June 2006 - Bending Works Fire
EDWARD KIDNEY [Peter, Peter] had a felloe shop in about 1875. A few years later he built his first bending works back of his house on River Road. He made all parts of wagons and buggies. In 1890 his factory burned down. It was a great loss to him as he only had $4,000.00 insurance. They saved the barn and three teams of work horses and a buggy horse, as their dog Tige wakened the whole Kidney family. The fire department put the fire out as the pond was close to the barn, but the shop was a complete loss.