Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-14
ne.trneti,e Fire at NNinoo.m.


Destructive Fire at WmoosKI.
BuRNINc or PORTION Or tbs LARGE Wool
IN Mus. loss. 100000. Issuance.
S35,OOO. The building lno1n as tie dye
House building (thcugh not used Of late
years Tor dyeing Yurpose,) of the Burlington
Wooden Mill Co. was destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning. It was a large iour story
brick building. go rs 30 feet, with two AZ
tics. on the W,>t tnJ Of the large Nil. Il
was used in tbs lower story Tor cleaning
wool and wet sisglas tie - and Sd stories
for burning. ,ol,irg and -toIiug wool, tie
18th story for drying cloth. and the attics .or
driving wool and .doct.' TIE f,e caught
in the lower attic. and is supposed 90 have
originated IN .om,way from TIE -,can heat
Ing pipes The watcamau passed .hrous1
the room. about halt past Iuur clock, when
there was DO ign oi frc. Reforming go 70
A. MINUTES later. be found che room fuli OF
iraammabIe gas winch burst into aaue upon
the opening oi tlrt.,r. Tie alarm was az
once sounded ans thr superintendent. work.
men ard ci-izaH- fastened 90 Gle sIot
The FIRE aFpua;u- C.. the Mills
Is very eanllett one. With by
drau;- on ,..5y floor o. every b.illir-,
supplied by two powerful mcr pumTs,
which throw 1900 -tl'd- minute. This
was soon N operation and stream after
stream was add, o i,'i s-y.i. heavy streams
were playing on the flames. In spite Cd all
however the fre ~ DE steady headwoy, and
at SIX O'Clock when the WIND shifted 90 the
west the hime- wc-, blow .uu upon TIE iu-
mcnsc main building wf ich was separated
by a brick wal i-,m tbe fire, and Threatened
its complete dc,trucucr.. Mr. Kennedy had.
however. ordered ,hc 7sln w- OF tie large
mill uearcs- toe fire ,.rer,d with tunnels.
which wer, Kept 70 esd afforded great pro-
lection with ,le ail Of som additional hose
from the Cyt,oI Mis-, another stream was
got on the fire. Wl.ch ,5ld'' weli. about ibis
time ,als d. s,iaa Allen EnE.ue 81. 3. of this
city, arrived aa5 event into action at once
th.ryUia- t.1 STREAMS vlicl were Cd. great
service. BY thfss means water gained the
asc,ndauey ~ the strife. which teforc WAS
snip and tuck' With tic fire little ahead.
An hour Liter tie Baz,r Easiue arrived and
added it, valuable assistance, aud ut o O'Clock
after four hours Of hand, persistent and
rlucky biting 81 fire. 81 was -ubducd.
The lower story of tic building did not
burn. and i,s contents of wool and wet gig
ging machinery were saved, more or less
damaged by toe falling Of the floor above
upon them. The A5ors we're al supported
from the roof. and when that gave way all
went down together. The rest OF the buil-
ding Il a to,al loss, and the whole Of it must
come down. Of it's contents 1900 yards Of
cloth in the fourth story was wholly destroy
ed. and Of $50. 600 Ibs Of wool, about one
third was saved. The total loss is placed at
$50, 900. The Company had insurance on
the building. stock and machinery to the
amount Of $4,000, IN various Manuiactur-
ers Mutual offices in New York, Hartford
aud Boston.
The other buildings of the Company are
provided with "sprinklers. an arrange
ment of perforated water ipes by which the
room can be literally filed FROM toaoor
ceiling, with spray, and the same arrange
ment was nearly completed for the building
now destroyed. Had 1t been finished, the
fire could have gained no Roadway.
Numbers of our citizens in addition to our
fire department went over to the Ere, and
every body worked with good Will and
energy. without which the fire would have
been the most disastrous one known in these
parts. The Ethan Allen boys were assisted
on the brakes by the Hooks, and worked
steadily tor nearly three hours. The Boxers
were unfortunate about getting horses tcdraw
their machine. and were later On the ground
but did good service after they got there.
Chief Engineer Flanagan directed the efforts
Of the engines with his customary good
Judgment. No serious accident occurred.
Peter Foutaine, Peter LaClair, aud Curtis
Woodward who were holding hose on the
roof Of an adjoining building, went of pretty
suddenly, when the roof of the dye house
fell in, and were somewhat bruised. Mr..
FOntaine, the one most injured, had some
painful cuts on the head; but is up and
about to-day. Mr.. Kennedy, the efficient
superintendent and Agent of the Company,
to whose immediate presence, cool and ju-
diciOus direction Of operations and active
exertions the Company largely owes the
saving of the bulk of its property. had
dangerous tall, BY the breaking OF ladder,
but escaped comparatively unhurt.
Gangs of men are clearing out the debris
from the burned building to-day, and 1t will
be at once rebuilt, though probably, not