Even though I don't believe I have any ancestors from Tioga County, I always read Bill Grummons' Tioga County News as I find they are interesting, sometimes comical but always informative of the by-gone days. I was intrigued by this particular one. > Monday evening about 7:30 the house of B. L. WOOD was discovered to be on fire. All of the family were away at the time and it is supposed to have been caught from the stove, as there was a good fire and the oven was filled with green wood. The house was insured for $400. The contents were mostly destroyed< I suppose $400 covered most of the loss in those days! Thanks, Bill, for posting these news items. Faith Hutchings

Actually, it might not have covered the loss. Old news stories on an other list that I subscribe to frequently give the amount of the insurance and, more often than not, say that it wasn't enough to cover the loss. I've often wondered where the newspaper got the insurance information. Maybe the insurance companies gave it to them to try to convince others that they were inadequately covered. -----Original Message----- From: Faith Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 4:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYFL] Re: Tioga County News, Jan 4, 1900 Even though I don't believe I have any ancestors from Tioga County, I always read Bill Grummons' Tioga County News as I find they are interesting, sometimes comical but always informative of the by-gone days. I was intrigued by this particular one. > Monday evening about 7:30 the house of B. L. WOOD was discovered to be on fire. All of the family were away at the time and it is supposed to have been caught from the stove, as there was a good fire and the oven was filled with green wood. The house was insured for $400. The contents were mostly destroyed< I suppose $400 covered most of the loss in those days! Thanks, Bill, for posting these news items. Faith Hutchings