The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-20
From the y. Y. Daily Times. Ian. Is
APPALLING: CALAMITY.

BWning ot 'Le E"si1ence ot !. 4. Hyr,,
Esq.. at Fart 'a>aing'on-D.a:t Of Tire
81 his Dn"gl'rs by Subtraction
The beautiful residence of Mr. John An.
p,eton Haven. AT Fort Washington. was 70.
tally DESTROYED Tx fire on Saturday last. ana
sad 20 say three OF his daughters persisted in
the turning flames.
The northeastern quarter Of the first noo-
of the main hnldinc was orrupied as servants
rooms. the northwestern as kitchen and lam.
dry. and on the south o: the hall. the south.
eastern portion. the room of two Of the
daughters. Sarah and Mary. where they were
sleeping on Friday night. On entering The
hall from the front. and turning 20 the left
one passed through long. narrow hall into
the south wing. which was princirallr taker
UP hv a dining room, having windows ON The
east south ami west. In the northwest cor.
ner o. the dininrroom was a closet called The
China Closet" where the plate was kenr
and where the bodies of Mary and Grace
were fond. south ofthc Young ladies room
aIrea'l, Described was Conservatory. and
east was closet in which the body Of tho
third daughter. Sarah, was found Be-wee,
this room and the narrow hall was room
which was occupied On the night of th,
fire liz Mr.. Octarius Il. Phi,ns. q,
Boston. friend Of tie family Craze and
Helen occupied the room in the second story.
above the diningroom. The northern win,
was a tower some twenty TO TWENTY-FIVE fee,
square. and three stories in height built dur
in- the past Summer. and not vet furnished
The whole building was about one hundred
feet long: about ten rods to the south was /,
small building known as 1.-The Cottage
Twenty or thirty rods southeast Of Mr.. Ua
ven'> rr>lrn~e was tina: of his son-In-lax.
NJ. John Mr. Hopkins.
Two German urls had been ironing in the
laundry on FRIDAY nirht. heating their irons
at a ranue-hut when Mr. lllvrn made h..
usual evc:inC circuit OF the hon>e. AZ l0s o.
clock. he perceived nothing unusual A;
midnight he got up TO re-u!a'e the hot a-
rcc>fcr of his room H.. went 10 sleep again,
hut was awakclic few minutes after , TX
>rn>- of >nii' cation H. and his wifi. then
ran int" n" hal, and alarmed his family
Mr. Philips heard the noise Thinking i, ;,ro-
ce,'d,l frcm har-lar>. h' opened hi> door and
n smoke rushed into the room Then az
ter nose. "a i. tlmilinr ahout on The floor
ior XIV. H. heard them ua,nrk the front
lopr. H.. ran through the smoke ont Of
doors and found Mr. and Mrs. Haven and
the four 'lar-h'rrS. Anna. Mary. Grace AMI
Helen. CD the lawn. Mr.. Haven onlv had On
a wrapper. The rest were in unlreSs and i,
was very chilly. The toc being gu;.e thick.
The servants !il been rcu~ed. in the
meantime. hv Mr.. Haven and had made good
L. -, 49, -.
standing mar Ia. door was enyclo;.ed in
smoke. but hcarin. lady pass him into the
house. he ran after her Not h..inp rrrr "a
mi!iar with the house. he fell in attempting 10
follow her UP stairs. and tn" smoke was so
thick that il was some time before he could
rise. " soon AZ he vas able 10 10 - he made
his way on; OF doors, hlinle,l and choked and
meeting NJ. James 4. Connollev. told him
that there was a lady up stairs Mr.. Connol-
lev. on arriving. saw only Mr. Haven and his
daughter Helen. She told HIM that there
was somebody in The house. He then met
) Mr. Philips. who told them the same thing -
He went into the house ard heard a moan. as
he thought. in the room over tie iininc-roor
He then cane ont and had ladder put m
against a balcony before this ROOM Mount
Ing il he opened the window and volume
of smoke l.oure,i ont Mr. Hopkins now came
mp having been Weakened hv Mrs. Hlvens.-
He and Mr.. Cnnnoil.y reached in their arms
and drew out Anna. who had fallen immcdi-
a,elv before the window. She was carried 10
The residence of Mr. Connolley's father
Chartlc> NJ Connollcv E>l.
Quite crow had now collected. Fifteen
minutes had elapsed since the alarm was Civ
en- But rome of the daughters were TO be
seen except Helen II MS said that they
: had gone 10 the co..age-lio one knew where
they were. Some few articles of furniture
Were taken on. The dining room was enter
L ed through n window. and waiter. ka.e
: Lane. went TO show the men the way 10 the
n plate in the china closet. On entering the
closet she stumbled o,er something. uttered
shrek. II was the body of Mary Grace
: was soon found. and the two bodies were IA
e ken on, of tn, house. Rc>orative> were In
I. mrdliatrv applied but 10 no purpose II ],
said thai Mary caught her breath when ro.i
water was dashed in her face. put it NAV lave
been only spa>molr. or perhaps even an
imaginary movement.
:. The house tell. and the flames were suhdu-
:. ed sufficiently that search was made fo-
n the missing daughter. Sarah She was found
y, at last very much di>fgured beneath the ru-
in>, knccling. with her hands to her face. and
her fare TO the ground. Bv the side of her
were charrcd fragments of wooden wrappc-,
which She had probably taken to pnt on.
The terrible news of the calamity reached
this CITY Saturday about 10 4. NJ. IL excl-
: ted the livcli.>t interest and sympathy The
relations and friends OF the family immcdi-
: atclv sat ont 10 visit the scene. Rev DIR. Us
GOOD pastor OF the Church of the Messiah
I was among the number. The family we
; COMMITMENTS Of his Church. Mr.. Haven be-
inr among lis eldest members. lie was We
, much affected, and mentioned among ot'cr
T" things that Sarah had sent him but tH
A.. weeks asoa considerable sum OF money. as :
: contribution of The Sisters for TIE poor
. MIR. Haven is a native of Portsmouth Nh
" of about g., wears of age, and engaged in tns
mess on Braver-s,reet. The maiden nani'
= ;, of Mrs. Haven was Llnrtlon. She was
u native of New Hampshire. The parents, a
NAV be well conceived. are overwhelmed a
their bereavement. Anna Is at the residenc
'h of Mr.. Connollev and is slowly recovering
IN Her throat Is thought 10y Dr. Elliot TO ha'
IL been burned As il quite sore. She has 10
- vet been told of the los, of her sisters. He
u sister Helen visited her this morning. ali
" although quite overcome herself. the Draw
:" .ri controlled herself 50 perfectly "a 10 az
pear rh'c tul and give no suspicion OF ih'
dreadful realty. When she lett Anna, i I
She very nearly tainted in the arms OF Mrs
+ Conno.Irv.
~ Yesterday the bodies were at the house Of
Mr.. Hopkins. That OF Sarah was not shown
Thatoitirace was said 10 Ice but little clia!i-tH