Galeton, Pennsylvania Fire
August 24, 1893
Destroyed by Fire
Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 24. -- A special
from Galeton, PA., says 17 buildings were
 destroyed
by fire there.
Among the burned buildings were:
John Egler's hotels,
Asa Hiks' pool and billiard
saloon, Flynn and Phonex; meat market,
E. E. Hyer's new block, occupied in the basement by
two families; on the first floor by
E. E. Bills
as a grocery, and E. E. Hyer's drugstore, and
Galeton lodge, I.O.O.F., the building owned by
J.
E. Ebcomb and occupied by
H. Salowitz as a
clothing store and living rooms;
H. Zeletz,
grocery and fruits; M. I. Swarzenbach, druggist
and fancy goods; A. D. Roys' buildings occupied
by Miss Seaman as a millinery store and by
families; Baldwin & Company, general
merchandise, and the Methodist Episcopal church,
also the two tenements of
J. E. Ebcomb, the
Galeton Opera House, owned by
Thomas Harmon, and
N. G. Kohler's tenement house, besides barns and
outhouses that were on these lots.
The
Marion Daily Star, Marion, OH, 24 Aug 1893
Destructive Fire at Galeton
Further particulars of the fire at Galeton
last Wednesday morning are to the effect that
the whole row of buildings on the south side of
Main street was wiped out. The buildings were
all of wood and burned rapidly. The loss
is estimated at $50,00 the insurance being from
$18,000 to $20,000.
The following is the list of business places
destroyed. Schronlitz's clothing store,
Methodist Episcopal church,
Baldwin & Co's dry
goods store, Miss Carrie Seamons's millinery
store, Schwatzenbach's drug-store,
Seltz's
grocery, E. E. Hyer's drug-store, including the
jewelry business of George Humphrey,
E. E. Biles's grocery-store,
Flynn & Phoenix
meat
market, John Egler's boarding house,
J. O. Edgcomb, two houses, one store and a barn, the
rink, Stephen Egler's residence and
Robert
Kelley's residence.
It is said that some woodsmen were more
active in saving the liquor form the drug stores
than fighting the flames.
The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, PA, 30 Aug 1893
A disastrous fire occurred
at Galeton in 1893 .... Twenty stores and
dwellings were burned, a scarcity of water
preventing any effective work in stopping the
progress of the flames. The town was at once
rebuilt in a more substantial manner.
History of Potter
County, Pa. by Victor L. Beebe, 1934, page
188
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