Canastota, New York Fire
April 19, 1873
Large Portion of the Business Houses in
Canastota, N. Y. Burned - Loss $85,000
UTICA, N. Y., April 20. -- A special
dispatch to the Utica Herald from
Canistota [sic], April 20 says: A
destructive fire visited this village last
evening, laying waste a large portion of the
business places. The fire was discovered
about 9 o'clock in the evening in the hay-loft
of the barn attached to the
Pratt House.
The flames spread rapidly, communicating from
the barn with the hotel, which was totally
destroyed. A number of boarders at the
hotel lost nearly all they possessed in the way
of clothing and furniture. The
Post-office, Van
Alstine's grocery,
Haines' saloon,
the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph office,
C. J. Nash's
harness shop. Dr. Adams'
medical office,
Richardson's furniture-store,
Plano's
hardware-store, the Canistota [sic] Back
building and fixtures,
Lewis Santer's residence and block of
buildings, F. W.
Doolittle's brick block and two other
buildings, Hiram Lewis'
residence, Thirl's
barber-shop, H. Phelps'
saloon, house and furniture, and
James Haines'
billiard saloon were completely destroyed.
The losses, as near as can be ascertained
to-day, foot up $85,000, and insurance is about
$32,000. The division of losses was as
follows: Pratt's
Hotel and barns, C.
Hall, proprietor, loss #30,000;
insurance $15,000; post-office, loss $2,000, no
insurance; E. Van
Alstine's stock, $1,500; insurance
$1,000; Judge Harlow,
the owner of the building in which
was Van Alstine's
store, places his loss at $1,000;
E. A. Haines,
loss $500; C. J. Nash,
lost not stated, his stock mostly saved.
Dr. Adams,
loss not stated; no insurance;
E. B. Richardson, $5,500 [or $3,500];
insurance, $1,500. W.
H. Clark, $3,000; no insurance.
Canistota [sic] Bank, $3,000, no insurance, the
contents of its vault and safe were not insured.
Lewis Santer's
loss was $12,000; insurance, $7,500.
F. W. Doolittle,
$22,000; Insurance $14,000.
Hiram Lewis,
$5,000; insurance $3,000.
C. J. Thirl,
loss $100; H. Phelps,
$500. Walker &
Walker lost by the construction of
tools and fixtures; no insurance.
James Hair,
loss $800; no insurance.
The New York Times, New York, NY 21 Apr
1873
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