tons of water on the blaze. The fire was discovered by Chalmers Henshaer, a caretaker, who lives on the property. He said that the whole roof seemed to be ablaze. When firemen ar rived about 3:25 p.m. smoke and flames were pouring’ from the wood frame structure. The firemen had to return to the ruins at 5 a.m. Saturday to put out flames that had ‘flared up from the embers. Chief Foley said the blaze was the worst since the abandoned Stearns Castle burned a half dozen years ago. He said the cause of the fire was still under investigation. So far, there was nothing to indi cate that it might have been of suspicious origin, he said. The owners used the mansion as a summer residence. In years past it was owned by William. B. May. realty. firm.and. the West chester County Savings Bank,
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Irvington Gazette
Irvington, New York, US
Thu, Jun 03, 1965
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