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On Christmas 1843 and Christmas night on Staten Island, there were a group of men that were walking towards the town's only tavern. One of them noticed smoke coming out of the kitchen chimney of Captain George Hausman. Didn't think much of it. There had been snow and it may have been wet logs. But soon a young kid comes down the road and yells, fire, fire, fire.
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They run back. They arrive at this chaotic scene at the house. The back kitchen is on fire. There's flames spitting out of the windows, smoke billowing out. They break down the door. They find a way in. And inside, it's just a very intense fire. There was resin melting from the top. You know, it was permeated with smoke. Everything seemed to be on fire.
Neighbors formed a line and started passing buckets of water from the nearest well. They were able to put the fire out. Three men volunteered to go into the house to check that the fire was fully out.
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