Phoenix, New York
Sweet Brothers' Paper Manufacturing Company
Fire
January 23, 1910
Phoenix, Jan. 24 – The Sweet Brothers’ Paper
Manufacturing company suffered a loss estimated
at $50,000 by the fire which started in the
boiler room of its paper plant at 1 o’clock
yesterday morning, the story of which appeared
in The Sunday Herald. The buildings were all of
wood and with the prevailing high wind the
flames quickly spread to Mill No. 1, which was
entirely destroyed as well as a portion of Mill
No. 2.
It was at first thought that the fire could be
confined to the boiler room, but a back draft
carried the flames through an enclosure for
steam pipes which formed a connection with Mill
No. 1 and the building was soon a seething mass
of flames. The fire spread rapidly to Mill No 2
but by prompt work of the Fire department was
soon under control.
The fire was one of the worst the village has
suffered for forty years, and at one time the
whole manufacturing and business section was
threatened. At this time aid was asked from
Fulton and Baldwinville. The Baldwinville
department dispatched men with cart and hose who
ably assisted the local fire fighters. The
Fulton firemen with their fire fighting
apparatus were held, at the request of the local
authorities, at the New York Central station,
subject to hurry call in case the flames should
spread to other property.
The mills were owned by
T. C. SWEET and
K. N.
SWEET, comprising the Sweet Brothers’ Paper
Manufacturing company, and were devoted to the
extensive manufacture of white and colored
tissue papers, and were one of the best equipped
paper plants on the river. It is understood that
the fire loss is well covered with insurance.
The mill will probably be replaced with a
concrete structure.
Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY 24 Jan 1910
Transcribed by
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