Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-09-07

FIRE AT BRATTL BBoRo', VT.-The fire at
Brattleboro', Vt, on Friday, was the most
destructive that ever visited Vermont. 1t
broke out in the cabinet mandatory of Gates,
Bliss, & Co., and ragged for four hours. One
engine company, the Mazeppa, was promptly
on the ground, but the other, the Hydropath,
was unfortunately in this city. The Phensz
gives the following list of the buildings de-
stroyed:
Willard Frost's shoe store; loss $1,000, in.
sured at the Vermont Mutual for 5000,
Woodcock & Vinton's paper mill, loss esti-
mated at $4,000, insured by Etna company
for $6.700; Crane & Vinton machinists. oc
cupied a portion of the building, and their
loss is placed at $1,000, uninsured. Charles
L. Mead's rule factory, Clate E. A. Stearns &
Co.. partially destroyed; insured at Pitts
field, Mass, for $4,000, which will probably
cover the loss. DR.. E. A. Cross's dwelling.
house; most of the contents were saved, but
the less is estimated at $500, insured at Yer.
mont Mutual for $1,000. TIE house occu-
pied by Emory Farnsworth and two other
families; they all saved the most of their fur.
niture, but Farnsworth, who owned the house,
loses some $4,000, insured at the Windham
County Mutual for 5000. The dwellinghouse
owned by Nathan Woodcock, and occupied
by J. Britton and Mr.. Bartlett; loss So, 500,
insured in Vermont Mutual for 81 200. The
house owned by Luther Weld, and occupied
by three families furniture lost, and not in.
sured loss in building $4,000, insured BY
Windham County Mutual for $1,000. John
Pellets house loss $500, insured for $3.50.
Frederick c. Edwardss house; loss 5000,
fully insured. An unoccupied store, owned
by Capt. s. Root, valued at So, 900, aud in
sured in Windham County Mutual for S 1000.
Gates, Bliss, Co., in whose mandatory
the fire broke out, lose $l5 900, insured for
$4,000. They employed about twenty We
hands, all of whom are thrown out of BUSH
ness. Joseph Clark, whose store was next
burned, had an extensive and valuable stock
of goods, and his loss is set down as being
$1,000, $4,000 Of which is insured in ver-
mont Mutual, $4,000 on goods, $1,000 on
building; and $1,000 on goods, in Worcester,
Mass.
The shops occupied by Esty & Green, for
the manufacture Of melodeons, were owned
by Jacob Esty. His loss on the buildings and
machinery will amount to $4,000, on which
his insurance is $1,000. The loss of Esty &
Green is fully $50 900, which has an ms r
ance of only 81 300 &C the Vermont Mutual.
In the same building was the pump and lead
pipe shop Of Jacob Esty. whose loss in this
department will amount to $1,000. Esty s.
kathan occupied room for the manufacture
OF marble monuments, &C.; their loss is esti-
mated at $1,000, insured for $500 in Wind.
nam County Mutual. Bemis & Ware had
Just opened machine shop for the maniac.
tnre Of planning machines. Their loss was
| $1,000 to $1,000, no insurance. The base
ment was occupied by J. F. Willard for plan
ing lumber, and by George A. Stearns, for a
carpenters shop; their loss was probably
$1,000, no insurance
The origin Of the fire is mystery, beyond
the presumption that il was the work Of an
incendiary. The total loss is variously esti
mated at from 100000 to 5000, 900, but as
yet the exact or approximate amount cannot
be ascertained. The Ph@air says that more
than hale Of the mechanical business Of Brat.
tleboro has been swept swsy, and about one
hundred men thrown entirely out of employ.
ment.