Troy Fire Troy, NY
 February 5, 1881

About 11 o'clock on the night of February 5, 1881, a fire broke out in the cellar of the building occupied by Isadore Markstone as a boot and shoe stand at River and State streets in Troy, New York. The fire spread quickly to Patrick O'Brien's harness store, Mrs. Carr's millinery store, Smith's plumbing establishment, and two stories of the buildings which were occupied by families. Hartsfield's fancy goods store, Gaffney's furnishing goods store, Howell's picture frame factory, and a club-room, were, along with their contents, damaged. Five women living in the upper stories of the Markstone building were forced by the flames to flee to the roof and were rescued by the firemen with ladders. |