Fire gutts Broadway area in Monticello. $60,000 loss
A midnight blaze gutted Graper's Food Market, a butcher shop, and the Charcoal Pit on Broadway. Fire Chief Henry Stratton called the fire suspicious with $60,000 damage. Owners estimate high losses, some with little or no insurance. The 285-289 Corporation owned the properties, UR plans discussed, and Fallsburg and Rock Hill firefighters assisted.
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Monticello
Henry Stratton
Carl Bogner
Graper’s
Morris Shilowitz
Louis Rosenthal
Charcoal Pit
Rosenthal
Shilowitz
Bogner
Thomas S. Belmont
Donald Block
Fire guts Carmil Fashions plant in Port Jervis
A late Wednesday blaze gutted the Carmil Fashions factory on Church Street Port Jervis leaving about 35 workers unemployed. Firefighters from Port Jervis and nearby units fought the three and a half hour fire under drizzle, shoving out cloth remnants after bringing the blaze under control. The building owned by Hyman Miller and Carmil operator Philip DiMilla was left with only walls and charred interiors.
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Port Jervis
Carmil Fashions, Inc
Church Street
John R. Hosking
Hosking
Hyman Miller
Philip DiMilla
Middletown
Carmil
Four Hud son children die in Poughkeepsie fire
Four children perished when a five room first floor apartment burned in Poughkeepsie. Police named the victims Frank Hudson 15 Kenneth 13 James 5 and Addie 3. Two sisters Pearlie 17 and Barbara 12 escaped as fire swept the home while parents were away. Cause of the blaze under investigation.
Flamesburn Pa post office and store blaze at Galilee
Firefighters from four volunteer departments spent 3 1/2 hours quelling a large fire that heavily damaged Brown's Store and the Galilee post office about eight miles from Callicoon. Callicoon Fire Chief Charles Mills said the cause is under investigation and no estimate of damage is yet available. Salvaged postal supplies and mail were moved to Damascus post office for temporary use.
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Galilee
Brown
Callicoon
N.Y
Charles Mills
Damascus
Mills
Fallsburg chief in-law aided after Hurleyville blaze
Mrs. Mary Farber, 53, was overcome by smoke and excitement early Thursday at her Columbia Drive home. Fallsburg Police Chief Seymour Farber and Louis Greenspan administered oxygen after Hurleyville firemen put out a mattress fire. The family doctor treated her at home afterward.
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Hurleyville
Mary Farber
Columbia Drive
Fallsburg
Seymour Farber
Louis Greenspan
Farber
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Charlie Crist
Carmil Fashions Factory
Carmil Fashions Clothing
Polip Blaze
Flamesburn Pa
Cochecton
Lake Huntington
Equanook
Smoke
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