Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE!
Cramt0ns Block aud Adjacent
Buildings Consumed.
HEAVY LOSSES ny INSURANCE
COMPANIES,

Again has our village been visited by
thu deyouring element fire, and though .
ty -, means strangers TO its rayages, We
now have 10 chr nicle the most des,ruot-
i've eonaap ration which has ever taken
place in our village, OF this iasmediatc I
involving tn consuming Of
Block, Merchants Row, one OF
d finest business blocks in Rutland, and
III, adjoining building, owned by h Nj,
Bailey, ~ well a. wooden building in
M, rear Of Camtou', Block, owned by
Nj Cramton, aud occupied as work. shop
bv T. :, ellison 4 Co.
4ac alarm Mas given ahot $50 o'clock
Yesterday morning, aud upon the arrival
ai the hrcmcu and citizens at the scene of
tho fire, il was wholly eonfaed to the
workshop OF Mr., ellison, aud the prospects
were ion some time quite favorable 10 the
,tueling Of the flames without any very
serious lrsS. But Il wooden platform and
stairway which stood between tn shop
and Cramton main building afforded
an easy means of communication for the
aesr laa,s4,pr, aal while the hremen.- APP
pretending no danger in other quarters,
were still busy in endcayoriug % hold the
fire in check in the building in which it
originated. Il had r,ired q firm toothold
in the main building and likewise COM
inundated To the building of Mr., Bailey,
which latter being constructed of wood,
Afforded an easy prey To the increasing
flames, and was quickly heap Of shape
less ruins. This building was occupied
by Mcssrs. Bailey & Parker, jewellers
Nrs, Mower, milliner; Drs Lawton, den
fists, and Chas- J. 5 Randall, as = dwell
ing. The property Of all except Mr. Ran
call, we believe. was saved, though, as
may he presumed, in a damaged condition.
The insurance on the building was 81 goo
twC-thirds of which was in the Lorillard
Insurance Company of New York, OF
which Mr.. +. \. Fisher is the Rutland
agent, and the remainder in the Security
Company of New York, Prindle X Burn
haro agents On stock MeSsrs. b. & 7.
had $4,000 insurance, equally Sivived be-
tween the Niagara Company of New ork
and the Vermont Mutual, the former
through +. l.. Cardell & Co and the lat
ter through II. W Porter. Mrs, Mower
insurance was $4,000, 1900 being I'm the
insurance e7rrfr,r If Aefthlt AHsAeFi {.
Philadelphia. Prindle 4 Burnham agents
and 81 900 in the Lorillard of New York
Drs. Lawton, we believe, had no insur
ance. Mr. Randall had policy OF 81 .oo'
On his furniture in the Home of New
York, through Prindle x Burnham, but
rs he saved little, is loser to a consider
! able extent.
Meanwhile, and almost unperceptibly
the fire had gained s"oh he"a"", ii
! Cramton's block, as to render the vigorou
| sfforts of the tlremen and citizens to sta.
| is progress futile. and though streams O
water were steadily poured upon it, tn
attention Of the occupants was now turned
chiefly to saving their goody, but tn
| building having no less than twenty-tw
| occupants. no little confusion was e1per
fenced III removing its contents, but thank
to the hearty aid of our citizens bestowe
IN the occasion. the greater portion of tn
merchandise of the tenants, if we excer
that Of Messrs, ellison and Merriam, wa
removed before the fire had reached i
The basement of. the building was occr
pied by Fisher X Son as a market and 81
loon, whose loss is trifiing, and the amour
Of whose insurance, if any, we have bee
unable to lea.n; 10y Kelly X Co, as ST
Property was mostly saved by Sawyt
X Dunn, a storcroom for stationer,
whose stock amounted to about 81 ,50'
and upon which there was an insuranC
Of $4,000, equally divided between II
Insurance Company of North AmeriC
and the Lorillard of New York by J.
Dunn as a storcroom for paper stool
whose property, valued at S1,0N
was totally consumed, and upon whic
there was no insurance: also BY Mason
Marshall As storcroom for groceric
whose stock was worth $1,000, and upo
which We believe AN insurance Of $500
was effected last Saturday through Ca,
dell 4 Co.
The first floor of the building was occl
pied by T, :. ellison X Co. upholsterel
and furniture dealers, whose stock
goods, we hear, was worth sci 900. an
upon which there was but $1,000 insu
ance This loss falls heavily. upon Il
. owners. as they succeeded in saving but
few hundred dollars worth The secon
storn north was occupied by Ben X. Chas
lieweller, and \. Y. Brooks. dealer in mt
sic and stationery. The former had
stock of goods valued at ST. 900, and ha
but $500 insurance. $4,000 of which W.
in the Lorillard of New York, and the r,
mainder i'll the Cheshire County Of Keen
| n, H., +. Il. Fisher, agent. The latter
stock was valued at 81 900, upon which
an insurance of $1,000 in the Putnal
Company of New York through NJ
Fisher. The middle store was occupie
by Goodnow & Co, boot and shoe manr
facturers, whose stock and tools wa
vailed at 10000, and upon which was a
insurance of 5000 in the ms. Compan
of North America of Philadelphia. The
saved about two-thirds of their stock. TIL
next store south was occupied by Pain,
Bowman 4 Co, dealers in clothing, hat
caps and furs, whose goods were wort