Friday, May 16, 2008

Fire at Freeport

New York, 1895

At 7.30 o'clock Tuesday evening fire broke out in the residence of Frank Snediker at Freeport. The firemen soon got the fire under control. The house was completely gutted. The damage will amount to $500.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 1, 1895, p. 1.

Note: Maybe the name should be spelled Snedeker.

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