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The County Press. 28s Arrested by the solid stone dwelling owned by Mrs. William Peck, on Ridge street, the flames swept down on both sides of Warren st., destroying in their rapid course Vanderheyden's brick building, Kenworthy's hardware store, C. & D. Peck's grain store and lumber yard, DeLong and Co.'s hardware store, the dweUings of Harmon Peck, Doct. N. E. Sheldon, Mrs. Rogers, Methodist, Presbyterian and Universalist churches. Engine House, Fonda's Masonic Block, in which were Vermillia's meat market, Hine & Bartlett's grocery store, the Free Press office, Buswell's gun shop, Senate Masonic Lodge, &c. Onward rushes the •devouring element to Baldwin's cabinet shop, the dwellings of Mr. Kellogg, Rev. Mr. Fennel and Abraham Wing, Star- buck & Sanford's wagon shop, the dwel- lings of Seth Sprague, L. A. Arnold, Mrs. Ray, E. T. Johnson, Alvin Cool, M. B. Little, J. Johnson, Doct. Patterson, David Roberts — destroying everything; arrested again, the flames shoot across three buildings, one of which is the old Furnace, and alight upon the dwellings of Mrs. Hawkins and Mrs. Lapham, burning both to ruins. Down Glen street, on the east side, commencing at the chothing store of Albert Hall, the sea of fire hurls its red and hissing billows, engulfing the entire row to the open space half way down the hill, destroying Hall's clothing store, Mrs. Williams' millinery shop. Star- buck's express office, Ferguson's liquor store, Keeffe & Briggs' store, Bush's meat market, Kelley's grocery, Numan's large hall, a new dry goods store just opened, Austin's paint shop, S. Carpen- ter's saloon, Staples' meat market, Cros- sett's vegetable store. Potter's boot and shoe store, A. N. Cheney's residence, H. Wing's store, Bennett's building, Wil- marth's cabinet shop. Farmer's Hotel, Mechanics' Place, Burdick's planing mill, Geo. Cronkhite's and L. B. Barnes' dwellings, Rappe's dwelling and grocery. At this time, about 6 o'clock P. M., the centre of the village for blocks was one sea of Hvid flames. The hurrying to and fro of excited and almost despairing people, men, women and children, the crackling, seething fire, the wild at- tempts to save property, the hoarse commands of the firemen, mingled with the sound of falling buildings, formed a picture which we hope never to look upon again. The main losses, as near as can be estimated, naming each suf- ferer as far as it is possible at the early hour of going to press, are as follows : Exchange Building, goods and building, loss $25,000 — insured for $8,000. Charles Rice, store and goods, $30,000 — insured 10,000. Geo. W. Sisson, store and goods, 30,- 000 — insured 12,000. Messenger office, printing material and stock, over 2,000 — insured r,ooo. Lasher & Freligh, store and goods, 20,- 000 — insured 10,000. W. A. Fonda, house, store and goods, 20,000 — insured 5,000. N. E. Sheldon, store, goods and house, 10,000 — insured 6,000. Hawley's store, goods and house, $3,- 000 — insured 1,000. Mansion House and the Glen's Falls Hotel, 20,000 — insured 15,000. M. C. Rich, 3,000 to 4,000-insured 1 ,000. Commercial Bank, 4,000-insured 2,000. Rosekrans building and contents, 4,000 — no insurance. Glen's Falls Bank Building, 6,000 — in- sured 4,000. Ezra Benedict, store and house, 8,000 — insured 2,000. Republican office, printing material, r,- 000 — insured 800. H. M. Harris, boot and shoe store, 600 — no insurance. A. N. Cheney, house and contents and store, 8,000 — insured 6,000. Ira Green, 500 — no insurance. Doct. M. R. Peck, store and goods, 3,- 000 — insured 2,300. A. E. Smith, store and goods, 3,000 — insured 1,500. J. K. Farrington, store and goods, 5,000 — insured 3,000.