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SACANDAGA PARKDEVASTATED BY FIREOne Hundred and Ten Cottages Totally De= atroyed Last Night.LOSSES ESTIMATED IP DEARLY $30,000THE GREATEST CONFLAGRATION PULTON COUNTY HAS SUFFERED IN MANY YEARS—ONLY NINE COTTAGES REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD—THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE, HARDLY ANYTHING BEING SAVED—HEROIC WORKBY THE NORTHVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CITIZENS WAS OF NO AVAIL—A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENE. •Sacandagat Park, Fulton county’s popular summer resort, last night was the scene of the greatest conflagration which has visited this section since ’77, when a large portion of Main and Church streets, Gloversville, was wiped out by fire.STARTED IN THE CIRCLE. .Last night’s conflagration was discovered ahout 10:30 o’clock in the cottage Owned by Lee Anibal of Northville, situated at No. 5 Circle, by Granville Baum,who was awakened by the crackling of the flames.NORTHVILLE TO THE RESCUE.About the same time the blaze was noticed in Northville and an alarm was sounded and soon hundreds of the citizens were hurrying to the scene of destruction.THE BUCKET BRIGADE AT WORK.There were no facilities for fighting the fire at hand, but every man joined in a hastily formed bucket brigade, and all workedwith a will to save some of the threatened property, but without avail.THE FLAMES UNCONTROLLABLE.The fire spread with almost incredible swiftness, and as cottage after cottage burst into flames, it soon became apparent that the only hope lay in razing the buildings in its path. Efforts were made to pull down some of the structures, while others were blown up by dynamite, but the work of the .fierce flames was not checked until every building in the Circle, Horseshoe, Park avenue, Railroad avenue, Centre street, Montgomery avenue, with the exception of nine, had been totally destroyed. a [.GLOVERSVILLE NOTIFIED.ity that it was impossible to save much of the contents of t;he various buildings, although the people of North-villig worked nobly in their efforts to that end. Many of the cottages were forced open and all the furniture possible was taken out and carried to a point of safety, where, under the direction of General Manager McKeever, a strong guard was placed to watch over it until to-day, when steps were taken to restore it to the owners.NO LIVES LOST.Fortunately the season had not yet opened and there had but a few people taken up their residence at the park for the summer. Those who were already there were rudely awakened to find themselves in imminent danger, and for the most part they were only able to save their clothing. The list of those occupying cottages last night follows: ' -Mrs. E. P. Maule and five children, Fred, Bert, Wendell, Clarence and Alice, of St. Louis, Mo., at No. 4 Park avenue.Mrs.- R. E. Shaw of Gloversville, at No. 3 Park avenue.Mr. and Mrs. Granville Baum of Rome, at No. 13 Circle.W. H. Fairbanks of Gloversville, at “Stay-a-While,” No. 26 Circle.Mr. and Mrs. Horace Davis and grandson, Clarence Orr of Gloversville, at No. 7 Circle.Miss Sarah Scribner of Northville, at No. 3 Horseshoe.Mr. and Mrs. George Wyman of Johnstown.ORIGIN A MYSTERY.The Anibal cottage, where the fire started, had not been occupied this spring, and there was nothing of a combustible nature known to have been in the building. Everything which has so far developed leads to theNo. I 0, fl, HlUalmuidt, Ci'vlllo. No. ,ft Thou. Pui'Hell, Glovomlllo.No, 0, L. 13, Wlntie, atovowllle. No. 7’, A. It, Vibbard, ,Tolm#town,No. 8, Mrs, Henry Dixon, J'town, No. D. Dr. Goo. Rowo, GloYorsvllle, No. 10. Dr, F. W. Shaffer, G'villo. No. 13. W. Waclc, Gloversville.No. 16. Mrs. J, O. Parsons, G'ville. No. 17. F. S. Fritcher, Fonda,Centre Street:No. I?. Mrs. C. M. Warner, G’ville. No. 21. Mrs. E. L. Warner, G’ville. No. 23. Mtss H. Hicks, Troy.Park Avenue:No. 1. No. 2, No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8, No. 9,M. P.. Ward, Gloversville. David Smith, Johnstown.Mrs. R. E. Shaw, G’ville.Mrs. R. E. Shaw, G’ville. Wesley Lines, Johnstown. Chas. King, Gloversville. John Hollett, Gloversville. Geo, R, Wyman, J’town.Mrs. J. E. Shutts, G'ville.No. 10. Mrs. R. E. Shaw, Giville.No, 11. E. S. King, Gloversville.No. 13. Mrs. John Foster, Kingsboro. No. 13. C. M. C. Loyd, Gloversville. No. 14. Mrs. Cammack:No. 15. N. D. Griffin, Gloversville. No. ,16. H. M. Bonta, Broadalbin. No. 17. Mrs. Abel Ford, G’ville.No. IS. E. H. Horton, Northville. No. 20. Mrs. II. Belding, G’ville.No. 21. Charles Clemans, G’ville. Jos. Dunlop, G’ville.J. R, Dixon, Gloversville.D. Gi Golder, Gloversville. No. 25* Sism Smith, G’ville.No. 25%, Olin'Sutliff, Gloversville. No. 26. T. S. Quimby, Gloversville. No. 27. W. J. Dodge, Gloversville. No. 28. Mrs. John Stewart, G’ville. No. 29. H. M. Bonta, Broadalbin.No. 30. Mrs. A. Bovee, Gloversville. No. 31. J. E. Kelly, Gloversville.No. 32. Mrs. Katherine Wood, Glov-No. 22 No. 23. No. 24.ersville. No. 33. No. 34. No. 35.Mrs. Wm. J. Harris, G’ville. lt;3. W. Woodworth, G’ville. E. II. Ridder, Amsterdam. No. 36. Mrs. Geo. Bryce, G’ville.No. 37. Mrs. Frank Phair. G’ville.V.i 1No. 38. Geo. A. Harris, G ville,The Circle:No.No.No.No.No.No.No.No.Nq.No.No.No.No.■No.No.No.No.No.No.Nq.No.No.No.No.No.No.No.A. D. Comrie, Gloversville. Dr. C. G. Colgrove, J’town. Mrs, Anna Hale, Mayfield. Belle Huntington, Rome.Lee S. Anibal, Northville. Henry Shipman, G’ville. Hosea Davis, Gloversville. Mary Mickel, Gloversville.F. W. Dart, Gloversville.Mrs. Fritcher, Fort Plain.H. A. Phillips, G’ville.Peter I. Harvey, Amsterdam. Granville Baum, Rome.J. T. Phair, Gloversville.M. J. Dutcher, Gloversville. M. Doxtader, Fonda.John Wiggaris, Rome.G. A. Howarth, G’ville.Geo. H. Taylor, G’ville.S. Morris, .Gloversville.J. W. Hines, Gloversville. Dr. E. H. Eisenbrey, G’ville. C. H- Becker, Gloversville. Emma Smith, Gloversyille. Anna L. Palmer, Brooklyn. W. Bock, Gloversville.C. S. Schermerhorn, G’ville.Repairing:.No. 29, Mr*, TltOfi, Boylo, Ci'vlllo,No, 30, II, M, Bonta, BrofuMbln.No, 31, Mrs. John Tookor, G'vlllo,No, 32, J. H, Fonda, Amsterdam,No. 33, Goo. Wicks, Gloveravllle.No. 34. Chas. Gardner, Gloversville.No. 36. G. S, Wheaton, Gloversville.No. 36. Miss Minorva Fairbanks, GlovorBvllle.About one-third of the cottages destroyed were Insured.INSURANCE.’flie list of Insurance on the destroyed property, as ascertained by The Leader is as follows:In J. E. Wood's agency:Cot-lrurni-tage. ture.D. S. Quackenbush.......$225 $ 75George Brice............150Minerva Fairbanks 200 100Almira J. Shutts... .....115 35Stephen Morris.......... 160 50H. A, Phillips............200J. R. McClumpha......... 100 50C. E. Garrity............ 400 100J, W. Hines............. 175 25Thomas Pursell..........150Henry Shipman......... 300 100Mrs. Asa Beilis............ 300 100Alice W;'Burr............ 250 50Catharine A. Merchant ... 250 50Mrs. W. E. Mills......... 300 100Getman Billingham:F. W. Dart.. ......... 200 100C. W. Phillips...........; 200 100Mrs. John Stewart....... 160 50John Hollett............. 150 50C. F. Allen.. .......... 200 100Mrs. John Foster......... 100 50Q. S. Schermerhorn 2,00 50Mrs. M. E. Van Ness 150 50A. D. Comrie............ 200 ^ 75Mary Shippee.. .......... 150 50Camp McKeever, owned byestate -of J, B. Wiggins,Rome....... 800 200Bell’s agency:G. W. Rowe, $600 on cottage and furniture.Mills Burton:George A. Howarth..............$300Hosea Davis........... 350J. E. Kelly.....................isoGeorge H. Taylor............... 250Tarr’s Agency:Emma J. Parsons........ 325 75H. J. Hicks.............. 300 100A. P. Fritchard........... 250 100Mrs. C. M. Warner....... 650 150Jane C. Eisenbrey........125 100G. W. Mandrill.......... 350 150Mrs. J. Dunlop........... 300 100A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.The destruction of so much valuable property could not occur without pre-Continued on sixth page.Seekers after gold know they may be disappointed, but seekers after health take Hood’s Sarsaparilla with the utmost confidence that it will do them wonderful good.Hood’s Pills are the only pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Easy, yet efficient.Just Received INTew Russian Caviar, Superior
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Gloversville Daily Leader
Gloversville, New York, US
Mon, May 09, 1898
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