Felt Mills Burned at Amsterdam. February was an exceptionally unfortunate month for Amsterdam, N. Y., viewed from the standpoint of fires. Starting in on the third day with a blaze which destroyed the Consolidated Woolen Felt Mills, Inc., the record closed on the 27th with three fires within a few hours of each other, entailing altogether a loss of about $150,000. The destruction of the felt mills involved a loss approximating $120,000. The morning was intensely cold, thermometers registering zero. The fire was discovered about 12.30 a. m., but how it started could not be learned. A woman who resides opposite the plant was the first to notify the No. 1 engine house by telephone. At that time the portion of the plant known as the harding room was a mass of flame. It is customary for the No. 2 company to answer all the alarms from the extreme west…
