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Friday, July 13, 2007
Midnight Fire Destroyed Pelham's Town Hall in October 1908
At midnight on October 24 1908 -- just after a Republican rally ended in
the building -- Pelham's town hall suffered a major fire that nearly
burned it to the ground. The fire began in the cell area at the rear.
Thankfully, no prisoners were in the cells at the time. An article about
the event appeared in New York City's The Sun. The text of that
article appears below.
"FIRE IN A TOWN HALL.
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Pelham Building Partly Burned After a Political Rally.
WHITE PLAINS, Oct. 24. -- The officials of Pelham are investigating a
mysterious fire which practically destroyed the Pelham Town Hall at
midnight.
Last evening the Republicans had a big rally there and soon after the
meeting ended and the politicians were going home there was an alarm of
fire. It was found that the eastern end of the Town Hall, where the cells
are, was on fire. Luckily there were no prisoners in the lockup.
Politicians and speakers who had taken part in the rally joined the
volunteer firemen in fighting the flames and finally saved part of the
hall and prevented the fire from spreading to other buildings in the town.
How the fire started hasn't been learned."
Source: Fire in a Town Hall, The Sun, Oct. 25, 1908, p. 7, col.
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