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Buffalo, NY Hotel Fire, Nov 1860
Posted November 9th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
FIRE IN BUFFALO.
Buffalo, Nov. 10.
A fire broke out this morning in the kitchen of the Clarendon Hotel, and rapidly spreading entirely destroyed the main building. H. L. CHAMBERLAIN, oyster dealer, jumped from the fourth story, and was almost instantly killed. WM. CARLAND, of the firm of CARLAND & BIRNE, was burned to death. It is rumored that four servant girls are lost, and it is thought that many strangers may have perished also. One man, in the fourth story, raised a window and exclaimed that he was a stranger, and could not find the way out, and could not live another minute in his room, and begged the crowd to save him. He was not seen again.
The building was owned by ORSEN PHELPS, and valued at $90,000, upon which there is an insurance of $40,000, in New York and New England companies.
Daily Argus and Democrat Madison Wisconsin
1860-11-12
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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