The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-12
Destructive Fire In Boston.

Destructive Fire In Boston.
Early SUNDAY morning, Tic new Steam
Mechanical Bakery In Commercial street,
Lult GHA owned by Mr.. Joseph q, Russell.
was totally destroyed by Gre, With several
u Che adjacent butttngs Mr., Ranellt
loaS Il about slCi,0Oo Tor which he has In
.ardnee 10 the amount Of 100000. The other
property destroyed swes the total less 10 At
least $4,000. There Is no doubt that the
Tire was the work Of an neendiary.
The destruction Of this Bakery Is a great
calamity 70 the poor Of that city, as Il would
have furnished bread at three fourlha the
present cost, and Of better quality. There
is no doubt tina, the building was SET on Ere
by those who arc interested IN supplying the
people with dear bread, and It l. most earn.
,sSly TO be hoped that the guilty persons may
Re ferrctel out and punished II appears
tha, Mr., John O. Russell the owner Of the
establishment, had reason 20 believe tigTc
WIS conspiracy 10 destroy h!s property auA
lac remained 10 the building Saturday night
ti'l the fireman and enRirccr came IN, At half
palt one, Sunday morning and as he paated
NhNr SIANANh AltENl ~ laAAfu Alt lAuFs Itf
had but reached his residence when the frc
Was di'co,ersE The watch dog kept In the
building had previously been deeoysd away
aud q Key Of one Of the doors stolen, and On
previous day some gunpowdsr mixed with
the coal exploded while a fireman wa, putting
i, on the Gre, showing design TO blow up
"a. ovens.
Daniel Henson, or Henderson, who was
Killed by the falling Ola wall Of the building,
wa'ucolored man md nephew OF Nirs Stoves
Uncle Tom. lilo was favsliic 6;h the en-
eiao company to which he was attached, who
attended Mia funeral Ia a body
Mr.. Russell will no, probably rebuild the
establ!shmcn,, but it /, said that othsrs will
take hold Of the enterprise, and the eTor, 10
give the Bostenians cheap bread viii not be
abard1ned. Ar. Bcrdan, the inventor Of this
process Of baking was in Boi,on watching
tho Inauguration Of the work, having intro
dre'd several Improvements into this oven
Nasch Inc was anxious 10 test before cxccu,-
ing several new orders, among them one from
Louis Napoleon. The curious process OF
baking by this establishment is described by
kNt bNhioN 4 OIL az lDIlONh -
" The -four was raised from tho ground
floor 10 the fourth story Of the building, ON
an elevator worked by steam, then rmptied
into the sifting machine, through which Il
p'Sari into the mechanical kneOdcr. where ii
received the yeast and was thoroughly mixed,
rs eight or ten barrels could be mixed nt one
-tlme Aa soon as this operation was com.
ptteI, The tough yy;55 fT7sT75 i.yzr=-
der iato the proving uoughs below, through
a. aperture made hy raining ono eide of the
cylinder. The proving troughs, which run
upon large castors, when filled with the
sponge, were removed 10 a room where the
temperature WAS mos, suitable and remained
there until suhcicntlyraiscd, when the iruughs
wvre litcu on the elevator 10 the floor above,
and the sponge received additional Wntcrraud
was again passed through the l.ucndcr and
made into dolgh. After this, the dough pass
~ to;hr moulding tables whore il was weigh
I'd, moulded and placed in the proving boxes,
aud from thence, Gt The proper ttmr, traus.
ft,red 70 the head cars, which came cut from
ave oven without the aid OF hands, 10 receive
thrlr freight. As soon as they we're loaded
thri returned again into the oven with loaNes
or dough, and carried the same slowly down
through tho oven perpendiculory. When
thoroughly baked, the door opened at the
hat'atp, and the Car emerged from the oven
s'lth TIE bread, aud dumped the loayes into
the grent bread basket. Having descended
otte eide III tho oven. IL took another load
at dough- aud entered the oven on the oppo-
ate side. assembled and discharged its bread
iniJ blskcss az Gle upper door, story high
az in the building. Having performed this
evolution, the CIR took another freight aud
proceeded % before. These ovens contained
hlty-tao cagr, holding each eighty leaves.
clunl 10 The capacity OF rxty eei,t4tsi, g spl,s,
They were heated with coal, the temperature
regulated by the thermometers, with an ap-
Fayatus TO introduce cold ar when the ovens
wcce 900 bot. AL this process of baking was
performed by machinery without the aid Of
human bands. These two ovens were capa.
be OF baking rom foqr 20 ak hundred bar
Te,' q flour IN twsDty-four hours. Mr.. Rus
ocll, the proprietor, vac baking about thirty
barrels pes dag, =Ga had a wagon for each
ward in t5e city il wsS Gi.lmcd that bread.
baked In these ovens, was nlVtb superior and
ua1re nGis.ttcus ttan sny oSher5 the oven
being SO eoustrueted tbnt tde csssaiinl oil
which passed oil in aa algoLolie yqpeT and
was lost IN the Usual process. wac here oou-
denscd upon tie Dough ic rose in the oy-
en-, and reabsofbed hy il. giving tbV bread
the natural flavor Of the Raeatn