Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-11
From The Journal Of Commerce.
,TRUCTlVE CONFLAGRATION.
Monday. October Z

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Monday, October z.
! bout hnlfpast clock yesterday (Sun.
+. morning, n fire broke out in the fur
we of Stephen A. Halsey, No. lS9 Water
W nearly opposite the United States Ho
t| (late tlolrs). The store was pretty
|1proughly on fire within, before the alarm
- given; and there being fresh wind, the
|||tn,en were bufiled in their efforts to sub
1.e the flames until property had been des.
|]fyed TO the amount ofnear Million Dot
Is. It's much the greatest fire that has
<urred here since the memorable confla.
alton OF December 1885. The entire
Dare bounded by Water, Fulton, Front
~ Burling streets. is q heap of ruins; ex.
~ five or six stores ON Fulton street, (only
"a on that street being wholly destroyed,)
10 one ON Front street, next TO the corner
n Fulton. Some Of these remaining build
'rg are badly damaged The entire square
|rrs devoted 10 commercial business. MANY
8 The stores were burnt without being open.
az while from others portion of goods
rs saved
The direction Of the wind being from
bout due East, the flames were driven dag
a billy across Water street, and il was with
M utmost difficulty that the buildings on
be opposite side, including the u. States
Hotel, could be saved from destruction. The
Reservation Of the Hotel IAN immense bull
4ng six stories high above the busement,) is
chiefly to the use, on the root, of
small fire engine belonging to the establish
nlent. and the covering OF the windows ex.
ernally with blankets. Some of the ada
lent buildings on the same side Of the street
polk fire, but BY dint OF a hard struggle on
|be part OF the firemen, the flame were cxtin.
flushed
There is now a fair prospect that the ra.
hing element would be confined within the
Iqnare above mentioned, till suddenly it
kus discovered tina, distinct fire had broken
put in the square next below, ION the same
fide Of the street rs the u. S. Hotel) and
hat it had male alarming progress. lis
Earlier discovery was prevented by the
! LIQUIDS of smoke and cinders which had
poured upon aud owe: the roofs of the build.
ings now igni;ed. The chief efforts of the
Bremen were now directed TO this point, but
dld not avail to prevent the destruction OF
several stores, including mos, Of the granite
post block owned by J. NJ. Bruce.
The danger Of vast conaagralion like
That OF 1885, was now more eminent than
ever. The rear OF the Water street stores
approached SO near To the rear OF the stores
on the south easterly side of Pearl street,
that with the wind driving upon the latter,
ihe stores on both streets being five stories
high,) it seemed impossible 10 save them
Pfoviienlally, al his critical moment. The
Niad hauled about t,co points 10 The North
mard which turned the fire and cinders OF
the burning buildings in ii direction nearly
rarsllelto the direction Of Pearl and Water
streets, and saved the city from we know no,
hew great an increase OF the calamity which
we have to record sTithou, this sudden
change of wind we do not believe il would
have been possible for the fireman to nrres,
the progress of the flames where they did.
The change of wind. however, increased
the exposure OF other buildings. and soon it
was found that a temporary building on the
opposite lSouth Eas,erly side OF Water st. J
occupied us packing-box shop. was on fire.
This was soon destroyed, and the flames
in the rear of said packing
box factory, two or three buildings OH
Fletcher street, which we've also burnt
They were Of LILLE value.
Here the flames were arrested, although
some Of the buildings on the opposite (S.W.)
ride oi Fletcher street were more than once
GA fire.
Several buildings caught fire distance
from the scene OF the conaaeration, including
one on Wall street. which however were ex.
either by the inmates or by the
Gremen.
Hollis Hotel. now known as the United
States. was in much danger. and the splendid
pile seemed doomed The boarders reuiov
Ell their baggage, much of it. but the well
which Mr. Holt drilled with so much perse-
vciance, saved the building. The steam en-
CINE in the house was put in operation, anC
Kept the roof drenched.