Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

Some time ago, I inherited a scrap book that contains post cards with scenes of Delaware County. These were written by and in some cases written to a "Miss Fannie Hunt" (formal: Frances Hunt) of Treadwell, NY that were written or dated primarily between 1907-1908. --Eric Christopher Ball, 1 June, 2017

Fannie Hunt is listed on this website in a brochure from Treadwell Public School dated 1896-1897

Here are two examples of the cards that I have in my possession:

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Written on photo:

Ruins American Hotel

Fire Jan 6 1907

Cross marks where Mr. & Mrs. Winter were found. O mark where O'Connor was found.

I helped to remove their bodies.

Many thanks for card. H____

Delhi Pub(?) 607

Following information discovered through http://www.gendisasters.com/new-york/13997/delhi-ny-american-hotel-fire-jan-1907

Disaster Description:

"Delhi, Jan. 6. -- Three lives were lost in a fire that destroyed the American Hotel at this place early today.

The dead are:
WILLIAM WINTER, druggist.
MRS. ANNA WINTER, his wife.
JOHN O'CONNOR, tailor.

All were residents of Delhi and permanent guests at the hotel. They had lived in Delhi for years are were prominent in the business community.

The fire was discovered in the apartment of MR. WINTER and his wife on the third floor, and by the time the firemen arrived the big three-story frame structure was a mass of flames. O'CONNOR also occupied apartments on the third floor. The other guests escaped by leaping from the windows in their night clothing.

The position of the bodies when recovered indicated that the victims were suffocated before the flames reached them. It is believed that the fire originated near the furnace though it had worked its way to the third floor before any of the occupants of the house were aroused.

The Post-Standard Syracuse New York 1907-01-07