Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-05-16

sixth Street FTesb. church, 5O,O,U -c.ooo
Fifth street Church, 10000 partially
United Presbyterian church. ',OJo ..eoU
IRE Cha, ei. 4.Gon,.uo, hnown
troy UIph-n Asylum l. Vco i.Ouo
CrU:ch Asylum,
Warren Female Charity schccl. i1sured.
tensselaeV POlyteohuic Inst
Toy Academy, i'ooo
Union Eousr, fl,''l 'p,.oo
Washington Lutei, 49, ',ofo
Fait5n HOUSE, 9-p'U
Prescott Mansion.
GI,y city pa4s. ia,ntsd-
The aggregate los- o. p i-.r = - esuAas-
ration vii! probably Is'se II Ii ;~y aud half to
tulee mill us q dollars, OF shieh Gus half is
covered by i.surar-s- /, i, believed ist ever
,oO building, voCe tes:rcyci.
The maip business part OF tie city c5c'ici.
Couflepce Is expressed that lle burnt dis
trlct will be rapidly rebuilt.
TIE amount OF private sGG,ring Is Large,
az d the da,4lls OF loss Of lite Is given IN the
Troy papers are distressing, The II J Fro'es
says:
Probably the 6Is, pstspu burnt t. death was
Mr.. Thomas o Dr. nu,ll aged Blind man, living
with his soBs Green street, above GTsrd i'i,i-
sIon.
The 9, { Of Ransom u,isht, son If William d.
d.iett is peculiarly distressing lie appears to
have been walking N Seventh sire while tue FIRE
was raging 10 that locality. The probability is
that 4 cbaaze nfwnI surrounded him with Iense
volume q. smoke, which sgf1 Stea and st'snsled
him ard he fell amt wss burnt 10 death in II -.
s;re,t.
D.. Zsnss Cary. Of on. tllcs, ply ,ic n Iiy
| ii with his aged wife, at 80. - Grand Il,iston
| street. The As'ncs s.csGsed their premises very
| soon after ,i,s RAILROAD bridge had turned. lie
doctor rluch excited, and remained On his rre-
misses re i0nS that he was cyeTtakcn by the flames
His isitniul wife went cut T. save him, AMI they
wcra both fearfully burned. They were found
-enseiess, aud removed 10 a residence on state
street. near Tbrd.and afterwards to the infirmary
where the " cradle doctor lied this morning at
y o'clock. 1t is deemed impossible for Mrs. Ca
~ u reyver.
In the sane haiiiins with DE. Cary, resided
| Mr.. George X. Crane, book-heeIer for VIZ. j.
/ Ho-es- lie was half sufpcst-i by the srneks and
horribly burned before be coHld make his escape
| He WAS removed 10 tn. Marshal inGrusty, where
] his physicians say he Val die.
" hile the fire was in progTcss, seWrsl email
| children trorn the upper part Of the city-above
| Federal street--tpok refuge at the residence of
| WIS. 5. ". Dana, on Fifth street, below Grsnd
| Diyisiea. Ihther the FIRE pursued them, end it
| was fo3nd necessary that they sbould Geek some
| other point of safety. In doing s., two or three
] If then were badly burned while passing through
he walls Of fame. One, little daughter of Mr..
John Kennedy, was taken horribly burnt i. 10 the
ofic. Of pr. BIoss, Gu Fourth street, -here she
| died this morning.
\ child of John D ooiey, ss-l ls III NTH, WAS
ta.el to the hospital durLs tne afternoon su fcr-
| ing from dreadful burns. 1t died in the light
Two other ohildiea from the sane family, are a,
| be hospital, and il is II cueht cannot survive
Mrs. Murray lived on Eighth street, lust belcw
| Fulton. When her residsuce TODD fire. her FIRST
| care wss foy her Children. Eve IN number. They
| were sill got out ami removed to place. Of safety
l they having been cared for Mrs Murray return
| cd TO look alter her olotails. The last that WAS
seen Of her she was going into a back room nf her
| iwel!ins. 1t it supposed the ioor, ~hich was on
| fire. gave wsy under her aud she vas burned to
death there. Mrs. M'rray's hushani is in the ser
| ice Of lis c5uGtTy as volunteer.
| While some gentlemen were iokire o.er the
| ruins Of a building just below frescctt row they
ound - und!stinguish4bie remain. Of whi, were
evidently two human beings. 1t vac subsequent
| iy Sc r.sued h ris rem ,ins " ere tho W..
miH ralned Mary Daal.p and her child Tn.
furniture had all been removed from Mrs Dun
iops house snd she vent b4cs to set her chiIi-
The flames cios,d then in. and they were turned
'ogethr-. Ms hUnloF vas thirty Two FEARS
Old Her child vas an infant # twenty months
MIS- lunlor had three other children. r1a es
cllcd.
"siils asr sFHEAr = rag FIRr
The FIRE started in the roof Of the fs,i,,,4
bridge which Crosses "a. Had nn ser from " est
Troy 10 last Troy. and cT ciua'e1 from > Epsrk Of
a locomotive t's' crossed the bridge ab,i, u.oa
The fire eau hit ABOUT rho middle Of the btii-o.
There WIS high wind b! vioS from the MOTH
west carly in the morning ard, as the day sdvan.
eei, the wind increased in strength until At noon
when Il might fairly he termed gale In few
mnGee the ertlie eastern portion IF the tril.e
was On fire, AID the flames were being driven
alon. ly tie wind with fearful rarIity. and d.
rectly towards the heart Of the city. At the east
ed enc OF the steam ffe-engine c mpsuies hid
down hcir hose, but it harily stretched before
it had 20 he taken up, 50 fast dii tie Ere crowd
L oG them At the same tiUe gu attempt vas
n IL to pull open the draE.' in the hope that
'.is would ch.ok the Progress .. the flames, tu,
,Ac great heat together with the dense smoke and
ia, dus', rendered the Effort futile, aud on ssert
The FIRE driving the fTemen before it, and Over.
lesping all their attempts to clmmaud 1t. As the
dTe Tcac oi the cast end Of toe bridge clouds OF
ciaicr7 we're blown the city 10 south caste Iv
direction, setting Ere t. 4 or more buildings
at The same tine.
The cratic course ti the IRE. IN some in..aces.
va remarkable. Here AID there one wouli ind |
a wa' den building 'aBdin. uBsca;hcd while every
building on either side # ii, whether Of brick or
word, bad been DESTROYED.
hhen The hre was raging heTcest, Mayor Thorn |
determined to try tns efficiency of powder and
sending messenger over to Vest Troy, it was not
long before an ordnance squad from the Arsenal
w -s'NA - ANi PM - hlul- - N aiter three |
o. els r.. EH'cf IN, directions. this party arplied
'..' ~ .cr. aHs serersl uidin = on stat. street
n'tF en fu'i aaI sixth 4 rets we're blownur.
t1' tic wiuh uI drove the flames over the gan
t-u- l'uc. ard 1 hrc "a. Id a. iearfuiIy as ever
"a the Other s-is
Inc rapid y ia vAieh t;e hre .rr,sd pre-
,'utei TIE = s,itiiiy OF s.vins mucu. Before
s.,re cpuiI o. LIlt captet Il its contents, II
Y as "a fire. and tur iuE rspii ~ 10 renter II
'trt-siy ~ ios' AZ 'ut II I" run Tor their lives
'as.b. " itttv.r h,d been rem, Yei To the stree,
- 5e j .tfa'ti tae.e. Jhu>, To, with : ores OF
iIailesi ana We hard %. many instances where
De furniture h,d been maved jSc .n', tar.e time
MS t. be lri' 10 tae flames ~ last.
Toe ssr. icy ii this bi To- Troy Cannot be - !
'Aa6I AiiGe IRON an ,mnei ate - ia a dol !
AZ anu cent hi-sy, a. The loss of tIsness to hun
Iell "i her inhabitants. and employ msnt /, thou
anus OF Mechanics and sewing girls ami others, ,
lang " 'TiL ten. twentycr thirty thousand dol :
~ io tue morning found thcmseye, pennies. be.
l't "'-fti-il snd hUniIeds Of the io'msr ciars
a. i.-t irr'. isfntture and indeed everything
t' bar 50. ~ t..-ir biess-aii g,ae, their e,n
..t' fL.a''. ari th-if Wofksaops DESTROYED
Ht'' 't- .. tha p'"r tnHt ~-fe T-nd. d houseisss
, ---cftr- I'S ~ .tt ests ST. ies II life. IL i.
iina' 90 ,hrt n1t L. tiiB one tnoJsi.,d families
e rendered hoa seless b. tbs calamity.
General COX Las diivsn t.- enemy from |
r-rnhri-F. M-Ic7r and Gle cur ties. after I
lree engag' mems. Il