History of New Rochelle, New York, USA

New Rochelle, a post- village in the above township, on Long Island sound, and on the New York and New Haven railroad, 20 miles N. E. from New York. It contains several churches, boarding schools, and factories. Population estimated at 1000.

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Nov. 8, A fire this morning destroyed George Ferguson's grocery store, a large, building and other adjoining property in Ferguson's building were stored much furniture and personal property, consisting of silverware, bric-a-brac, etc., belonging to Delancy Kane Adrian Iselin, the New York banker and other wealthy summer residents which was entirely destroyed. Much of this property, which is valued momentarily at $250,000, cannot be replaced. The loss in the other property burned is estimated at $125,000 making the total loss $375,000.

New Rochelle, ro-shell', a post-village in New Rochelle township, Westchester co., N.Y., on Long Island Sound, and on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, at the junction of the Harlem River Branch, 18 miles N.E. of New York. It contains many beautiful villas, 7 churches, a savings-bank, and a manufactory of druggists' scales. Two weekly newspapers are published here. Pop. in 1890, 8217; of the township, 9057.

Heroic Paulist Father Rushes Safely Through Flames In A Burning Church

Special to The Inquirer.
New Rochelle, N.Y., May 13.-With flames raging fiercely about him, Father Kennedy, a Paulist missionary, risked his life at a fire in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in New Rochelle early this morning to save the blessed sacrament.

The priest was asleep in the rectory when the fire broke out at 1:30 o’clock, and he was awakened by the crackling of the flames. Without waiting to dress, he rushed into the church in his night clothes and took the host from the altar.

The flames spread so rapidly that the priest could not return through the rear entrance, so with his sacred burden he fought his way through a blinding smoke to the main entrance. In his haste he had not waited to put on his shoes, and as he ran through the hot floors blistered his bare feet.

New Rochelle (ro-shell'), a residential city of West- chester co., N.Y., on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 18 miles NE. of New York. It was founded by Huguenot refugees in 1087. It contains many beautiful villas and a manufactory of druggists' scales. Pop. in 1890, 8217 ; in 1900, 14,720.

Special to The New York Times.
New Rochelle, N.Y., July 4.-At the same spot where his brother, Fred was killed in a similar manner three years ago, Waldorf Miller, 21 years old, of Clinton Avenue, broke his neck by diving from the rocks near the bathing beach at Hudson Park, New Rochelle, last night. Miller and a dozen other members of the Iroquois Social Club of New Rochelle attended a beach party last night, and at his suggestion the young men started for a midnight swim, leaving the young women eating ice cream at the pavilion.

Miller was the firs tin the water, diving from a high rock in spite of the warnings of his friends. When Miller did not appear after the dive, his friends plunged in after him. John Donovan found him on the bottom about 20 feet from where he dived and being carried out toward Long Island Sound by an undercurrent. The unconscious man was carried to the beach and revived. Then it was found that his neck was broken and he was completely paralyzed below that ...

Special to The New York Times.

New Rochelle, N.Y., Feb. 18.-Fifty school girls of the Oaksmere School in New Rochelle fought desperately to save their recitation hall and gymnasium when it burned to-day, and were driven away only when the volunteer firemen threatened to turn the hose on them. The hall, which was a large frame building, and its contents were valued at $10,000. It was on Davenports Neck, near the mansion of Adrian Iselin.

Fire was discovered in the boiler room at 11 o’clock this morning. The girls dropped their books, and while some rushed for the chemical fire extinguishers, others ran to the beach and filled buckets of water, which they dashed into the flames. Despite their efforts the fire gained headway.

A telephone message brought the Relief engine from New Rochelle. It stalled in a snow bank a half mile from the school. When the girls heard of it some of them hitched up horses to sleighs and went with snow shovels and coal scoops to help dig out the fire...

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Aug.4 — In a wild scramble for safety when two horses broke away late this afternoon at the races of the Westchester Riding and Driving Club, more than twenty persons received bruises and slight lacerations. Other persons were slightly injured when one of the runaways plunged into the crowd of men, women and children standing on a bridge leading to the stables. Only the fact that wreckage of the second horse's matinee cart, resembling a sulky, became caught on the side of the bridge, throwing the animal, saved scores from injury.

Undeterred by the accident, Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins, 69-years old, of Nyack, a member of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn, and former Supreme Court Justice Albert H. F. Seeger, 75, of Newburgh, a few minutes later drove the second heat of a matinee-cart race.

The races today were held at the half-mile track of the Hill and Dale Farm at Weaver Street and Quaker Ridge Road, New Rochelle.

The events progressed...